🌱 Patch AM: Which big Newton projects are on the agenda this week?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which big Newton projects are on the agenda this week?
• How a Newton farm helped revive a long-lost biblical vegetable

Also on today's calendar: The Cat Connection Calendar Raffle and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: An afternoon shower; warm, with a high of 86 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 64.
• Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• What's Up in Newton – Week of 8/30/2026 (figcitynews.com) — Newton's upcoming week is packed with decisions affecting housing, transit, and city services, including a 234‑unit 40B proposal on Court and Crafts Streets and discussions on the Newton Highlands MBTA station and village enhancements. Key boards, from the School Committee's negotiations subcommittee to the Retirement Board and Housing Authority, are meeting on contracts, finances, and transition planning that could shape local schools, housing, and neighborhood projects.
   

• Jewish farmers planted an ancient seed. Now the fruit is making its American culinary debut. (forward.com) — Newton's Gann Farm plays a key role in reviving qishuim, an ancient cucumber-like melon now appearing on menus at a Jewish tavern in Somerville. Jewish farmers and researchers, including Newton-based Torah scholar Noah Weinberg, are cross-pollinating seeds from Israel, Egypt and Europe to recreate the biblical fruit's flavor and share it with contemporary Jewish communities.
   

📸 Around Newton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Newton

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★ Featured events ★

Monday August 31
• The Cat Connection Calendar Raffle →
  Online,
  9:00 am
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

Sunday August 30
• ALS Walk for Research →
  Zervas School, 30 Beethoven Ave, Newton
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• Book Launch Party with Hank Phillippi Ryan →
  The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, Newton
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• World Dance Rhythms with Andromeda →
  Hannah's Dance Community, 230 Adams St, Newton
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• World Dance Wednesdays with Andromeda →
  Hannah's Dance Community, 230 Adams St, Newton
  6:30 pm
Friday September 11
• Newton 9-11 Memorial Ceremony →
  1164 Centre St, Newton
  3:00 pm
• Nurturing Minds 2026 Gala - Together for Education →
  625 Hazelhurst Ave, Merion Station
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Morning Birding at Nahanton Park →
  Nahanton Park,
  8:00 am
• Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Emily Mathis, Singer-Songwriter Julie Silver & B'nai Torah MetroWest →
  First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I am looking for a recommendation for a professional paint contractor for the exterior of my Newtonville store.
  Looking for someone that does excellent work and is reliable. Thanks. (Nextdoor Newtonville)

• TradeJobsWorkforce posted a job opening for Walmart Overnight Unloader in Newton. Apply here.
• Michaels Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandising Mgr Early Morning in Newton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Newton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Watertown

• Five Languages, Three Days, One Stage: SAATh Festival Returns to Watertown (indianewengland.com)
• Oryon Cell Therapies Names Kenny Choi Chief Technical Officer - Boston Life Sciences Times (bostonlifesciencestimes.com)

Waltham

• East Boston man accused in Waltham ghost gun case (wcvb.com)
• Associate Director, Companion Diagnostics Strategy Lead (abbvie.com)
• Job ID:26029713 - Document Administrator II - Waltham, Massachusetts (bankofamerica.com)

Ok Newton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- 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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