Spooky Paintings + Marathon K9 Dies: Winchester Digest

Hello, neighbors! Christopher Huffaker here with today's copy of the Winchester Daily.

First, today's weather:

Nice with clouds and sun. High: 70 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories today in Winchester:

1. Spooky paintings pop up in Arlington Heights businesses (Wicked Local)
2. Maura, Massachusetts State Police dog who served at the scene of Boston Marathon bombing has died (MassLive.com)
3. MIT economist claims Nobel Prize for work on ‘natural experiments’ (The Boston Globe)
4. I-Team Sources: Man Found Dead In Revere, Body Discovered In Water (CBS Boston)
5. Victim suffers life-threatening injuries in Hyde Park shooting, police say (WCVB Boston)

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Today in Winchester:

• VIRTUAL: Preschool Storytime - Winchester Public Library (11:00 AM)
• Early Release Week of Art! (11:45 AM)
• VIRTUAL: Viva el español: conversación (1:00 PM)
• Winchester High School @ Wakefield Memorial High School - Girls Fall Junior Varsity Volleyball (4:00 PM)
• Winchester High School @ Wakefield Memorial High School - Girls Fall Freshmen Volleyball (4:00 PM)
• VIRTUAL: Kids Graphic Novel Book Club (5:00 PM)
• Winchester High School @ Wakefield Memorial High School - Girls Fall Varsity Volleyball (5:30 PM)
• School Committee Meeting - Winchester School District (6:00 PM)
• VIRTUAL: Second Tuesday Women's Reading Group (7:30 PM)

Winchester Patch Notebook

• First Congregational Church in Winchester, UCC: "HEALTH MINISTRY Weekly Walking Group Every Tuesday at 9 am 2 Mayflower Road In the spirit of community and appreciation of the changing season, Health Ministry is offering a weekly walking group on Tuesday mornings at 9 am. We will meet ..." (Facebook)
• Studio on the Common: "It's a spooktacular Halloween Pop-Up with Pickles! Join us this Friday's for a painting pop-up where we'll be creating some scary good artwork. Click here to sign up -> https://www.studioonthecommon.com/art-studio" (Facebook)
• Winchester Public Library: "We are closed today for Indigenous Peoples' Day, but our digital collections remain open 24/7. Visit https://www.winpublib.org/coll... for details." (Facebook)
• Hulafrog Burlington-Winchester, MA: "Maybe. 😅🤷‍♀️ (source unknown)" (Facebook)

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— Christopher Huffaker

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