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In today's newsletter:

  • What's holding up the Church Street redevelopment in Woburn?
  • Why Woburn must redo a key police sergeant promotion process.

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Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A morning shower; cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Beautiful with clouds and sun, temps: high: 71, low: 56.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• City Council again continues public hearing regarding redevelopment of three-family house off Church Street (homenewshere.com) — Woburn's City Council has again delayed a decision on replacing a rundown three-family house off Church Street with two townhouses, pending a legal opinion on whether a zoning variance is needed. Councilors also approved emergency Eversource conduit repairs near Hurld-Wyman School with conditions to address a leaking transformer on Sheila Avenue, and signed off on sign wording changes at the Mass General Brigham facility by the Kohl's plaza.
   

• Civil service – Promotion (masslawyersweekly.com) — A state Civil Service commissioner has ordered Woburn to redo part of its sergeant promotion process after finding the tie-breaking interviews for two candidates, including the mayor's son, lacked objective safeguards. The current promotion will temporarily stand, but the city must run a new, fairer process, raising important questions about transparency and merit in Woburn's police leadership.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Winchester

  • Winchester boys soccer makes it four in a row after wins over Woburn, Beverly, Melrose (winchesternews.org)
  • Eight months in, town manager's agenda for Winchester remains a work in progress (winchesternews.org)
  • Winchester, MA Select Board — September 28, 2026 (meetingwatch.org)

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Reading

  • 📊 Reading MCAS Scores Stay Far Above State Average but 2026 Brings a Slide (readingrecap.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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