WESTWOOD: Everything Going On Today (Mon, Sep 27)

Welcome back, Westwood! It's Monday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in and around Westwood.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 76 Low: 60.

Here are the top stories in Westwood today:

1. Woman Killed in Double Shooting Remembered as Happy Mom Who Radiated Joy (NBC10 Boston)
2. Massachusetts weather outlook: Finally ‘feeling a lot more like fall’ in Boston (Boston Herald)
3. 9 People Injured in Escalator Incident at Back Bay Station (NBC10 Boston)
4. Afghanistan vet running the Boston Marathon for Boston Children's Hospital, where he had life-saving brain surgery (Boston Herald)
5. Woman killed in double shooting in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, police say (WCVB Boston)
6. Cardinal O'Malley urges Weymouth parishioners to 'change the crowd into a community' (The Patriot Ledger)
7. CommonWealth Magazine (CommonWealth magazine)
8. OTR: Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards explains why she is endorsing Michelle Wu for mayor (WCVB Boston)
9. OTR: Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards weighs in on Mass & Cass crisis (WCVB Boston)
10. Man stabbed in stomach after apparent road rage incident in Cambridge, police say (WCVB Boston)

Today in Westwood:

Westwood Patch Notebook

• Westwood, MA Public Library: "Thanks to all the friends old and new who stopped by the library tent at @westwood_day !!! #selfieswithlizzy #westwoodday #libraries #libraryoutreach #westwoodma @westwoodrec" (Facebook)
• Westwood, MA Public Library: "Come visit the library tent at Westwood Day! We have small prizes, lollipops, and more! #westwoodplma #westwoodday @westwoodplma" (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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