🌱 Patch AM: How a Dover donor is helping shape Question 6’s conservation push.

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Dover donor is helping shape Question 6's conservation push.

Also on today's calendar: Natick Art Association Open Studios and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.
• Tuesday: Variable clouds with a shower, temps: high: 63, low: 57.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The November Nine: Question 6 (southshore.news subscription) — A statewide ballot measure on November's Question 6 would redirect existing Massachusetts sales tax revenue from certain sporting-related businesses into a new "Nature for All" conservation fund, but leaves final appropriations to the Legislature. The piece dissects legal ambiguities, funding estimates, and who is bankrolling the campaign, including a $26,258 contribution from Dover resident Edward Homer Ladd, highlighting how well-funded conservation nonprofits are driving the effort.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• Natick Art Association Open Studios →
  Various Locations Across Natick, Natick
  11:00 am
Saturday October 24
• Needham High School Artisan Craft Fair and Bake Sale →
  Needham High School, 609 Webster St, Needham
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• DTL Space Planning Committee →
  Dover Town Library, Dover
  9:00 am
• Tots in the Kitchen →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  10:00 am
• Outdoor Super Awesome Fun Time →
  Dover Town Library, 56 Dedham St., Dover
  10:30 am
• Page Turners Book Club: This Must Be the Place →
  Dover Town Library, 56 Dedham St., Dover
  2:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Stew Season: Adult Cooking Class →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  6:00 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Kiddos in the Kitchen →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  4:30 pm
Thursday October 22
• Remarkable Roast Chicken: Adult Cooking Class →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  6:00 pm
• Sustainable Medfield will host "Weathering Change": An Evening with Meteorologist David Epstein →
  Medfield High School, 88 South St, Medfield
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 29
• Savory Pie, Oh My!: Adult Cooking Class →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 31
• Boo in the Barnyard at Powisset Farm →
  37 Powissett St, Dover
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Needham

• MEDWAY: Kathleen Margret Keough (town.news)

Westwood

• We Asked 3 Registered Dietitians to Name the Healthiest Dark Chocolate Brand—They All Picked the Same One (newsbreak.com)
• Financial Comparison: Valor Energy (NASDAQ:VAI) versus TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) (defenseworld.net)
• Women's Swimming & Diving Beats Bentley for First Time Since 1999 in Season Opener, 172-116 (babsonathletics.com)

Wellesley

• Indigenous Peoples Day 2026 Wellesley—what's open and closed, nearby events (theswellesleyreport.com)
• Wellesley MA town government meetings for week of Oct. 12; AC at Advisory & other Town Meeting prep; Condos at ZBA (theswellesleyreport.com)

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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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