🌱 DEDHAM: Everything Going On Today (Mon, Oct 18)

Hey, Dedham! It's Monday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and breezy. High: 61 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories today in Dedham:

1. Catholic football team from Boston subjected to ‘racist language’ during game on Cape Cod (Boston 25 News)
2. Princeton welcomes professor whose lecture was canceled at MIT (Boston Herald)
3. Flooding could shut down Logan airport, hospitals, and other critical infrastructure in Mass., and the risk is only growing, report says (The Boston Globe)
4. Michelle Wu has big ideas. If she’s elected mayor, Beacon Hill could decide if many of them happen. (The Boston Globe)
5. Boston's Sean O'Brien could become a big adversary to Amazon if he wins the nationwide Teamsters election (BetaBoston)
6. On The Record: Annissa Essaibi George on misleading poll numbers (WCVB Boston)

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Today in Dedham:

• CommonApp Drop In Sessions - Dedham High School (12:00 AM)

Dedham Patch Notebook

• Dedham Public Library: "Happy Caturday! Check out this link to read about "Dewey: the small town library cat who touched the world!" https://find.minlib.net/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2586523" (Facebook)
• Dedham Public Library: "Murder Mystery on Mount Olympus Thursday, October 28th @6:00. There's been a murder on Mount Olympus! The gods are throwing a party to celebrate Jason's marriage to his second wife, Creusa. But as the groom-to-be arrives at the scene, tr..." (Facebook)
• Dedham Public Library: "Little Lab Coats: The Farm Monday October 18th @6:15-7:00PM on Zoom Find out where the broccoli on your plate and the milk in your glass actually come from! Learn how farm animals such as sheep, horses, and cows provide resources we use ..." (Facebook)
• Dedham Public Library: "Loki - Mackenzie Lee https://find.minlib.net/iii/en... Loki, the trickster God of Norse mythology, gets to be the center of his own story in this Marvel novel by Mackenzi Lee which transcends realms of myth and earth." (Facebook)
• Dedham Public Library: "Fall into Fall Outdoor Storytime with Miss Marsha Thursday 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 Session One: 10AM Session Two: 11:15AM Description: Join Ms. Marsha at Dedham Public Library for an Outdoor Fall story time series for Toddlers. W..." (Facebook)

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— Mary Ellen Gambon

About me: I am a Freelance Massachusetts Editor covering the towns of Canton, Dedham, Norwood, Westwood and Walpole, MA. I am a Boston native who began my journalism career in 1994. I graduated from Boston University, where I received bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science. In 2002, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a master's in public administration. I am a 1994 Pulliam Fellow, a national award given to 10 graduating college seniors who are pursuing careers in journalism. I previously was a staff reporter for Gazette Publications, Inc., The Dedham TImes, The Daily Transcript and The Parkway-West Roxbury Transcript. Over the past four years, I have been a freelance reporter at Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. and Gannett, Inc. covering greater Boston. I also write for The Hopkinton Independent.

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