🌱 Patch AM: How Harvard’s late surge in Cambridge nearly flipped the season opener

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In today's newsletter:

• How Harvard's late surge in Cambridge nearly flipped the season opener
• Why Cambridge joined other cities in cutting ties with Flock cameras

Also on today's calendar: Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 64 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 70, low: 66.
• Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Huleatt Scores in Collegiate Debut as Women's Soccer Falls in Season Opener (gocrimson.com) — Harvard women's soccer kicked off its 2026 season in Cambridge, where a late goal from first-year forward Huleatt wasn't enough to avoid a 2-1 loss to Stony Brook at Jordan Field. The Crimson dominated shots and corners but couldn't convert late chances, and now turn around quickly to host UMass under the lights on Monday.
   

• 2 Lynn police officers on leave over alleged misuse of Flock surveillance technology (bostonglobe.com) — Cambridge is among several Massachusetts communities that have dropped Flock Safety license-plate cameras after resident complaints about privacy and civil liberties. The article centers on Lynn police officers under investigation for alleged misuse of the system and describes a growing statewide push to reassess or suspend Flock technology in local departments.
   

📸 Around Cambridge

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cambridge

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience →
  Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square, Somerville
  8:00 pm
Sunday August 23
• Free Open House! CAPOEIRA! Movement, Music, Martial Arts + Fun For Adults + Kids 6 and up →
  The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Friday August 21
• Pan in the Park at Magazine Beach - FREE →
  668 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA, 02139
  4:00 pm
• Hockey Romance Night →
  Warrior Ice Arena, 90 Guest St, Boston
  5:00 pm
• Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Fridays) →
  The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
  6:00 pm
• Cabo Verde em Alta: Zerui Depina and World Rhythms in a night of Cape Verdean Music →
  Regattabar, 1 Bennett St, Cambridge
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Somerville Stories at Mount Auburn →
  Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge
  10:00 am
• Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Saturdays) →
  The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
  11:00 am
• Silent Saturdays: a beginners meditation retreat day →
  11:00 am
• 20s Speed-Dating (Monogamous): Saturday, August 22, 2026 →
  Short Path Distillery, 71 Kelvin St, Everett
  6:45 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Tech Time Drop-In
  Newton Free Library Computer Lab
  10:00 am
• [CLASS FULL] ELL - Let's Talk About Food
  Newton Free Library Virtual
  10:00 am
• Insect Safari with Professor Bugman (for kids ages 5 to 12)
  Belmont Public Library Library Patio - 336 Concord Ave, 336 Conco
  10:00 am
• Concert for Littles - Matt Heaton
  Belmont Public Library Morrissey Hall - 119 - 336 Concord Ave, 33
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Somerville

• Somerville Inclusionary Homeownership Opportunity at One Inman Square (thesomervillenewsweekly.blog)

Watertown

• Bud's Goods Assistant General Manager - Cannabis in Watertown, MA (cleveland.com)

Boston

• Beloved Boston Sandwich Shop Closes (patch.com)
• Boston's Museum Of Science Opening New 10,000-Square-Foot Wing (patch.com)
• Man Indicted After Drug Shipment Linked To Overdose Death (patch.com)

Ok Cambridge! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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