🌱 Patch AM: Dover native earns captain role for Vanderbilt’s 2026 football season

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In today's newsletter:

• Dover native earns captain role for Vanderbilt's 2026 football season

Also on today's calendar: Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 86 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 63.
• Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Football Names 2026 Captains (vucommodores.com) — A Vanderbilt football standout originally from Dover defensive lineman Nick Rinaldi has been named one of four team captains for the 2026 season after a strong 2025 campaign. The article highlights his on-field production and academic honors, and notes Vanderbilt's season opener on Sept. 5 against Austin Peay.
   

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Monday September 14
• Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th →
  Plugged In Band Program, 40 Freeman Pl, Needham
  9:00 am
Friday September 18
• New England Fall Flower Show: Growing Together [Day 1] →
  Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Garden at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St, Wellesley
  9:00 am
Sunday September 20
• Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
  Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Outdoor Super Awesome Fun Time
  Dover Town Library Community Room , 56 Dedham St., Dover, MA, 0
  10:30 am
Thursday September 3
• Mediterranean Mezze: Adult Cooking Class at Powisset Farm →
  Powisset Farm, 39 Powissett St, Dover
  6:00 pm
• Board of Selectmen →
  Dover, MA Calendar
  6:30 pm
Monday September 7
• Allegra Commonwealth Singers →
  St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 3 Maple St, Framingham
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Kiddos in the Kitchen →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  11:00 am
Monday September 14
• Allegra Commonwealth Singers →
  St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 3 Maple St, Framingham
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• A Bite of Italy: Adult Cooking Class →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  6:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Date Night: Passport to Paris Adult Cooking Class →
  37 Pound St, Medfield
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Scrumptious Sourdough: Adult Cooking Class →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  11:00 am

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Needham

• E-bike crash prompts safety warning in Needham (newportdispatch.com)
• 'Making My Madonna' by Pamela Gemme (wordpress.com)

Westwood

• Motorcyclist, 71, killed in crash involving 3 vehicles on I-95 in Westwood (boston.com)
• In generational battle, Markey and Moulton offer closing arguments to voters ahead of primary (wbur.org)
• LA Kings Training Camp Preview: Jack Hughes (yardbarker.com)

Wellesley

• Wellesley Chinese American Network (WECAN) hosting end-of-summer picnic this Saturday (theswellesleyreport.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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