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Random would unite us. Random is what I would choose. If I could choose.

It would be impossible to hold a grudge if you woke up a different age every day. You’d forget who you were mad at. So there would be no wars. And brothers and sisters who haven’t talked in years would talk. Because if they were kids for a day, they’d play. They’d laugh. And they’d remember.

Hot tempers, a possible mailbox peeper, and a wild chase

People fight about random things, a woman with green fingernails appears to scope out mailboxes, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

Trip to Little League World Series a home run for Malden Challenger program

When the District 12 Challenger team from Malden was invited to play at the Little League World series this weekend, a farflung team of supporters swung into action.

The agony, and ecstasy, of cyclocross

“Cyclocross is a miserable experience,” says one devoted enthusiast. Yet the sport continues to enjoy an almost cult-like status in Eastern Massachusetts.

Rockland pushing plan for townwide elementary school
The new Jefferson Elementary School would house all first- through fourth-graders on a central campus near the high school and middle school.

Four Lynn girls design a jewelry collection worth thousands
Four girls from Girls Inc., Lynn got the rare opportunity to see their sketches transformed into expensive, high-end jewelry.

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WEST INFORMER

The fight for women’s suffrage, barn sale, and free music classes

The Framingham History Center presents “‘In a Good Cause,’ Framingham and the Fight for Woman’s Suffrage,” on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. at Village Hall on the Common.

NORTH INFORMER

A quilt show, new fitness studio, and a book event

Sweat Fixx, a fitness studio specializing in low-impact, high-intensity full body workouts is opening a location in downtown Amesbury.

SOUTH INFORMER

A new gallery manager, adult prom night, and a search for playwrights

To the Moon and Back, an advocacy nonprofit focused on children exposed to opioids before birth, is hosting its Second Annual Adult Prom Night benefit fund-raiser.

LOCAL FARE

Pho O-Sha is a sure winner in Watertown

A 1½-year-old Watertown restaurant serves authentic Vietnamese and Thai cuisine.

WEST CALENDAR

Constellation art, a community chorus, and artistic pairings

A sampling of things to do and see in communities west of Boston.

SOUTH CALENDAR

Renaissance fest, jazz, and a spoonful of sugar

King Richards’s Faire, a Renaissance festival, features rides, games, knights battling on horseback, sword-making, glass-blowing, portrait and face painting, and psychic readings.

NORTH CALENDAR

Jersey boys, Hopper’s houses, and lanterns

“Jersey Boys,” the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, is being performed through Sunday, Sept. 1 at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly.

Newton teachers union frustrated over pace of contract talks

The Newton teachers union likely will start the academic year without a new contract in place, much to teachers’ frustration.


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