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In today's newsletter:

  • Why did a Belmont car suddenly drop into a sinkhole Sunday?
  • What changes could be coming to Belmont's trash and recycling pickup?
  • How Belmont gardeners can turn fall yard waste into free fertilizer

Also on today's calendar: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A morning shower; cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 70, low: 58.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Crews respond after car falls into sinkhole in Belmont - Boston News, Weather, Sports (whdh.com) — A driver escaped injury after his car's front side dropped into a sinkhole on Holden Road in Belmont during Sunday's nor'easter. Neighbors say this is at least the second serious pipe issue on the street in two months, and DPW crews spent hours patching the break while residents push for a full pipe replacement to prevent future collapses.
   

• Belmont Prepping To Trash Talk As New Solid Waste/Recycling Contract Going Out To Bid In 2017 (belmontonian.com) — Belmont officials are preparing to seek bids next summer for the town's next solid waste and recycling contract, which will start in 2028 and could reshape curbside services. Residents may see options like expanded yard waste pickup, curbside organics, and lower-emission trash trucks, as the town weighs costs, fuel types, and which large haulers can handle Belmont's four-day collection schedule.
   

• Garden Gems: Fall Cleanup: Less is More (belmontvoice.org) — A Belmont gardener shares practical fall cleanup tips that keep leaves, stalks, and yard waste working for your own soil instead of being hauled away. She explains how local curbside collection works but urges residents to mulch and leave plant material in place to protect wildlife and improve gardens naturally. Her advice is especially relevant as Belmont yards head into colder weather.
   

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  • Bentley University posted a job opening for Assistant Coach, Women's Soccer in Waltham. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Watertown

  • Watertown Restaurant Invites Public to Meals Celebrating One of Ethiopia's Most Important Celebrations (watertownmanews.com)
  • Functionalized PEG Linkers Support Expanding Bioconjugation and Bioorthogonal Chemistry Applications (bio-itworld.com)
  • Massachusetts Breakfast Spots Everyone Raves About That Most Visitors Somehow Miss (takingthekids.com)

Waltham

  • Phytochemical Characterization of Extracts From Aesculus hippocastanum L. Seeds and Quantification of Saponins Using HPLC‐DAD and a Novel Tensiometric Approach (nih.gov)
  • World keeps buying as agency M&A slumps, adds Boston-area agency (insurancebusinessmag.com)
  • Goodwin Advises Webster Equity Partners on Definitive Agreement To Acquire Lifecore Biomedical for Up to $663.7 Million (goodwinlaw.com)

Cambridge

  • Bomb Threat Prompts Shelter In Place At Harvard University (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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