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🌱 Why Abington is walking away from Flock’s license-plate cameras
Coming up on the Abington Patch calendar: Adult Craft Night
Good morning Abington! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Abington is walking away from Flock's license-plate cameras
Also on today's calendar: Curtain Call Theatre Presents "The Wolves" and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mainly cloudy and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 78, low: 52.
- Saturday: Cooler with some sun, with a high of 65 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Another Mass. town drops Flock cameras over privacy concerns (boston25news.com) — Abington has joined Wilmington, Ayer, Southbridge and other Massachusetts communities in ending its contract with Flock license-plate-reading cameras after residents raised privacy concerns. Local police say the cameras helped investigations but decided the privacy tradeoffs were too great, reflecting a broader statewide pullback from this technology. 
📸 Around Abington
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Abington
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★ Featured events ★
- Adult Craft Night →
Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington
6:30 pm
Thursday September 17
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Other local events
- Access to Books in the Context of Mass Incarceration with Kelly Brotzman →
Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington
10:30 am - Access to Books in the Context of Mass Incarceration with Kelly Bro
Copeland Room Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abing
10:30 am - Family Story Hour →
Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington
11:00 am - Drop-In Toddler Time →
Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington
10:30 am - Drop-In Toddler Time
Anderson Story Room Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington
10:30 am - Friends of the Library Meeting →
Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington
11:00 am - APL Tests Cookbooks: A Food and Book Club
Copeland Room Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abing
7:00 pm - Afternoon Movie
Copeland Room Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abing
2:00 pm - Board Game Night for Adults
Copeland Room Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abing
5:30 pm - Registered Toddler Time
Anderson Story Room Abington Public Library, 600 Gliniewicz Way, Abington
10:30 am - Curtain Call Theatre Presents "The Wolves" →
182 Commercial St, Braintree
7:30 pm
Saturday September 19
Monday September 21
Tuesday September 22
Wednesday September 23
Friday September 25
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🗞 Nearby News
Rockland
- A From-Scratch American Diner in Rockland Has Filed for Bankruptcy (whatnow.com)
- South Shore top performers: Unbeaten Hingham golf hands Scituate first loss (patriotledger.com)
- Rockland School Committee Adopts a Budget Calendar Built Around Three Fiscal Years at Once (southshore.news)
Whitman
- They Wanted a Conversation. The Assignment Was Three Dead Children. (selfreliancecentral.com)
Stoughton
- Stoughton Police Ask For Help Finding Missing Man (patch.com)
Ok Abington! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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