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And on the Cambridge Patch calendar - PRICED TO SELL with pre-paid HOA for 6 months if offer accepted by 9/24/26

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Cambridge is spending $600K to protect SNAP and MassHealth
  • How to catch Giamatti and Turturro onstage in Cambridge this week
  • How one corner café tells a decades-long story of Cambridge coffee

Also on today's calendar: PRICED TO SELL with pre-paid HOA for 6 months if offer accepted by 9/24/26 and 13 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 80, low: 50.
  • Saturday: Some sun, then clouds; cooler, with a high of 66 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Federal Benefit Changes Prompt $600K Cambridge Response (patch.com) — Cambridge officials just approved $500,000, with another $100,000 from the Cambridge Community Foundation, to help residents keep SNAP and MassHealth benefits as new federal rules take effect. The funding will bolster outreach, application help, translation, and case advocacy through CEOC and more than 30 local groups, aiming to prevent eligible Cambridge households from losing food aid and health coverage.
   

• Video: See Paul Giamatti and John Turturro in Rhinoceros at American Repertory Theater (playbill.com) — If you're in Cambridge, you can still catch Paul Giamatti and John Turturro in Rhinoceros at the American Repertory Theater through September 20. The Diane Paulus–directed revival of Eugene Ionesco's classic features a star-studded cast and a fresh adaptation, with performances already underway since August 21.
   

• Follow your nose (csindie.com) — A longtime Cambridge resident traces decades of coffeehouse history around Lesley University, Brattle Street, and Porter Square, ending with a close look at Pavement Coffeehouse at 1663 Massachusetts Ave. The piece reflects on how shifting café locations map the city's changes while highlighting Pavement's atmosphere, hours, and mix of students, parents, and neighbors that now define this corner of Cambridge's coffee culture.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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