🌱 Patch AM: How a key flood plan could reshape protection for the North End

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In today's newsletter:

• How a key flood plan could reshape protection for the North End

Also on today's calendar: Webinar: AI SEO: Get Your Brand Seen and Chosen Online and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunshine and nice, with a high of 76 and low of 61 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid; a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 77, low: 68.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• City of Boston USACE Comment Letter (einpresswire.com) — Boston is weighing specific coastal flood protection options that directly affect Downtown and the North End, favoring a plan that preserves Commercial Street as an evacuation route. The City's comment letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers backs major federal investment, pushes for both near-term and comprehensive projects, and stresses hybrid infrastructure and better stormwater integration to safeguard neighborhoods and the waterfront long term.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North End

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 16
• Webinar: AI SEO: Get Your Brand Seen and Chosen Online →
  Online Webinar,
  3:00 pm
Friday September 18
• PRICED TO SELL with pre-paid HOA for 6 months if offer accepted by 9/24/26 →
  312 Columbus Ave, Boston
  5:00 pm
• West End Story: Celebrating Community and the Music of Leonard Bernstein →
  The Hub on Causeway, 100 Causeway St, Boston
  7:00 pm
• West End Story: Community and the Music of Leonard Bernstein →
  The Hub on Causeway, 100 Causeway St, Boston
  7:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Commonwealth School Virtual Open House →
  Virtual,
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Virtual Talk with Old North Illuminated: "On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear"
  Boston National Park, 21 Second Ave, Charlestown
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Animal Rescue League of Boston
  East Boston Branch Library, 276 Meridian Street, East Boston
  4:00 pm
• LEGO Club (Ages 5-12)
  Charlestown Branch Library, 179 Main Street, Charlestown
  4:30 pm
• History at Sunset Walking Tour: Boston Resists the Fugitive Slave Act
  African Meeting House, 8 Smith Court, Boston
  5:30 pm
• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Conversation Gr
  East Boston Branch Library, 276 Meridian Street, East Boston
  7:00 pm
• Constitution Day 2026: A Revolutionary View of Constitutional Supremacy
  Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Ana Popovic with Danielle Miraglia →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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🗞 Nearby News

Back Bay

• House hunt stories: He dreamed of a South End brownstone for 12 years. It took 90 days of chaos to get one. (bostonglobe.com)
• Where To Find Boston's Best Mocktails (forbes.com)
• Farewell to Summer at Willow & Ivy (bostonchefs.com)

South End

• End-of-Summer Soiree (bostonchefs.com)

Chelsea

• Greater Boston Communities Offer Free Trees to Residents This Fall (country1025.com)
• 143 Arlington St #B, Chelsea, MA 02150 Property for rent (corcoran.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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