🌱 Patch AM: How Hartman’s resignation reshapes Concord politics and sparks a special election

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• How Hartman's resignation reshapes Concord politics and sparks a special election

Also on today's calendar: Complimentary Presentation - Strategies to Help You Make an Impact with Your Estate and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 70 and low of 53 degrees.
• Tuesday: Variably cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 64, low: 58.
• Wednesday: An afternoon t-storm or two, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Breaking: Select Board member Mary Hartman resigns, triggering special election (concordbridge.org) — Concord residents will soon vote in a special election after Select Board member Mary Hartman resigned for family reasons, leaving her term—running through May 2028—unfinished. The board will discuss the election timeline at its Oct. 19 meeting, likely targeting early January, even as it tackles major issues like MCI-Concord prison redevelopment and affordable housing.
   

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Wednesday October 14
• Complimentary Presentation - Strategies to Help You Make an Impact with Your Estate →
  Online Event,
  12:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• LSCO Chamber Players - Music for the Masses →
  Trinitarn,
  3:00 pm
• The Tenderbellies - LIVE award-winning folk/bluegrass! →
  First Church Unitarian, 19 Foster St, Littleton
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• Boston Haunted Walk - The Most Amazing Halloween Walk Anywhere! →
  Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Garden at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St, Wellesley
  11:30 am
• The Concord Orchestra presents "Dancing in Disguise" →
  51 Walden St, Concord
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12
• Indigenous Peoples' Day Family Program →
  Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord
  10:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Tactile Tuesdays at Nashoba Brooks School →
  Nashoba Brooks School, 200 Strawberry Hill Rd, Concord
  9:00 am
Wednesday October 14
• MakeMobile: After School at deCordova →
  deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Rd, Lincoln
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Concord Festival of Authors: Carla Kaplan, Author of Troublemaker →
  Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St, Concord
  6:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Shabbat Around the Table (online) →
  Kerem Shalom, 659 Elm St, Concord
  6:30 pm
• Between The Lines →
  Concord Youth Theatre, 53 Church St, Concord
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Concord Festival of Authors: Debut Authors Panel →
  Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St, Concord
  2:00 pm
• Between The Lines →
  Concord Youth Theatre, 53 Church St, Concord
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Warner's Pond is a hidden gem.
  Gerow Park overlooks this beautiful pond. The sunsets are amazing! (Nextdoor West Concord-Thoreau)

• Aramark posted a job opening for Grill Cook- Tewksbury Hospital in Concord. Apply here.
• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Crew Member - Jimmy John's & Dunkin' Combo Store in Acton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Concord here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lincoln

• CCHS field hockey posts shutout victory in Sticks for Cancer match (concordbridge.org)
• The November Nine: Question 6 (southshore.news)

Acton

• Housing for All Acton: Eight Years of Housing Advocacy in Acton (actonexchange.org)
• Major accessibility improvements at Acton's Theatre III (actonexchange.org)
• Rowing team, building momentum, earns medals in Lowell (actonexchange.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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