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🌱 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

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

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📰 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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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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