It's Not Longer Weekends, But It's The Next Best Thing: The HUB

The HUB is an effort to get you caught up on whatever you need to know each weekday in Boston and around Massachusetts.

Today is Wednesday, June 22. Let's get started.

Editor's note: I'll be off tomorrow, but savvy vet Alex Newman will bring you the juiciest Boston-area news Thursday morning. See you Friday!

3 Things To Know Today

'See you Tuesday': Mass. companies expect empty offices on Mondays, Fridays

If you’re working from home on Monday, but going into the office on Tuesday, do you still get a case of the Mondays? Or are you afflicted with a bout of the Tuesdays? Both, maybe?

Many workers in Greater Boston are about to find out.

Once offices have fully reopened, under the new flexible schedules workers are demanding, a majority of the region’s employers anticipates most of their employees will be in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, according to a new survey from the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership. The survey included 110 Massachusetts companies, nearly all of them in Greater Boston, that together employ more than 113,000 people in the Bay State. (Greg Ryan, Boston Business Journal)

State Ed Chief "nervous" about Boston school committee stability

Voicing concerns with vacancies and turnover on the Boston School Committee, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley on Tuesday floated the idea of "temporarily freezing" some federal funding bound for the state's largest district.

"I am extremely concerned about what's transpired on that school committee," Riley said during a Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting. "They've lost four members this year, two of whom were board chairs, and as a state we have a responsibility to kind of oversee what's happening there, and the fact that there's nearly half a billion dollars — I think it's $430 million that are coming in ESSER funding — makes me nervous about what's happening in Boston." (Katie Lannan, State House News Service via Dorchester Reporter)

Boston Marathon returning to Patriots Day next year, officials hope for ‘more traditional field size’

Boston Marathon runners will line up in Hopkinton on the third Monday in April next year, after two straight years of curtailed plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Boston Athletic Association on Tuesday announced that the 126th Boston Marathon is scheduled to take place on April 18, 2022. It will be the first race held on the traditional Patriots Day date since 2019. (Rick Sobey, Boston Herald)

Tip of the hat

The secret sauce to Boston is its history, so anytime you lose a century-old bar, it's a bummer. The Red Hat, which first opened in 1907, is reportedly set to close in a few days. The bar didn't immediately respond to questions from Patch reporter Haley Cornell seeking more details.

What I'm reading today: I just bought a Kindle on Prime Day. Naturally, I then read about how evil Amazon Prime is, at least according to The Atlantic's Ellen Cushing.

Weather

The National Weather Service says: During the day — Sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind around 9 mph. At night — Clear, with a low around 53. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Have a swell Wednesday.

You can email me at mike.carraggi@patch.com and follow me @PatchCarraggi.