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🌱 Patch AM: Waltham remembers Yolanda Cellucci and her iconic Yolanda’s boutique

And on the Waltham Patch calendar - Codman Estate Fine Arts and Crafts Festival

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Good morning Waltham! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Waltham remembers Yolanda Cellucci and her iconic Yolanda's boutique
  • How a Waltham classroom helped shape a future global changemaker
  • What Waltham's TScan layoffs mean for local biotech jobs

Also on today's calendar: Codman Estate Fine Arts and Crafts Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the burglar wear blue gloves? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 79 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Thursday: Breezy with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 59.
  • Friday: Sunny, nice and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Boston, MA: Renowned Designer and Philanthropist Yolanda Cellucci Dies at 91 (theunionstar.com) — Waltham is mourning Yolanda Cellucci, the beloved designer, philanthropist, and longtime owner of Yolanda's, the iconic Waltham spa, salon, and dress boutique, who has died at 91. Tributes from the Waltham Lions Club, fellow designers, and her family highlight her decades of charity work, mentorship, and the deep ties she maintained to the Waltham community she called home.
   

2. Terann Selman Found Big Lessons in Argentina's Small Neighborhood Markets (bentley.edu) — A Bentley University student found her calling while teaching English language learners at a Waltham elementary school through the campus service-learning center, an experience that now shapes her career goals. Her journey from Texas to Waltham and then to Argentina shows how local classroom work and global study abroad can combine to fuel community-focused leadership and multilingual advocacy.
   

3. A Mass. biotech company had 'very encouraging' cancer trial results — then the funding disappeared (masslive.com) — A Waltham biotech, TScan Therapeutics, plans to lay off about 75% of its staff after failing to secure funding for a promising blood cancer trial, leaving only 42 employees at its Winter Street headquarters. The company will shift focus to solid tumor research while continuing treatment for seven patients already enrolled, a move expected to save $55 million but hit local workers hard.
   

4. Why the New Haven Road Race winner almost didn't want to cross the finish line first (courant.com) — A New Haven 20K road race saw Waltham runner James Mwaura finish a strong third after hanging with the eventual winner and U.S. champion until the final half mile. The story details how front-runners Kieran Tuntivate and Charles Hicks worked together up front, while thousands of runners enjoyed unusually cool Labor Day racing conditions across several distances.
   

5. NanoMosaic Joins Mass General Brigham-Led ARPA-H Program to Advance Genetic Medicine Manufacturing (bostonlifesciencestimes.com) — Waltham-based NanoMosaic has joined a Mass General Brigham-led team that just secured up to $39.2 million in federal ARPA-H funding to reinvent how genetic medicines are manufactured. The company will build the analytical "brain" for a compact system designed to produce RNA therapies on demand, potentially positioning Waltham as a key player in next-generation personalized medicine.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he wouldn't get caught red handed. (Thank you Vicki B. for sending it in!)
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