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In today's newsletter:

  • How Bentley’s Waltham-based Falcons plan to defend first place
  • Waltham-born man identified in 40-year-old Ohio crash mystery

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  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 47 and low of 26 degrees.
  • Friday: Occasional afternoon rain, temps: high: 46, low: 39.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon rain, with a high of 45 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bentley heads west to take on Air Force Friday and Saturday nights (bentleyfalcons.com) — Bentley University’s hockey team, based in Waltham, heads back to Colorado this weekend to face Air Force after a strong series that included a tie and a big win over Holy Cross. Recent games in Waltham and Worcester have pushed Bentley to first place in Atlantic Hockey, setting up an important road test before Air Force visits Bentley Arena again in February.
   

• 40-Year-Old Massachusetts Cold Case Solved: Charles Joseph Nunnenman III Identified as Victim in Boardman Crash (hoodline.com) — A long-unidentified crash victim has been confirmed as Charles Joseph Nunnenman III, who was born in Waltham in 1941 before later moving to Los Angeles. Genetic genealogy work finally connected his Massachusetts roots to a 1982 fatal hit-and-run in Ohio, giving his surviving family long-awaited answers. Investigators still don’t know why he was in Ohio that night.
   

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Belmont

  • Belmont's Kara Goulding on Final Stretch of BC Hockey Career (belmontvoice.org)

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  • See How to Reserve Your Spot for the 26th Annual Watertown Unity Breakfast (watertownmanews.com)
  • ANCA Eastern Region to host grassroots seminar in Watertown (armenianweekly.com)
  • Police Log: Driver Arrested After Hitting Police Cruiser, Car Stolen in Watertown Ends up in Malden (watertownmanews.com)

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