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🌱 Patch AM: Dover native earns captain role for Vanderbilt’s 2026 football season
Also check out Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th on the Dover Patch calendar
Hey there, Dover! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Dover native earns captain role for Vanderbilt's 2026 football season
Also on today's calendar: Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 86 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 63.
- Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Football Names 2026 Captains (vucommodores.com) — A Vanderbilt football standout originally from Dover defensive lineman Nick Rinaldi has been named one of four team captains for the 2026 season after a strong 2025 campaign. The article highlights his on-field production and academic honors, and notes Vanderbilt's season opener on Sept. 5 against Austin Peay. 
📸 Around Dover
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dover
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★ Featured events ★
- Plugged In Fall Session Now Enrolling - Classes Start September 14th →
Plugged In Band Program, 40 Freeman Pl, Needham
9:00 am - New England Fall Flower Show: Growing Together [Day 1] →
Massachusetts Horticultural Society - Garden at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St, Wellesley
9:00 am - Sudbury PMC Kids Ride (all riders welcome!) →
Ephraim Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd, Sudbury
10:00 am
Monday September 14
Friday September 18
Sunday September 20
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Other local events
- Outdoor Super Awesome Fun Time
Dover Town Library Community Room , 56 Dedham St., Dover, MA, 0
10:30 am - Mediterranean Mezze: Adult Cooking Class at Powisset Farm →
Powisset Farm, 39 Powissett St, Dover
6:00 pm - Board of Selectmen →
Dover, MA Calendar
6:30 pm - Allegra Commonwealth Singers →
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 3 Maple St, Framingham
7:00 pm - Kiddos in the Kitchen →
37 Powissett St, Dover
11:00 am - Allegra Commonwealth Singers →
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 3 Maple St, Framingham
7:00 pm - A Bite of Italy: Adult Cooking Class →
37 Powissett St, Dover
6:00 pm - Date Night: Passport to Paris Adult Cooking Class →
37 Pound St, Medfield
6:00 pm - Scrumptious Sourdough: Adult Cooking Class →
37 Powissett St, Dover
11:00 am
Tuesday September 1
Thursday September 3
Monday September 7
Saturday September 12
Monday September 14
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Restaurant Depot posted a job opening for Floor Manager in Needham. Apply here.
- Lifetime Fitness - Life Time, Inc. posted a job opening for Kids Events Team Member in Westwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dover here.
🗞 Nearby News
Needham
- E-bike crash prompts safety warning in Needham (newportdispatch.com)
- 'Making My Madonna' by Pamela Gemme (wordpress.com)
Westwood
- Motorcyclist, 71, killed in crash involving 3 vehicles on I-95 in Westwood (boston.com)
- In generational battle, Markey and Moulton offer closing arguments to voters ahead of primary (wbur.org)
- LA Kings Training Camp Preview: Jack Hughes (yardbarker.com)
Wellesley
- Wellesley Chinese American Network (WECAN) hosting end-of-summer picnic this Saturday (theswellesleyreport.com)
Ok Dover! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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