🌱 How a Lawrence-linked drug ring allegedly used the mail system

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Lawrence-linked drug ring allegedly used the mail system

Also on today's calendar: Electronic and Appliance Recycle Day in North Andover and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 67 and low of 47 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 44.
• Sunday: Cloudy with showers, with a high of 57 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Lawrence Man Among 4 Charged w Trafficking Drugs Through the Mail (valleypatriot.com) — A man unlawfully living in Lawrence is among four people federally indicted in Boston, accused of running a mail-based drug trafficking operation that moved fentanyl, meth, and cocaine into northeastern Massachusetts. Prosecutors say the group shipped kilogram quantities from Puerto Rico and the West, with several packages seized, while stressing all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
   

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📸 Around Lawrence

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lawrence

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Electronic and Appliance Recycle Day in North Andover
  586 Massachusetts Ave, North Andover
  9:00 am
• A Night of Comedy
  Salvatore's, 354 Merrimack St, Lawrence
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• La Salle Academy Varsity Baseball @ Central Catholic
  Central Catholic High School , 300 Hampshire St , Lawrence
  12:00 pm
• Cruel Miracle with Falsely Accused
  Rapscallion Brick Oven Pizza and Brewery , 56 Island St , Lawrence
  7:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• MERRIMACK VALLEY WORKFORCE BOARD - PLANNING/CAREER CENTER COMMITTEE
  Lawrence, MA Calendar Lawrence, MA 01840
  9:00 am
• LAWRENCE CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING
  Lawrence, MA Calendar , 200 Common Street City Council Chambers , Lawrence
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• LAWRENCE SQUARE PROJECT
  Lawrence, MA Calendar Lawrence, MA 01840
  4:00 pm
• Speed Dating Ages 30s-40s in Lawrence, MA at Rapscallion
  Rapscallion Brick Oven Pizza and Brewery , 56 Island St , Lawrence
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Preschool Story Time
  Stevens Memorial Library , 345 Main St , North Andover
  10:30 am
• Books & Bubbles (Ages infant-18 mos.)
  Nevins Memorial Library , 305 Broadway , Methuen
  2:00 pm
• Story Solvers
  Stevens Memorial Library , 345 Main St , North Andover
  4:00 pm
• Moonlight Serenity
  Painting with a Twist , 10 High St , North Andover
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Methuen JV Baseball @ North Andover
  North Andover High School , 430 Osgood St , North Andover
  10:00 am
• Board and Brewed (20s and 30s)
  Nevins Memorial Library , 305 Broadway , Methuen
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Lawn care on the way!!
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• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Over Night Shift Manager in Lawrence. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member 17680 in Lawrence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lawrence here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Andover

• Andover Schools Report Early Gains, Ongoing Questions In First Year Of New ELA Curriculum (andovermanews.com)
• Longtime Andover Inn Proprietor To Sign Memoir At Local Bookstore (andovermanews.com)

North Andover

• MassDOT Advisory: North Andover Construction to Begin on Route 114 Corridor Improvements Project (northandoverma.news)

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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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