We're taking a break from PatchCast this week due to the long weekend. But don't worry, our weekly feature is just on holiday hiatus. Check back on Tuesday, Jan. 10 for PatchCast, which goes live every Tuesday at 6 a.m.

For more on this week's stories, please visit: Newton Home Explodes, Blowing Hole in Wall VIDEO: Watertown's Field Hockey Team Celebrates a Third Straight State Title VIDEO: "The Celtics Could Probably Play on It" (Jamaica Plain)

Follow the links below for more on these stories. Waltham Pot Bust Update: Suspect Wants Access To Alleged Pot Warehouse Town Manager: Watertown Faces a $1.3 Million Shortfall in Fiscal 2013, But it Could have Been Worse Residents Decry Proposed Post Office Closures at Packed Public Meeting (Newton) PHOTOS: Veterans March Downtown, But Not All Together (Jamaica Plain) Brookline Turns 306, Cake and Ice Cream to Celebrate West Roxbury Resident Will Compete in June Death Race

For more on this morning's stories, please visit: A Guide to the Fall 2011 Municipal Election (Newton) Who's Running? Where Do I Vote? (Boston) Election Guide (Waltham) Watertown Votes VIDEO: New Officers Officially Join the Newton Police Force Anonymous Donor Gives $207,000 to Historic Waltham Estate A Look at the Life of Nobel Laureate Norman F. Ramsey (Brookline)

Follow the links below for more on these stories. UPDATED 10:15 p.m.: More than 2,000 NSTAR Customers Still Without Power in Newton Whole Foods is Open in JP, Two Days Earlier Than Planned 14-Year-Old Who Brought Loaded Gun to School Too Dangerous to Be Released (West Roxbury) Hundreds of Watertown Residents Came Out to Vocally Oppose the Proposed Walmart Waltham Gives Thousands For Historic Estate Charging Stations Bring Power to Brookline's Electic Cars

Follow the links below for more on these stories. Major Marijuana-Growing Bust in Waltham Nets Former Watertown Official Former Watertown Town Council Colleagues Shocked to Hear of Gus Bailey's Drug Arrest UPDATED: Newton North Evacuated After Reports of a Strong Odor of Gas 7-Eleven Stabbing Victim Remembered For Sense of Humor Car Crashes Through MBTA Construction Site Leaving Two People Injured (Brookline) MBTA and Transportation Dept. Step Up to Clear Public Ways of Snow (West Roxbury)

For more on this week's stories, please visit: Man Found Mortally Wounded Outside 7-Eleven Identified as Kenny "Black" Soto, 19, of Jamaica Plain Man Dies After Fall From Newton Radio Tower Charles River Goes From Toxic to Award-Winningly Clean (West Roxbury) From Slavery to Freedom: A Walking Tour of Brookline Seven-Year-Old Brings Braille to Shelves of Whole Foods in Newton

Starting today, Tuesday, Oct. 11, PatchCast has become a weekly feature, instead of one posted Monday through Friday. You'll find PatchCast on our site each Tuesday morning going forward. Follow the links below for more on these stories. PHOTOS: The Faces of Occupy Boston Middlesex Judge: Yeo Out of Newton School Committee Race Delay in Settling Teachers Contract Frustrating for Many in Watertown Photo Gallery: Scenes from the Boston Athletic Association Half Marathon (Brookline) Member of Running Club for the Homeless to Run Half-Marathon (Jamaica Plain) Waltham Dog Finds His 'Forever Home'

We've got something new in store for our daily PatchCast feature. Starting Tuesday, Oct. 11, we'll be posting PatchCast weekly, and in the morning. While you'll be seeing PatchCast less often, the good news is that it will be even more focused on items from Newton and nearby towns. Be it features, profiles, news items, photos or video, we'll give you all the week's highlights in PatchCast. So check back on Tuesday morning for our new, weekly PatchCast.

Follow the links below for more on today's featured stories. Portrait of Newton's First Mayor Unveiled at City Hall Claypit Hill Assistant Retires After 32 Years [Video] (Wayland) Rotary Club of Brookline Gives The Gift of Life

Follow the links below for more on these stories. Newton Police End Search in Infant Abandonment Case Viewfinder: Open House at Wayland Fire Station No. 2 VIDEO: Acton's Oktoberfest

Follow the links below for more on these stories. Newton Police Investigating String of Incidents Involving Counterfeit Bills Canary Square: "Oktoberfest Lasts Until We Run Out of Beer"(Jamaica Plain) Simon Comes to Wayland in Hopes of Setting a Record

Follow the links below for more on today's stories. Setti Warren: 'I Did Not See a Clear Path to Victory' [Video] Open Studios Bike Tour Highlights "Green" Art (Jamaica Plain) Viewfinder: Sick as a Dog (Brookline)

For more on todays stories, please visit: VIDEO: High School Band Director on Having One of the Few Big Marching Bands in New England (Acton) VIDEO: Project Runway Finalist Gives Fashion Advice (Sudbury) Car Wash Owner on The Dirtiest Car He's Ever Seen (West Roxbury)

Follow the links below for more on these stories. Ed Corliss Guilty of Murder in Killing of JP Tedeschi Clerk Stories Come Together for "Two Schools, One Book" Piano Makes Grand Entrance at Acton Jazz Cafe   Editor's Note: Ed Corliss is not a Jamaica Plain resident, as stated in the video. He lived in Roslindale at the time of the murder.

Follow the links below for more on today's featured stories. Douglas Students Take Steps Toward World Peace (Acton) PHOTOS: Antiques Bring Out Crowds in Weston Wayside Inn Hosts Colonial Faire & Muster (Sudbury)

Follow the links below for more on today's featured stories. Defense Rests in Trial of Man Accused of Killing JP Tedeschi Clerk Wayland Man Among Heroes Awarded at MBCR Headquarters Historical Society Celebrates the Noyes Family

Follow the links below for more on these stories. JP Nonprofit Helps Dump Trash on Bank President's Beacon Hill Stoop Senne Pleads Not Guilty to New Charges in Trooper’s Death (Wayland) VIDEO: Fall in Acton

Follow the links below for more on these stories. Red Sox Speak at Faith Day at Fenway (Brookline) PHOTOS: The 18th-Century Comes to Jamaica Plain PHOTOS: A Fun Day On The Waltham Common

Follow the links below for more on these stories. Electrical Fire Guts Garage in Watertown Sunday Night VIDEO: First Parish Brookline Goes Green VIDEO: Sweet Sounds from Rebecca Swett - Harpist at Donelan's (Acton)