Pay-As-You-Can Cafe To Come To This City : Patch PM

NEWTON, MA — It's Friday, Dec. 4. You made it to the end of another week. If you were taking guesses on how much snow would hit greater Boston this weekend, we've got some estimates from the National Weather Service for you to factor in (see more about that below).

Here's what Patch has been covering in greater Boston and across Massachusetts today:

A local pastor plans to renovate a space in Newton and turn it into a "pay-what-you-can" community cafe, with proceeds to help address food disparity in the city.

It's the type of kind act that he hopes will inspire others to be kind to others around town. And in an effort to help more neighbors get there, Rev. Devlin Scott said he's launching a kindness campaign he's calling "FOR Newton."

"Nothing especially prompted it," he said. "But the national discord, the social unrest and the constant rifts on social media between families and friends, etc. — pointed to a need to unity in our differences for a better good. Certainly we have not seen that example on the national political level. Newton is different, but we aren't immune." Read the rest of the story.

Elsewhere in greater Boston

Newton Public Schools To Offer Free Coronavirus Testing For Staff

Newton is joining the likes of Watertown and Wellesley and plans to offer asymptomatic testing to faculty. The plan is to get as many teachers who want to get tested tested before Christmas break, said School Committee chair Ruth Goldman.

Arlington's $234M High School Construction Gets A Few Perks

Thanks to the current economy and a competitive bidding process, the district is set add a few things to the project they had to take out earlier because they couldn't afford them. The school will get new lighting at the new athletic fields, a ramp at the Minuteman Bikeway and a signal at Mill Street. Part of the building will be open to students in 2022, but the whole thing is projected to finish in 2025.

Also:

• Boston College Reports 28 New Undergraduate Cases Of COVID-19
• Cambridge Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Possession
• Waltham Fernald Fire Was Arson, $5K Reward: State Fire Marshall
• Food Trucks And PTOs Team Up To Push Through Pandemic
• 'The Next Step Is Shutting Everything Down,' Walsh Says Of Rising Boston COVID Cases

Across Massachusetts

Officials Study Bringing Commuter Rail Service To Cape Cod
Buzzards Bay could be home to a new commuter rail station.

Barnstable Firefighters Rescue Man Stuck In Tree
A man got stuck in a tree 15 feet above the ground when another tree he was cutting fell on his leg.

Tewksbury Teachers Union Votes No Confidence In Superintendent

Union leadership cited unprofessional behaviors and lack of leadership as reasons for the vote, which was approved by 82 percent of voters.

Ex-Fiance Pleads Guilty To 2018 Murder Of North Andover Woman

Brian Chevalier, 54, of New Hampshire was sentenced to life in prison Friday after admitting to the 2018 strangling of Wendi Rose Davidson.

Estimated COVID-19 Vaccine Wait Time In Middlesex County
The New York Times, the Surgo Foundation and Ariadne Labs used their vaccine tool to calculate what priority you would be to receive it.

And finally today:

The first real winter storm of the season is expected to hit the region Saturday. Here's what it means for you. Read: How Much Snow To Expect In Greater Boston

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