🌱 Which bands are lighting up Amherst’s Town Common this July?
Amherst, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Amherst! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which bands are lighting up Amherst’s Town Common this July?
- How UMass Amherst scientists are teaching plastics to slow down heat
Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: A touch of morning rain, with a high of 72 and low of 58 degrees.
- Wednesday: Sunshine; warmer, less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 55.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Downtown Amherst to host summer concert series, expanded live music lineup (wwlp.com) — Free Friday evening concerts are coming to the Amherst Town Common throughout July, capped by a special August performance at the Emily Dickinson Museum. You’ll also find Amherst Community Band shows at Sweetser Park, Independence Day music and fireworks at UMass, and additional live performances at The Drake, giving residents many chances to enjoy downtown while supporting local businesses. 
• UMass Amherst-led team discovers new way to make thermally insulative plastics (eurekalert.org) — UMass Amherst engineers have devised a new way to make plastics that better resist heat flow and flames without sacrificing strength or flexibility, potentially improving spacesuits, spacecraft components, and building insulation. By disrupting how heat-carrying vibrations move through a polymer, their first test material cut thermal conductivity by 17%, showcasing a promising direction for future high-performance insulators developed right in Amherst.
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💬 Chatter
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- Amherst College posted a job opening for Custodian in Amherst. Apply here.
- Stop & Shop posted a job opening for PT Night Crew-Clerk - Grocery - 0095 in Amherst. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Amherst here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hadley
- Millie L. Jackson (gazettenet.com)
South Hadley
- Heavy rainfall raises Connecticut River concerns, marina urges boat removal (wwlp.com)
- Guest columnist Angelina Godinez: The Mexican migrant as the face of immigration (gazettenet.com)
- Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: ‘Jim Ed' shines at Southampton Country Club (gazettenet.com)
Northampton
- Northampton approves bell-to-bell cell phone ban for students (westernmassnews.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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