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🌱 Patch AM: How did Concord spark not one, but two American revolutions?

Spotted on the Concord calendar: Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!)

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Hello Concord! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How did Concord spark not one, but two American revolutions?
  • Concord-Carlisle girls dominate Amherst Invitational—see how they won it.

Also on today's calendar: Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) and 12 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Debbie W.!

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • 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)

Ok Concord! 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: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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