🌱 Patch AM: How Watertown finally snapped Stoneham’s decade-long football dominance

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In today's newsletter:

• How Watertown finally snapped Stoneham's decade-long football dominance
• Will Forest Ridge near the Stoneham line be preserved or developed?

Also on today's calendar: The Best Flippin' Card Show Monthly Mixer and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cooler with clouds, then sun, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 62, low: 51.
• Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, with a high of 70 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Watertown shuts out Stoneham to earn decade-in-the-making win (bostonherald.com) — Stoneham High's football team was shut out 14-0 by Watertown, ending a decade-long winning streak in this Middlesex League matchup. Despite controlling the clock early with their wing-T offense, the Spartans couldn't finish drives, while Watertown capitalized with two touchdown passes to stay unbeaten this season.
   

• Winchester Committee for Community Preservation eyes eight projects for funding at Town Meeting (homenewshere.com) — Winchester's Community Preservation committee is backing eight projects for November Town Meeting, including major upgrades to Leonard Field pavilion and Packer Ellis Tennis Courts. One key question for Stoneham-area residents is Forest Ridge, a 13.7-acre parcel near the Middlesex Fells and Stoneham line that could be taken by eminent domain as developers show new interest.
   

📸 Around Stoneham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stoneham

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• The Best Flippin' Card Show Monthly Mixer →
  15 Middlesex Canal Park Dr, Woburn
  8:30 am
• Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum →
  Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, 241 Wellesley St, Weston
  10:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Commonwealth School Virtual Open House →
  Virtual,
  6:30 pm
• Intro to ADUs →
  111 High St, Medford
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Austin Prep: Fall Open House →
  Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow St, Reading
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Jack-O'-Lantern Nights at Stone Zoo →
  Stone Zoo, 149 Pond St, Stoneham
  5:30 pm
Monday October 5
• Eastern Middlesex Toastmasters →
  Stoneham Public Library, 431 Main St, Stoneham
  6:50 pm
Thursday October 8
• Tutankhamun: The Lost Treasures →
  Stoneham Historical Society & Museum, 36 William St, Stoneham
  6:45 pm
Saturday October 10
• It's a Bloch Party! Grand Opening →
  Bloch Performing Arts Inc., 271 Lincoln St, Lexington
  11:00 am
• Phantom of the Opera with LIVE Orchestra →
  Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville
  7:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Meet the Author: ALZFiredUp! Living Well with Alzheimer's →
  140 Franklin St, Stoneham
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• No Kings: Vote Early →
  Stoneham Town Common, 340 Main St, Stoneham
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• StonehamBank Celebrates Cyber Security Awareness Month at North Reading Senior Center —Sharon Iovanni Read on Patch

• Circle K posted a job opening for Store Assistant Manager in Wakefield. Apply here.
• Parker Hannifin Corp. posted a job opening for CNC Machinist in Woburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stoneham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Melrose

• Assault, Disorderly Conduct, And Fake Guns: Melrose Police Log (patch.com)
• Missing Melrose Woman Located (patch.com)

Winchester

• How a Winchester Victorian Became an Immersive Showroom (bostonmagazine.com)
• Old banner creates new controversy for Winchester middle school (winchesternews.org)
• Jenks hosts 'Walls, Rock & Rum: The Colonial History of the Middlesex Fells' with historians Alison Simcox, Douglas Heath (winchesternews.org)

Woburn

• With drive and devotion, Woburn girls' volleyball is rising the ranks (bostonglobe.com)

Ok Stoneham! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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