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🌱 How Dracut’s 21-game streak set up a shot at the title

Dracut, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 5 min read

What's up Dracut! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Dracut’s 21-game streak set up a shot at the title
  • How Dracut’s first senior housing in 35 years changes options for elders
  • Car plunges into Beaver Brook in Dracut; here’s what happened

Also on today's calendar: Andover's 2026 Juneteenth Celebration and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Clouds and sun, hot and humid, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 62.
  • Sunday: Sun mixing with clouds; hot, with a high of 91 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Top-seeded Dracut and defending champion Scituate earn their place in Division 3 boys' lacrosse final (bostonglobe.com) — Dracut High’s boys’ lacrosse team has surged into the Division 3 state final, riding a 21-game winning streak after a gritty comeback win over Medfield. Led by standout performances from captain Andrew Mullen, goalie Cole Tierney-Honan, and several key scorers, the Middies will face defending champion Scituate on Saturday at Worcester State.
   

2. Dracut Cuts Ribbon on First Senior Housing Built in 35-Years (insidelowell.com) — A new 56‑unit affordable senior housing complex, The Avenue at Greenmont, has officially opened at 144 Greenmont Avenue, marking Dracut’s first new senior housing in 35 years. The project, backed by town, state, and nonprofit partners, offers income‑restricted one‑bedroom apartments plus on‑site services coordinated with the Dracut Council on Aging to help seniors and residents with disabilities age in place.
   

3. Two treated for minor injuries after car plunges into Dracut's Beaver Brook (boston25news.com) — Overnight in Dracut, a car broke through a guardrail on Lakeview Avenue near Primrose Hill Road and plunged about 25 feet into Beaver Brook. Two 24‑year‑old women from Lowell and Newburyport escaped the partially submerged Subaru, were helped up the embankment by Dracut firefighters, and taken to Lowell General with minor injuries as police continue investigating.
   

4. Dracut and Tyngsborough Police Departments Team Up to Educate Boaters and Ensure Public Safety on Local Waters (dracutpolice.org) — Dracut and Tyngsborough police are stepping up patrols on Lake Mascuppic, the Merrimack River, and other local waters this summer using $25,000 in new state funding. Officers will focus on enforcing tougher statewide boating safety laws while emphasizing education so local boaters understand certification, life jacket, and safe‑operation rules before heading out.
   

5. Motorcyclist hospitalized with serious injuries after Route 111 crash in Exeter (seacoastonline.com) — A 38-year-old man from Dracut was seriously injured when his motorcycle left Route 111 in Exeter, New Hampshire, struck a large rock, and he was flown to Lahey Hospital with multi-system trauma. Police say speed and alcohol may have been factors, note he appeared to be riding without a helmet, and arrested two accompanying motorcyclists on DUI charges.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday June 12
  • Drop-In Tech Help
    Andover Memorial Hall Library Memorial Hall Library - Alcove 1
    9:30 am
  • Presidential Series: John Quincy Adams
    Andover Memorial Hall Library MHL Virtual Programs -
    10:30 am
  • ODB Project at Kimball Farm →
    Kimball Farm Westford, 400 Littleton Rd, Westford
    6:00 pm
  • WATA - Academy Awards - Courtyard/PAC
    Westford Academy Westford, MA 01886
    7:00 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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