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🌱 Patch AM: Torrential Downpours, Flash Flooding Possible Sunday: MA Weather Alert

And check out Giant Rally to Keep our Gun Law on the Plymouth Patch calendar

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Hello Plymouth! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Flood watch puts Plymouth on alert for torrential rain today
  • How did Plymouth lose track of 44 CPA-funded properties?
  • What's behind the lawsuit over Plymouth County's new administrator?

Also on today's calendar: Giant Rally to Keep our Gun Law and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 72 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Monday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 74, low: 53.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Torrential Downpours, Flash Flooding Possible Sunday: MA Weather Alert (patch.com) — Plymouth is under a National Weather Service Flood Watch today as heavy rain and embedded thunderstorms could drop several inches of water in just a few hours. Local residents are urged to watch for rapidly changing conditions, avoid flooded roads, and be prepared for possible flash flooding in low-lying and poor-drainage areas. Conditions should improve Monday after lingering showers move out.
   

• South Shore News...letter: Home Rule? (southshore.news) — Plymouth residents are learning that 44 Community Preservation Act properties lack proper deed restrictions, a paperwork lapse now freezing some grants and potentially threatening future borrowing. The newsletter also tracks how other South Shore towns are wrestling with zoning changes, public records control, and contract oversight, underscoring growing concerns about basic government accountability close to home.
   

• New county administrator hire disputed (plymouthindependent.org) — Plymouth County officials are locked in a legal fight over a lucrative contract for the new county administrator, with the treasurer suing to void what he calls an excessive, improperly approved deal. A hearing is set in Plymouth Superior Court, while the county advisory board has already voted to slash the salary to the budgeted level, leaving residents watching how their tax dollars are managed.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • 5 Coolidge St #Id1628899p, Wareham, MA 02571 (zillow.com)
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  • Discount Store Debuts + Hundreds Of Job Cuts Looming: MA Business Week (patch.com)

Ok Plymouth! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They start each day with a cup of caw-fee. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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