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In today's newsletter:

  • What does lax nursing home oversight mean for Sudbury's most vulnerable residents?
  • What did the Sudbury School Committee actually approve this week?
  • Sudbury remembers a woman who married here and flourished in California.

Also on today's calendar: Coins, Stamps & Collectibles: Free Appraisal Day at the Spellman Museum and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Turning sunny; cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mainly cloudy, temps: high: 62, low: 50.
  • Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, with a high of 71 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Depressing and scandalous': Lawmakers want Healey administration to explain lax nursing home oversight (bostonglobe.com) — Sudbury families with loved ones in local nursing homes are directly affected as state lawmakers question why regulators allowed a troubled operator to buy three more facilities, including one in Sudbury. The article details delayed enforcement of a 2024 vetting law, Governor Healey's defense of health officials, and calls for tougher oversight to protect vulnerable residents statewide.
   

• Sudbury, MA Sudbury School Committee — October 2, 2026 (meetingwatch.org) — Sudbury residents can review what the School Committee decided at its October 2, 2026 meeting, including a conditional site plan approval with changes to landscaping. The MeetingWatch tool lets you jump straight to specific agenda items, official minutes, and exact video timestamps so you can quickly verify details that matter for your family and neighborhood.
   

• Frances Louise (Hiller) Healey, 82 (theweektoday.com) — Sudbury has a quiet connection to the life of Frances Louise (Hiller) Healey, who was married here in 1969 before building a creative, community-focused life in California. Her obituary traces a path from Boston and Marion to the Bay Area, highlighting her art, public service, and the family and friends who survive her.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Maynard

  • An artillery shell is detonated, a hippo gets lucky, and a wild chase ends in a cornfield (bostonglobe.com)
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  • SoftPak Financial Systems Expands RIA Portfolio Management Capabilities Through Integrated Technology (businessinsider.com)
  • Super 25 Massachusetts high school football rankings ahead of Week 4 (patriotledger.com)
  • Western Mass. residents sound off on pitch to send millions more gallons of Quabbin water east (wamc.org)

Framingham

  • Framingham man held on high bail in fatal pedestrian crash on Hollis Street (wcvb.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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