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Also on today's calendar: Shabbat on the Beach at the Wayland Town Beach and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Sudbury Earns National Budget Presentation Award (patch.com) — Sudbury residents can take pride in the town's fiscal 2027 budget, which has earned a national Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association. The recognition highlights how clearly Sudbury explains its spending plans and financial priorities, and follows a similar award for the town's fiscal 2026 budget.
2. Family Remembers 8-Year-Old Boy Killed After Tree Falls At MA Summer Camp (patch.com) — Sudbury is mourning 8-year-old Mason Sundberg, a Sudbury Public Schools student who died after a tree fell at YMCA Camp Chickami in Wayland. His family and local police describe a kind, funny boy whose loss has deeply affected classmates and neighbors, and Sudbury officials are coordinating support services for the community.
3. Firefighters in Sudbury rescue horse trapped in a wheelbarrow (boston25news.com) — Sudbury firefighters recently freed a horse named Liam after his leg became stuck in a wheelbarrow, carefully dismantling the equipment to avoid injury. The Sudbury Fire Department later thanked Liam and his owner on Facebook for trusting them during the unusual rescue.
4. NBC 10 PM Flash Briefing: August 19, 2026 (turnto10.com) — A regional NBC10 flash briefing notes that an 8-year-old boy from Sudbury, previously injured by a falling tree at Camp Chickami in Wayland, has died from his injuries. The segment appears alongside several other New England news items, but the Sudbury child's death is one of the key updates.
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