🌱 Patch AM: How a Needham High grad got a heartfelt ESPN farewell

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• How a Needham High grad got a heartfelt ESPN farewell

Also on today's calendar: Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 79 and low of 65 degrees.
• Tuesday: A shower and t-storm; cooler, temps: high: 69, low: 60.
• Wednesday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 71 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ESPN gives Karl Ravech emotional send-off at Little League World Series during final broadcast (nypost.com) — A longtime ESPN baseball voice reflects on a career that surpassed what he imagined when he graduated from Needham High School, as colleagues gave him an emotional on-air farewell during his final Little League World Series broadcast. The segment highlighted his decades of work, his gratitude toward ESPN despite a recent layoff, and the close relationships he built behind the scenes.
   

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Friday September 11
• Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile →
  Zullo Gallery Center For the Arts, 456 Main St, Medfield
  6:30 pm
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
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Monday August 31
• Needham Historical Commission - Hybrid →
  Needham Calendar, Needham Town Hall 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham
  6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Budding Bookworms
  Needham Free Public Library Children's Room , 1139 Highland
  10:00 am
• Student Visit Open House
  Angier Elementary School 1697 Beacon Street, Waban, MA 02468
  6:00 pm
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  7:15 pm
Wednesday September 2
• PTC Coffee on the Playground & Blacktop
  Mitchell Elementary Mitchell Blacktop
  8:00 am
• Historic District Commission →
  Needham Calendar
  10:00 am
• Make Music with Stacey Peasley
  Needham Free Public Library Library Community Room , 1139 Highland
  10:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Indie Bookfest →
  TLC Studios & Media Lab, 390 Washington St, Dedham
  11:00 am
Saturday September 19
• 2026 Greek Festival, Sept 18, 19, 20 →
  Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England, 162 Goddard Ave, Brookline
  12:00 pm

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Dedham

• Orange Rally Past Northeastern (cuse.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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