Man Finds Mortar Round Buried In Yard: Patch PM

WESTBOROUGH, MA — It's Monday, Nov. 16. The weather is back to feeling like autumn, and it looks like tomorrow will even dip down into the mid 40s. Prep yourselves. Here's what Patch has been covering in greater Boston and across Massachusetts today.

What started out as Sunday yard work ended with a call to the Massachusetts State Police bomb squad when a Westborough man found a mortar round in the yard of his Hyde Street home. The bomb squad was able to safely remove the round and detonate it at another site. There's no word yet on how it got there in the first place.Read the full story.

Elsewhere in greater Boston

Ex-Harvard Fencing Coach Accused Of Admissions Bribery Scheme

Peter Brand, who coached at Harvard for some 20 years, is accused of accepting $1.5 million, including a new car and payments to remodel his home, from a Maryland man. The prosecutor says that Maryland man sent two sons to Harvard that Brand recruited for the fencing team as part of the scheme.

Newton Middle Schoolers Begin In-Person Portion Of Hybrid Model

Monday, Newton Middle Schoolers returned to school after months of online-only learning. Families of elementary and high school students are watching to see if this means any changes for their children.

Brookline To Consider Removing Gendered Pronouns In Its Bylaws

There's a proposal in front of the town's legislative branch about the possibility of changing gendered pronouns such as "he/him/his" and "she/her/hers" in the bylaws to "they/them/theirs."

Arlington High School Grad Dies In Army Copter Crash In Egypt

An Army officer who was from Arlington died in a helicopter crash in Egypt. He was just 27.

Buttermilk & Bourbon To Open In Watertown

This will be the restaurant's second location after success with the first location in Boston's Back Bay.

Across Massachusetts

• Coast Guard rescues fisherman off of Martha's Vineyard: A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter launched and safely hoisted the fisherman from the ship.
• Merrimack Valley town does away with snow days: The new ubiquity of remote learning means a sad end for a winter tradition, North Andover Public Schools confirmed Sunday: no more snow days. The district said that if there is enough snow to impact school, all students will instead attend their scheduled classes remotely. Other Massachusetts school districts will likely follow.
• Former Winter Hill Gang Leader Howie Winter Dies At 91: Winter was a looming figure in the Boston underworld in the 1960s and 70s as the leader of the notorious Irish gang. Winter served time in prison for race-fixing and drug trafficking, during which James "Whitey" Bulger emerged as the gang's leader.
• Gov. Charlie Baker did not attend a weekend Coronavirus Summit: Instead of hopping on the conference call himself, Baker sent staffers to the conference with six northeastern states aimed at coordinating coronavirus responses in the region.

And finally today:

MA Has 30,000 Active Coronavirus Cases, Officials Believe

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