WOBURN DAILY: What You Need To Know Today (Fri, Aug 20)

Good day, neighbors! Christopher Huffaker here with a fresh edition of the Woburn Daily.

First, today's weather: Humid and mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 83 Low: 70.

Here are the top stories today in Woburn:

1. Letter: An endorsement for Satterwhite in Lynn - Itemlive (Daily Item)
2. Somerville reinstates indoor mask mandate (Boston.com)
3. Lynnfield to mask up in town buildings, schools - Itemlive (Daily Item)
4. Tour de Newton is back (village14.com)
5. 175-Mile Seawall, Sea Gates Proposed To Protect Boston Harbor Cities, Towns From Future Flooding (CBS Boston)
6. Mask health order passed after contentious, emergency Billerica Board of Health meeting (Wicked Local)
7. 2 Boston police officers hospitalized after cruiser crash| (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
8. Top state official promises probe of strangulation incident at Tewksbury Hospital (Sentinel & Enterprise)
9. Boston Public Radio Full Show: 8/19/21 Boston Public Radio (wgbh.org)
10. On the Market: A Castle-like Brookline Home with a Tower (Boston magazine)
11. Shattuck to buy Wanamaker, merging years of hardware experience (YourArlington.com)
12. Boston's Oldest Buildings And Beyond (WBUR)
13. Former Boston Globe HQ developers targeting lab (Boston Business Journal)
14. Car swept away by brook during flash flooding in Newton (WCVB Boston)
15. Cambridge to require masks inside municipal buildings starting Aug. 23 (Wicked Local)
16. Bar Manager At Popular Boston Spots Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations (wgbh.org)
17. Brookline schools implement indoor mask mandate for students and staff (Wicked Local)
18. OSHA suggests $1.3 million in fines for company involved in deadly Boston construction accident (WCVB Boston)
19. Harry Spence, trusted official who repaired flawed state institutions, dies at 74 (The Boston Globe)
20. Boston 25 News anchor Sara Underwood is stepping away from her job (Boston.com)
21. Baltimore surgeon to lead Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BetaBoston)
22. More bagels for Brookline at a second Mamaleh’s (The Boston Globe)
23. 15 Boston-area theaters to require proof of vaccination, masks at indoor shows (The Boston Globe)
24. This Boston woman wants to break the Guinness world record for fastest time traveled to every MBTA station (The Boston Globe)
25. We asked for the places that serve the best coffee in Boston. Here are your favorites. (Boston.com)
26. Ballot positions for Medford mayoral and school committee races announced (Wicked Local)
27. Tewksbury School Committee approves mask mandate (Lowell Sun)
28. Loop after loop calming crochet hobby turns into small business for Billerica college student (Wicked Local)
29. Somerville set to vote on indoor mask mandate as COVID-19 cases increase (WCVB Boston)
30. Largest Medical Schools In Massachusetts (Boston Business Journal)

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Today in Woburn

Woburn Patch Notebook

• Social Capital Inc.: "Today is Thursday and we are Thankful! A big shout out to our sponsor @lamacchiarealty for the first (not rained out!) Summer Concert in Woburn! These concerts are a fun way to bring the community together and we couldn't do it with o..." (Instagram)
• Social Capital Inc.: "A beautiful July night in Woburn filled with music from The Mike Moore and Steve Kelly Band. Thank you Lamacchia Realty for being our sponsor! We are so happy to have our Horn Pond Summer Concert series back in action this summer!" (Facebook)
• Social Capital Inc.: "A free concert?! This Thankful Thursday we are highlighting the local support for our Horn Pond Concert Series in Woburn! Our most recent concert earlier this month was sponsored by Rockland Trust! Thank you for coming and making this ev..." (Facebook)
• Woburn Historical Society: "This is one of my favorites. Written by John McElhiney and Kathy Lucero." (Facebook)
• Social Capital Inc.: "This summer's second concert with The Boston Rovers was sponsored by @rockland_trust! We are so thankful for their support and for these fun summer nights! #thankfulthursday #woburn #community" (Instagram)
• Woburn Historical Society: "Do you want to know how the Shamrock School got its name?" (Facebook)
• SCI Woburn: "Thank you Rockland Trust for being a sponsor of our Summer Concerts!" (Facebook)

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— Christopher Huffaker

About me: Chris joined Patch from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He covers Andover, North Andover, Wilmington, Woburn and Tewksbury, and he looks forward to hearing from you. You can reach him at chris.huffaker@patch.com or 412-265-8353.

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