Hello, Neighbor!

I hope everyone got to bed at a reasonable time last night and no one got too scared! Baby Buzz lasted 3 houses before he got irritated with his costume and just went trick-or-treating as whatever character was on his pajama shirt. That’s the way it goes!

While we were out, I noticed lots of storm drains covered with leaves. When you’re doing your yardwork, or tell your landscapers if you hire a company for your fall cleanup: Please do your street a favor and remove leaves from near storm drains as well. This will help avoid flooding in the case of heavy rains or when the snow comes later in the season and begins to melt.

Burlington Players Present Their Fall Show

Many Buzz readers attended—and loved!—Ripcord this September. The Burlington Players are excited to announce their newest show, Midnight and Moll Flanders, by Marie Kohler!

The adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s 18th-century novel centers on Moll Flanders and the preacher who has come on the eve of her execution at London’s Newgate Prison to offer her a chance at salvation. From the playwright’s website, Moll “explores the influence of gender, class, free will and circumstance in an era as fiercely entrepreneurial as ours.”

This promises to be a poignant and entertaining show, and it opens tomorrow! Shows run from November 3rd through the 18th at the Players’ home in Overlook Park, 1 Edgemere Ave., in Burlington. Showtime on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays is 8:00, and the Sunday matinee shows at 2:00.

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The Burlington Players Present Midnight and Moll Flanders

Nicci Kadilak • Oct 31, 2023

This fall, the Burlington Players, our resident theatre troupe, will be presenting Midnight and Moll Flanders, by Marie Kohler. On the eve of Moll Flanders' hanging at the infamous Newgate Prison in London, Moll shares her story with a Preacher bent on offering her a last, unlikely chance at salvation. So begins a doub…

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Today in Burlington

Municipal Meetings and Community Events

• 8:30 AM - Planning Board Sculpture Park Subcommittee - Agenda to include the November/December event, some updates, a call to artists and more. (Virtual)
• 9:00 AM - Housing Authority - Special Meeting to accept a bid for roof replacement. (Tower Hill Community Room)
• 1:00 PM - Fox Hill School Building - Executive Working Group to discuss upcoming meetings. (Virtual)
• 4:00 PM - Council on Aging will reflect on the Safety & Wellness Fair and the Lahey Farmer’s Market. (61 Center Street, Rm. 136, and Virtual)
• 5:30 PM - Board of Health Subcommittee - Nurse Interviews: Janelle Barowski (Board of Health Conference Room)
• 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Learn How to Use Libby - Libby is the app you can use to read e-books, browse magazine and listen to audiobooks. There will be a one hour instruction session and then individual help will be available for specific questions. (Library, Register)
• 6:45 PM - Burlington Scholarship Fund - This will be a beginning-of-the-year intro to where everything is, who has received past scholarships, and information on the application and evaluation rubric. (Grand View Farm)

Sports and Activities

Junior Devils take on Bedford at home this afternoon in an attempt to hold on to their undefeated record!

The Round of 32 volleyball game originally scheduled for today was postponed due to lack of availability of officials. The new date and time is tomorrow, November 2, at 5:00, when the Lady Devils will host Mansfield at BHS at 5:00.

The field hockey tournament bracket was released yesterday. The Lady Devils ranked 23 out of 34 in their division and, after a bye, our team will head to Worcester’s O’Connell Field tomorrow to take on Doherty Memorial in the Round of 32 for a 6:00 game.

Finally Shawsheen Tech has some teams in the finals as well: Rams Volleyball (#9 seed in Division 3) will host Pembroke in the Round of 32 tomorrow at 5:30, and Football (#3 seed in Division 5) takes on Belchertown at home on Friday at 7:00.

Soccer brackets will be released today.

That’s it for today. See you tomorrow!

Nicci

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