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Hey there, Woburn! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How the new New Boston Street bridge will change getting around Woburn
  • Council presses Richard Circle owners over long-neglected, fire-damaged home

Also on today's calendar: Family Festival Faith & Fun and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Rain and drizzle; not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy and humid with showers, temps: high: 72, low: 64.
  • Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 75 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New Boston Street bridge to open sometime around Labor Day (homenewshere.com) — A long-awaited traffic link between East and North Woburn is set to reopen around Labor Day, with residents invited to walk the new New Boston Street bridge before cars use it. The $28 million project reconnects key industrial and residential areas, supporting thousands of jobs and hundreds of new apartments along New Boston Street, Commerce Way, and near Anderson Station.
   

• Public nuisance hearing opened and continued… Council asks Richard Circle landlords to clean up fire-damaged property (homenewshere.com) — Woburn city councilors are pressing the owners of a fire-damaged East Woburn home on Richard Circle to address safety and appearance concerns while they battle their insurance company. Neighbors say the boarded-up house, stagnant pool, and wildlife are a growing nuisance, and the council has given the landlords 30 days to work with the building commissioner before the hearing resumes in October.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • SCI Concert Series Concluded with Renee and the Renegades at Library Park on August 14 —Nicole Osborne Read on Patch
  • U-Haul International, Inc. posted a job opening for Facility Housekeeper in Woburn. Apply here.
  • Parker Hannifin Corporation posted a job opening for Material Handler - 1st Shift in Woburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Woburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Winchester

  • Assistant town administrator provides update on ICE facility (homenewshere.com)

Burlington

  • Leonard Victor Short, Jr. (capecodchronicle.com)
  • Ed Markey's case for 6 more years in the Senate (lexobserver.org)
  • Press Release Massachusetts 250 Commemorative Plate Becomes Most Popular Specialty Plate in State History (mass.gov)

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Ok Woburn! 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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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