🌱 What a new sunscreen ingredient could mean for Cape Cod beach days
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In today's newsletter:
- What a new sunscreen ingredient could mean for Cape Cod beach days
Also on today's calendar: A Different Drummer Craft Fair ~ June 13 & 14 10am~4pm and 7 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 86 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Clouds yielding to sun, temps: high: 80, low: 61.
- Sunday: Sun mixing with clouds, with a high of 78 and low of 66 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Why top U.S. health boss is talking about old sunscreen ingredient (deseret.com) — A national sunscreen update briefly touches South Yarmouth, with an AP photo showing a resort worker folding umbrellas on the town’s beach in 2025. The main story explains the FDA’s long-awaited approval of the bemotrizinol sunscreen ingredient, why it matters for skin-cancer prevention, and how federal rules are changing to speed up safer, more effective sun protection products. 
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A Different Drummer Craft Fair ~ June 13 & 14 10am~4pm →
Drummer Boy Park, 773 Main St, Brewster
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Saturday June 13
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Cape Cod Baseball League Y-D Redsox Home Games →
Yarmouth Calendar, Merrill "Red" Wilson Field 210 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth
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Try it Series: Aqua Yoga →
Freestyle Living, 822 MA-28, South Yarmouth
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Board of Health Meeting →
Yarmouth Calendar, 1146 Route 28 Lower Level, South Yarmouth
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Community and Economic Development Committee →
Yarmouth Calendar, 1146 Route 28 Upper Level, South Yarmouth
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Planning Board Meeting - 6/17/26 →
Yarmouth Calendar, 1146 Route 28 Lower Level, South Yarmouth
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Conservation Commission →
Yarmouth Calendar, 1146 Route 28 Lower Level, South Yarmouth
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Juneteenth →
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Trails & Trinkets Family Treasure Hunt →
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts | Camp Favorite, 208 Crowells Bog Rd, Brewster
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Legacy of Liberty: Yarmouth’s 250th Anniversary Celebration →
Fred Thacher Playground Yarmouth Port, Old Church St, Yarmouth Port
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Prohibition on Cape Cod with Don Wilding
West Dennis Public Library West Dennis Free Public Library, 260 Main St, West Dennis, MA 0
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Greg Loftus: Love Farms Summer Celebration →
Love Farms, 607 Main St, West Dennis
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REVISED Zoning Bylaw Study Committee →
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Select Board →
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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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