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And on the Cambridge Patch calendar - Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience

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Good morning Cambridge! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

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.
   

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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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  • U-Haul International, Inc. posted a job opening for Facility Housekeeper in Cambridge. Apply here.
  • Lesley University posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty – Multilingual Education (Evergreen) in Cambridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cambridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • 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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