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Saturday, October 3

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

It's back to feeling like fall this weekend! This morning we're following the latest on the sex assault case at a Cambridge gym, a new record at the Topsfield Fair, and a search for a missing medical plane off the coast of Nantucket. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are your headlines.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching off the coast of Massachusetts for a medical plane that was traveling from Bermuda to Boston when it lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration early Saturday.

The Gulfstream G100 aircraft has six people on board, the Coast Guard reports.

USCG air and surface crews have launched in search of the aircraft, the agency said Saturday morning, and the current search area is off the coast of Nantucket.

Buckle up, Boston! We’re saying goodbye to the summer-like weather we had yesterday and hello to fall once again.

In fact, yesterday, Boston Logan reached a high temperature of 87 degrees, several degrees higher than our average high temperature of 67. But as we move through this Saturday, expect a fall-like day with high temps in the mid to upper 60s. We’ll see plenty of sunshine. Tonight, low temperatures will fall into the 40s and 50s.

On Sunday, highs will reach the low to mid 60s. We’ll see increasing clouds and increasing rain chances, too, especially by evening. Areas south of Boston, toward South Shore and the Cape and Islands, will have the best chance of seeing rain Sunday evening and night.

The death of a high school senior has left the community of Marblehead, Massachusetts, mourning, the school superintendent announced Friday.

Superintendent John Robidoux asked the community to send prayers and positive thoughts to the family of Owen Coyne, of Marblehead High School. He also shared a statement from his mother, father and three siblings.

“Owen was so very loved. He always will be. And he will be missed beyond words,” the family said in their statement — read it in full below.

New details emerged in court Friday at the arraignment of a man accused of sexually assaulting two women inside the women’s locker room at a Planet Fitness gym in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Laquan Holland, 40, was arraigned on two counts of assault to rape, two counts of indecent assault and battery, kidnapping and witness intimidation. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf and he was ordered held pending a dangerousness hearing on Oct. 16 with no objection from his lawyer.

Holland was arrested Thursday shortly after officers responded to a report of a sexual assault in progress at the Planet Fitness in Porter Square around 9:10 a.m.

At Boston Arts Academy, a work relationship blossomed into a friendship that turned into a life-saving connection.

When math teacher Thomas Thermidor’s brother, a sophomore in college, was diagnosed with kidney failure, a custodian at the school, Andrew Allen, stepped up — without being asked.

“He told me what was going on, and I just got a lightning bolt,” Allen said, adding he felt “convicted by the Holy Spirit to get the blood test to see if I was compatible.”

The Topsfield Fair is back with giant pumpkins, traditional agriculture, great food, fun rides, pretty flowers and even fireworks on Saturday night.

The sprawling fairgrounds are filling with food, fun and culture from Friday through Oct. 12 at 207 Boston Street in Topsfield, Massachusetts.

One of the most anticipated traditions of the historic fair is the 42nd All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off. It draws a huge crowd every year, unofficially kicking off the fair season.