Outdoor Dining + Road Trip Destinations: Winchester Digest

Happy Friday, people of Winchester! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today.

First, today's weather:

Variable cloudiness. High: 73 Low: 64.

Here are the top stories in Winchester today:

1. Planners agree outdoor dining not a bad thing (Woburn Daily Times)
2. Malden playground's new fixture helps kids who need help communicating (WCVB Boston)
3. Coast Guard: Wreck found off Boston is storied cutter Bear (Boston.com)
4. Three cool road trip destinations that are less than six hours from Boston (The Boston Globe)
5. Bird strike forces plane to return to Logan Airport (The Boston Globe)

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Today in Winchester:

• Outdoor Solo Art Show (12:00 PM)
• Friday Pop-Ups with Pickles: Halloween Paint Party! (3:30 PM)
• Friday Pop-Ups with Pickles: Halloween Paint Party! (5:00 PM)
• Revere High School @ Winchester High School - Girls Fall Varsity Volleyball (5:30 PM)

Winchester Patch Notebook

• VisitMA: "Road trip goals. 😍 #mylocalMA #VisitMA #autumndays #autumnleaves #fallcolors #othersideMA #westernMass #naturalMassachusetts #Massachusetts_igers #hadleyMA 📸 Photo by: @dirtandglass" (Instagram)
• Winchester Farmers Market: "Sat Oct 16th, @ TownHall parking lot 9:30am-1:30pm Welcome SNAP customers! Our Anna's Fund provides up to extra $15 for you to spend. Music: 9:30-11 Cliff and Carl piano and violin instrumental 11-12:30 Willie T & Doctor X acoustic orgin..." (Facebook)
• Winchester Public Library: "In this week's news, a word on the children's room, cloud lamps for teens, lotus lanterns for adults, and more http://ow.ly/FoBT50GqXHu" (Facebook)
• Winchester Public Library: "Teens, have you signed up for LitLoot yet? Get a book chosen to satisfy your reading tastes and also a few surprises! http://winpublib.org/LitLoot" (Facebook)
• Hulafrog Burlington-Winchester, MA: "Tune in for great weekend info + your chance to score a $50 Pottery Barn Kids gift card 👇" (Facebook)

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Events:

• William Parkman Lodge Freemasons Open House (October 16)
• Food Drive (October 16)
• Join us at Admission Open House! (October 16)
• Medford Figure Skating Program - Classes Begin on Sat. Oct. 16th - Register Online Today (October 16)
• Bead Affaire (October 16)
• Free 5-Day Email Course: MA Wills & Living Trusts (October 16)
• Celebrate Boss’s Day With 15 Percent Off Flowers And Gifts (October 16)
• Jazz Blessing of the Animals (October 17)
• College Planning Part 2- After Divorce – Lexington, MA Hub ~ No-Cost Webinar (October 19)
• Taxes in Retirement Seminar (October 19)
• Taxes in Retirement Seminar (October 20)
• Special Needs Trust (October 21)
• An Evening with Heather Cox Richardson (October 26)
• Ghosts, goblins and (were) wolves (October 30)
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— Christopher Huffaker

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