🌱 How Dighton students may help save Massachusetts’ horseshoe crabs
Dighton, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min readHi there, Dighton! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Dighton students may help save Massachusetts’ horseshoe crabs
Also on today's calendar: New England's Biggest 2 Day Free Admission Card Show and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Toasty conditions, temps: high: 92, low: 58.
- Sunday: Sun mixing with clouds; warm, with a high of 89 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• State regulators double down on horseshoe crabs (newbedfordlight.org) — Dighton gets a brief spotlight as Bristol County Agricultural High School students prepare to test raising horseshoe crabs in captivity, hoping to reduce pressure on wild populations. Most of the piece explains how Massachusetts regulators, scientists, and conservationists are wrestling over horseshoe crab harvesting for bait and biomedical use, and how new monitoring and policy changes could affect the species’ long-term health. 
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★ Featured events ★
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New England's Biggest 2 Day Free Admission Card Show →
Emerald Square Mall, 999 S Washington St, North Attleborough
10:00 am
Saturday June 13
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Other local events
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Dighton Public Library: Tot Time →
Dighton, MA Calendar, Dighton Public Library 207 Main Street, Dighton
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Board of Health Regular Meeting →
Dighton, MA Calendar, 1111 Somerset Avenue, Dighton
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Dighton Public Library: Homeschool Group →
Dighton, MA Calendar, Children's Section of the Dighton Public Library 207 Main Street, Dighton
1:00 pm -
Stormwater Regular Meeting →
Dighton, MA Calendar, 1111 Somerset Avenue, Dighton
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Movie Night at the Dighton Public Library presents Wonka →
Dighton, MA Calendar, Dighton Public Library 207 Main Street, Dighton
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Juneteenth Observed - Town Offices Closed →
Dighton, MA Calendar Dighton, MA 02715
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Dighton Public Library: Story Time →
Dighton, MA Calendar, Children's Section of the Dighton Public Library 207 Main Street, Dighton
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Dighton Public Library: Cooking Club →
Dighton, MA Calendar, Dighton Public Library 207 Main Street, Dighton
3:00 pm
Monday June 15
Tuesday June 16
Wednesday June 17
Thursday June 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Baby Café Breastfeeding Support Group - New Bedford
Charlton Memorial Hospital New Beginnings Moms Do Care, 543 North Suite D, New Bedford, MA, United States
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Guided Highlight Tour
Old Colony History Museum , 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA 02780, Taunton, MA, 02780
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2026 Equal Exchange Summit — Equal Exchange Resource Center →
Wheaton College, 26 E Main St, Norton
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Puppets at the Zoo - Capron Park Zoo - Attleboro, MA →
Capron Park Zoo, 201 County St, Attleboro
10:30 am
Friday June 12
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🗞 Nearby News
Rehoboth
- Experience life during the Revolution this weekend in Rumford (eastbayri.com)
Taunton
- Old Colony Habitat honors supporters of Taunton build (tauntongazette.com)
- Taunton residents can drop off hazardous waste free (tauntongazette.com)
- Two arrested after Taunton drive-by shooting (tauntongazette.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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