Sunday: Cloudy and cool; p.m. rain, with a high of 62 and low of 54 degrees.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 68, low: 44.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and cool, with a high of 63 and low of 44 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Concord's second revolution (engelsbergideas.com) — Concord is celebrated here as the birthplace of both the American Revolution and a later revolution in ideas led by Emerson, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and other Transcendentalists. The piece traces how Concord's writers, activists, and experimental communities shaped abolitionism, environmental thought, progressive education, and modern ideas of self-reliance—offering residents fresh context for the town's landmarks, libraries, and ongoing lecture traditions.
• H.S. XC: Keene High, Monadnock compete at Amherst Invitational (keenesentinel.com) — Concord-Carlisle High's girls cross-country team topped the field at the Amherst Invitational, winning with just 27 points against strong Massachusetts competition. The meet at UMass-Amherst also featured solid showings from Keene and Monadnock runners, with detailed individual times that give Concord-area families a clear look at how their student-athletes stacked up early in the season.
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🗞 Nearby News
Lincoln
What places leave behind: After winning an international design competition, Smith College's Isabel Strauss contemplates the healing power of architecture (gazettenet.com)
Order (Term Suspension) entered by Justice Wolohojian on Aug. 31 (masslawyersweekly.com)
Girls soccer blanks L-S, 4-0, to stay undefeated (concordbridge.org)
Acton
Town of Acton launches 'Ask Isaac', a digital assistant (actonexchange.org)
From lawnmowers to police cruisers, electrification takes center stage in Acton (actonexchange.org)
Acton remembers: 9/11 heroes in the air and on the ground (actonexchange.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!) Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!