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🌱 Patch AM: How a deadly molasses wave reshaped safety rules in the North End.
Coming up: Commonwealth School Virtual Open House on the North End Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How a deadly molasses wave reshaped safety rules in the North End.
Also on today's calendar: Commonwealth School Virtual Open House and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 55 degrees.
- Monday: A steady afternoon breeze, temps: high: 71, low: 44.
- Tuesday: Cooler with plenty of sun, with a high of 62 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• In 1919, a steel tank in Boston's North End collapsed and sent 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets; 21 people died, and the company paid $628,000 in damages (newsbreak.com) — Boston's North End is remembered here for the 1919 molasses flood, when a massive storage tank burst and sent a deadly wave through neighborhood streets, killing 21 and injuring about 150. The piece explains how the disaster reshaped building safety rules and notes that today's Langone Park ballfield still sits atop the tank's buried foundation. 
📸 Around North End
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🗓 Upcoming Events in North End
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★ Featured events ★
- Commonwealth School Virtual Open House →
Virtual,
6:30 pm
Tuesday October 6
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Other local events
- Explore and Play (Ages 0-5)
Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
10:30 am - Gentle Yoga with Marianne Zullas
Charlestown Branch Library, 179 Main Street, Charlestown
11:00 am - Baby Music Class with Music at the Blissful
Charlestown Branch Library, 179 Main Street, Charlestown
1:00 pm - Vault to Vessel: Explore "Old Ironsides" with USS Constitution Museum
Boston National Park, 21 Second Ave, Charlestown
2:00 pm - Unraveling the News: Knitting and Crochet Conversation Circle
Boston Public Library - Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
4:00 pm - Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
Boston Public Library - Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
4:00 pm - Chalk Club for Teens!
East Boston Branch Library, 276 Meridian Street, East Boston
4:00 pm - NEMPAC's Opera on the Prado →
Paul Revere Mall, Boston
1:00 pm - Spruce Street Nursery School Admissions Open House! →
Spruce Street Nursery School, 5 Avery St, Boston
9:00 am - NEMPAC's Opera on the Prado →
Paul Revere Mall, Boston
1:00 pm - Meditate in the Seaport →
GrubStreet, 50 Liberty Drive, Boston
6:00 pm
Monday October 5
Saturday October 10
Saturday October 17
Thursday October 22
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🗞 Nearby News
Back Bay
- John Leslie Breck is Boston's most important artist you've never heard of (bostonglobe.com)
- Boston at a Bargain: 15 free ways to fill your October (bostonglobe.com)
- NABB honors two longtime board members with community service awards (thebostonsun.com)
South End
- South End Historical Society House Tour set for Oct. 17 (thebostonsun.com)
Boston
- Debris Field Found As Search Continues For Missing Aircraft With 6 Aboard Off Nantucket: USCG (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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