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🌱 Why Stow Acres is celebrating golf history with 50-cent rounds

Stow, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Stow! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why Stow Acres is celebrating golf history with 50-cent rounds

Also on today's calendar: From OY to JOY in Turbulent Times with Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out? 🤔 (Answer below!)

☑️ Important voting information: The Nov. 3 general election is coming up. Official Massachusetts election resources: Find your polling place | Register to vote | Check your registration | Absentee, mail and early voting.

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Tuesday: More clouds than sun, temps: high: 70, low: 49.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 73 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Stow country club celebrates the Black golf pioneer who founded course 100 years ago: ‘This was a hidden history' (bostonglobe.com) — Stow golfers can play a special recreated short course this week for just 50 cents a round, as Stow Acres marks its 100th anniversary and honors Black golf pioneer Robert H. Hawkins. A resident-led history project uncovered the course’s origins as Mapledale Country Club, one of the few places welcoming Black golfers in the 1920s, prompting new plaques and an annual memorial tournament.
   

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    Monday November 2
  • Well-Being Committee Meeting →
    Boxborough, MA Calendar, 29 Middle Road, Boxborough
    10:00 am
  • Fall Baby Storytime (Morning)
    Storytime Room Maynard Public Library, 77 Nason St, Maynard
    10:30 am
  • Preschool Story Time (ages 2-5)
    Sargent Memorial Library, 427 Massachusetts Ave, Boxborough
    11:00 am
  • Fire Station Building Committee Site Visit →
    Boxborough, MA Calendar Boxborough, MA 01719
    1:00 pm
  • Fall Baby Storytime (Afternoon)
    Storytime Room Maynard Public Library, 77 Nason St, Maynard
    2:00 pm
  • Planning Board Site Visit →
    Boxborough, MA Calendar Boxborough, MA 01719
    2:30 pm
  • Dungeons and Dragons
    Sargent Memorial Library, 427 Massachusetts Ave, Boxborough
    4:00 pm
  • Scars You Cannot See: Stories from the Road with Dr. Brian Lisse
    McLellan Room, 3 Washington Street, Hudson
    6:30 pm
  • Planning Board Meeting →
    Boxborough, MA Calendar
    7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Maynard

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Hudson

Acton

  • Acton Historical Society names barn for Bill and Amber Klauer (actonexchange.org)
  • Acton Exchange begins end-of-year fundraiser with national group's matching program (actonexchange.org)
  • Volunteers dig into Acton's past at the Faulkner Homestead (actonexchange.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out?" — Look in the mirror and see what you saw, take the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, climb out of the hole. (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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