🌱 How strong is Belchertown golf looking to start this season?

Greetings Belchertown! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How strong is Belchertown golf looking to start this season?
• Investigators probe deadly small-plane crash just outside Belchertown.

Also on today's calendar: Fun Sized Tiny Public Art Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds breaking for some sun, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 76, low: 65.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• H.S. golf preview: Hampshire County squads feature no shortage of talent (gazettenet.com) — Belchertown High's golf team is off to a promising start, led by standout golfer Luke Heroux and backed by teammates Andrew Wright and Wesley Hill at Cold Spring Country Club. A countywide preview shows strong competition across Hampshire County, but Belchertown aims to build on last year's .500 record and avoid fading late in the season.
   

• Plane crash in Ludlow leaves two people dead (westernmassnews.com) — Emergency crews searching an area that included Belchertown located a small plane that crashed in nearby Ludlow, where two people were found dead in a remote, swampy area off Center Street. Specialized teams used beacons, drones, and planking to reach the wreckage, and state and federal investigators are now examining what happened.
   

📸 Around Belchertown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Belchertown

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 8
• RPG Night – Lost Mountain Saga →
  Clapp Memorial Library, 19 S Main St, Belchertown
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 8
• Lake Committee Meeting →
  66 State St, Belchertown
  5:30 pm
• RPG Night - Lost Mountain Saga →
  Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown
  6:00 pm
• Select Board Meeting →
  Belchertown MA
  6:30 pm
• No to Nuclear book talk →
  Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Belchertown Council on Aging Individual Sessions EFT Meridian Tapping →
  Belchertown Senior Center, Belchertown
• Naturalist-led exploration with the Gentle Walkers →
  Belchertown Senior Center, Belchertown
  9:30 am
• Veterans Coffee Hour with the VSO →
  Veteran's Services Office, Belchertown
  10:00 am
• Rainbow Social Group →
  Belchertown Senior Center, Belchertown
  10:00 am
• Wednesday Whodunnits →
  Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown
  2:00 pm
• Anime & Manga Club →
  Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Fun Sized Tiny Public Art Festival →
  Downtown Northampton, Main Street
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Insomnia Cookies posted a job opening for Shift Leader (PM Shift) in Amherst. Apply here.
• Pelham Elementary School posted a job opening for Custodian (Amherst-Pelham Regional High School) in Amherst. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Belchertown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Granby

• Men's Soccer Scores Three Late Goals to Stun Ramapo, 3-2 (babsonathletics.com)

South Hadley

• Shutesbury select board votes to accept bequest of local home (gazettenet.com)
• Columnist Martin Medina-Elizalde: When preparation crowds out childhood (gazettenet.com)
• Trump's economic record is working against him in the midterms (latimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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