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🌱 Patch AM: Somerville Man Arrested Following 3-Month Cambridge Drug Investigation

And on the Cambridge Patch calendar - Tai Chi Under the Tree - Cambridge Public Library

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Morning Cambridge! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Three-month Cambridge drug probe ends with Somerville suspect in custody
  • How Cambridge yards can become a goldfinch magnet this fall
  • How one Marine helped limit the horror of the Memorial Drive shooting

Also on today's calendar: Tai Chi Under the Tree - Cambridge Public Library and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Sunday: Humid with rain, some heavy, temps: high: 72, low: 63.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Somerville Man Arrested Following 3-Month Cambridge Drug Investigation (patch.com) — Cambridge police arrested a 65-year-old Somerville man after a three-month investigation into drug distribution centered in North Cambridge and Central Square, conducted with Somerville and state police. Community tips played a key role in the case, which led to multiple drug distribution and possession charges as authorities emphasize ongoing efforts to curb drug activity across Cambridge.
   

2. Go for goldfinches (cambridgeday.com) — Goldfinches are still regular visitors in and around Cambridge, especially where sunflowers, thistles, and other seed-rich plants are growing in local gardens and open spaces. This piece explains their unusually late nesting season, how to recognize their changing plumage through the year, and how Cambridge-area residents can support overwintering birds with the right plants and feeder seeds.
   

3. Marine who helped stop Memorial Drive shooting honored for bravery (nbcboston.com) — A Marine veteran is being honored for bravely intervening during the Memorial Drive shooting in Cambridge, where an armed man allegedly fired more than 70 rounds at cars and pedestrians. At a State House ceremony, officials and a survivor credited him and a state trooper with helping people escape and likely preventing far more serious loss of life.
   

4. Mass. Senate leader Brownsberger edges Lander by 35 votes after race recount (nbcboston.com) — Voters in parts of Cambridge will keep William Brownsberger as their state senator after a district-wide recount left him just 35 votes ahead of challenger Daniel Lander. The razor-thin Suffolk and Middlesex District primary became a test of Beacon Hill's direction and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's influence, and now Democrats will head into November without a Republican opponent on the ballot.
   

5. Massachusetts memorial honors firefighters lost on 9/11 and in the line of duty (wcvb.com) — Cambridge firefighters are among 27 Massachusetts firefighters whose names are being added to the Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial's Ring of Honor during this year's 9/11 remembrance ceremony in Boston. State and local leaders joined families, honor guards, and bagpipers in a procession from Boston Common to recognize those who died in the line of duty and during the 9/11 attacks.
   

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