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🌱 How police tracked a suspect on Maynard’s Assabet River Rail Trail
Coming up: MCC Fall Thrifting Market on the Maynard Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- How police tracked a suspect on Maynard's Assabet River Rail Trail
Also on today's calendar: MCC Fall Thrifting Market and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny and cool, with a high of 65 and low of 45 degrees.
- Friday: Breezy; a little p.m. rain, temps: high: 66, low: 52.
- Saturday: Brisk and cool with rain, with a high of 63 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Man arrested after alleged lewd acts reported on Maynard rail trail (shrewsburypost.com) — Police in Maynard arrested a 36-year-old unhoused man after reports that someone exposed himself and engaged in lewd acts on a bench along the Assabet River Rail Trail near Summer and Maple streets. Anonymous photos and videos from Sept. 15 helped detectives identify the suspect, leading to an arrest warrant and his Sept. 18 arrest on multiple lewdness and disorderly conduct charges.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Maynard
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★ Featured events ★
- MCC Fall Thrifting Market →
Memorial Congregational Church, 26 Concord Rd, Sudbury
5:00 pm - The Blues Dogs and the Lola Sweet Band →
Sanctuary Cultural Arts Center, 82 Main St, Maynard
7:30 pm - Thrifting Market →
Memorial Congregational Church, 26 Concord Rd, Sudbury
9:00 am - Nobscot Pet Hospital Open House - Fun for the whole family! →
770 Water St, Framingham
10:00 am - Union Station Card Show →
Union Station Worcester, 2 Washington Sq, Worcester
10:00 am - Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum →
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, 241 Wellesley St, Weston
10:00 am - The Tenderbellies - LIVE award-winning folk/bluegrass! →
First Church Unitarian, 19 Foster St, Littleton
7:00 pm
Thursday September 24
Saturday September 26
Sunday September 27
Saturday October 3
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Sarah Levecque Duo at Sanctuary →
Sanctuary, 82 Main Street, Maynard
5:30 pm - Catnip Junkies →
Sudbury Meetinghouse, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
5:00 pm - Girl Scout Kickoff →
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts - Headquarters/Office, 265 Beaver St, Waltham
1:00 pm - Annual Pepperell Open Farm Day →
Participating Farms in Pepperell, Pepperell
11:00 am - Why We Tell Stories with First Parish of Sudbury →
First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
10:00 am
Thursday September 24
Saturday September 26
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Sunday October 11
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Local Event: Worship with Us! Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (patch.com)
- Earth Talk: Pets and the planet (myrtlebeachonline.com)
Acton
- A broken powered wheelchair left a Massachusetts man stranded. Getting it fixed is a bigger problem. (cbsnews.com)
- Man arrested for allegedly exposing self on Maynard, Mass., rail trail, police say (wcvb.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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