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🌱 Patch AM: How a shuttered Route 2 prison could become Concord’s next neighborhood

Also check out Annual Pepperell Open Farm Day on the Concord Patch calendar

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Morning Concord! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a shuttered Route 2 prison could become Concord's next neighborhood

Also on today's calendar: Annual Pepperell Open Farm Day and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Monday: Periods of sun with a shower, temps: high: 70, low: 41.
  • Tuesday: Sunny and cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The state desperately needs more housing. Could an old Army barracks at Devens be part of the answer? (bostonglobe.com) — State officials are exploring major new housing on surplus public land, including a plan developed with Concord officials to reimagine the shuttered prison along Route 2 as a new neighborhood. At the same time, MassDevelopment is pushing to convert Devens' historic Vicksburg barracks into apartments, though environmental cleanup and complex multi-town zoning votes remain big hurdles.
   

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  • For anyone affected by Lyme Disease, the Sweetfern plant was used by Native Americans for skin diseases, like poison ivy.
    I learned that in summer camp years ago and also discovered it works well with treating Lyme Disease. The early colonists apparently brewed a tea… (Nextdoor Thoreau)
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🗞 Nearby News

Acton

  • Iris Care – A conversation with Susanne Fuller, Iris enthusiast of the Acton Garden Club (actonexchange.org)
  • Acton housing hurdles helped by advocates, federal grant (actonexchange.org)
  • McManus Manor opens: 41 affordable homes on Main Street, and the woman who inspired them (actonexchange.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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