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🌱 Patch AM: Wayland assisted living staffer earns statewide honor for resident-focused improvements
Make time for Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Emily Mathis, Singer-Songwriter Julie Silver & B'nai Torah MetroWest on the Wayland Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- Wayland assisted living staffer earns statewide honor for resident-focused improvements
Also on today's calendar: Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Emily Mathis, Singer-Songwriter Julie Silver & B'nai Torah MetroWest and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cloudy with a shower in spots, with a high of 72 and low of 60 degrees.
- Thursday: A morning thunderstorm or two, temps: high: 76, low: 63.
- Friday: Warmer with periods of sun, with a high of 83 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Wayland MA maintenance director honored for assisted living excellence (metrowestdailynews.com) — A Wayland-based maintenance director at Carriage House at Lee's Farm has been honored statewide for creating safer, more welcoming spaces for local assisted living residents. The senior community on Boston Post Road highlights her hands-on projects, from custom activity tables to a memorial bocce court, along with behind-the-scenes improvements that speed apartment prep and support both maintenance and housekeeping teams.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wayland
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★ Featured events ★
- Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Emily Mathis, Singer-Songwriter Julie Silver & B'nai Torah MetroWest →
First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
10:00 am - Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th →
Plugged In Band Program, 40 Freeman Pl, Needham
9:00 am - New England Fall Flower Show: Growing Together [Day 1] →
Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Garden at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St, Wellesley
9:00 am - Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
10:00 am
Saturday September 12
Monday September 14
Friday September 18
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Other local events
- Music Exchange Listening Room →
35 Andrew Ave, Wayland
7:30 pm - Colonial Sudbury, The Rice Family and their Role in the American Revolution →
Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd, Wayland
7:00 pm - Repair & Renew Workshop: Upcycle with Botanical Embroidery →
Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd, Wayland
6:00 pm - Wayland High School Patriotic Halftime Show →
WHS Football Field, 264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland
7:00 pm - Share Erev Rosh Hashanah with B'nai Torah MetroWest's Rabbi Emily Mathis & Julie Silver! →
First Parish of Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury
7:30 pm - Electronic Recycling and Document Shredding →
Memorial Congregational Church, 26 Concord Rd, Sudbury
9:00 am - Codman Estate Fine Arts and Crafts Festival →
Codman Estate, 34 Codman Rd, Lincoln
10:00 am - Tashlich with B'nai Torah MetroWest at the historic Wayside Inn Grist Mill →
Wayside Inn Grist Mill, 72 Wayside Inn Rd, Sudbury
1:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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