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  • How a Needham High grad got a heartfelt ESPN farewell

Also on today's calendar: Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Monday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 79 and low of 65 degrees.
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  • Wednesday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 71 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ESPN gives Karl Ravech emotional send-off at Little League World Series during final broadcast (nypost.com) — A longtime ESPN baseball voice reflects on a career that surpassed what he imagined when he graduated from Needham High School, as colleagues gave him an emotional on-air farewell during his final Little League World Series broadcast. The segment highlighted his decades of work, his gratitude toward ESPN despite a recent layoff, and the close relationships he built behind the scenes.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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