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In today's newsletter:

• What Somerville plans for the lot hiding its legendary snow pile
• Somerville researcher faces off against a record-chasing “Jeopardy!” champion

Also on today's calendar: Psyched Out Comedy: A Night of Psychic Readings and Laughs and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do cows have hooves and not feet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and chilly, with a high of 48 and low of 37 degrees.
• Wednesday: A passing morning shower, temps: high: 47, low: 39.
• Thursday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 42 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• People are making their way to Massachusetts to check out city vehicles that've been bizarrely buried under a mountain of snow (supercarblondie.com) — Somerville’s giant Washington Street snow pile is slowly revealing a fleet of junked city vehicles that were deliberately buried to keep winter emergency routes clear. As crews haul them out, the city is finalizing redevelopment plans for the four-acre, transit-adjacent lot, now seen as prime real estate thanks to nearby Green Line Extension projects and growing community interest.    

• Jamie Ding 'Jeopardy!' win streak hits 27. He moves up in cash won ranking (detroitnews.com) — A Somerville economic researcher, Caroline Coughlin, appeared on Monday’s “Jeopardy!” episode, finishing third while champion Jamie Ding extended his winning streak to 27 games and over $753,000 in winnings. The piece tracks Ding’s rise in the all-time rankings and his background as he chases historic champions like James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings.    

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📸 Around Somerville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Somerville

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 24

• Psyched Out Comedy: A Night of Psychic Readings and Laughs
  The Rockwell, 255 Elm St, Somerville
  7:00 am
• Jeeves and Wooster : Hijinks and Shenanigans!
  The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St, Watertown
  9:00 am

Saturday April 25

• Spring Open Studio Event
  Porter Mill Studios, 95 Rantoul St, Beverly, MA, 01915,
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday April 21

• Dani's Queer Bar x All She Wrote Books Book Club: Mac Crane's A SHARP ENDLESS NEED
  Dani’s Queer Bar , 909 Boylston St , Boston
  7:00 pm
• Horse Vision
  The Rockwell , 255 Elm St , Somerville
  7:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Drop-In Family Activities: Earth Day Inspiration at Paul Revere House
  Paul Revere House
  12:00 pm
• All She Wrote Presents: WATER TO WATER Book Talk
  Connexion , 149 Broadway , Somerville
  8:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Liz Cooper
  The Rockwell , 255 Elm St , Somerville
  7:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Psyched Out: Improv Based on Live Psychic Readings!
  The Rockwell , 255 Elm St , Somerville
  6:15 pm
• Music! DEVOTIONAL WORKSHOP, KIRTAN & DANCE JOURNEY with Jordan Loder & Friends
  The Arlington Center , 369 Massachusetts Ave , Arlington
  7:00 pm
• All She Wrote Books Presents: Bookworm Comedy
  All She Wrote Books , 75 Washington St , Somerville
  8:30 pm
• The Nova Show: A Sketch Variety Show for Weirdos Like You
  The Rockwell , 255 Elm St , Somerville
  9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Report of police activity in Malden, Massachusetts.
  7:08PM on Apr 19: Nextdoor user reports at least five police cars and two K9s on Dartmouth Street near Pleasant Plaza Apartments. (Nextdoor )
• Reports of a possible structure fire at 233 Appleton St in Lowell were confirmed to be a false alarm.
  3:34PM on Apr 19: Possible structure fire reported at 233 Appleton St in Lowell. (Nextdoor )

• Colwen Hotels posted a job opening for Assistant General Manager - The Row at Assembly Row in Somerville. Apply here.
• Stop & Shop posted a job opening for PT Night Crew-Clerk - Grocery - 2411 in Somerville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Somerville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Cambridge

• Seasonal Hair Loss in Women (everydayhealth.com)
• LISTEN: Mowesby & The Northern Flicker's "Retrograde" Is Cathartic & Atmospheric Folk (glidemagazine.com)
• Baseball splits home doubleheader against Columbia (browndailyherald.com)

Medford

• Medford Offering Discounted Rain Barrels For Spring Season (patch.com)

Everett

• Five Migrant Murderers Removed from the Streets of Boston by ICE (shorenewsnetwork.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They lactose! (Thank you Courtney S. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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