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🌱 How a Becket lawmaker is pushing to change school bus safety

Morning Becket! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Becket lawmaker is pushing to change school bus safety

Also on today's calendar: Storytime with Stay & Play and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 72 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 49.
  • Sunday: Cooler with showers, with a high of 52 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘Remember her by passing this legislation': Mother of Summer Steele pushes for bus safety bill (recorder.com) — A state senator from Becket is leading a push on Beacon Hill for “Summer’s Law,” which would create a commission to strengthen school bus safety standards statewide. The bill, inspired by the 2016 death of 9-year-old Summer Steele in Plainfield, could lead to sensors and other upgrades on new buses to better protect children getting on and off.
   

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  • NTT DATA posted a job opening for Project Program Associate Director in Becket. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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Lee

  • First Congregational Church of Lee is working to raise $200,000 to repaint its wooden steeple (berkshireeagle.com)
  • Farm advocate Sarah Gardner sounds the alarm: 'We have what I consider to be a real farm crisis in Massachusetts' (theberkshireedge.com)
  • Stockbridge budget to rise 4.7% as town expands fire, EMS services (berkshireeagle.com)

Lenox

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Becket

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Becket

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.