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🌱 How a Billerica dam helped spark America’s first environmental review
Billerica, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Billerica! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Billerica dam helped spark America’s first environmental review
- How a Billerica senior helped shape this MASCAC playoff showdown
Also on today's calendar: Texas Hold Em Poker Tournament and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Where did the two roofs meet? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Cloudy, rain beginning; cool, with a high of 57 and low of 50 degrees.
- Sunday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 72, low: 50.
- Monday: Morning rain, then a shower, with a high of 56 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden' and later works (techandsciencepost.com) — Billerica’s Concord River once hosted a low factory dam that became a flashpoint in what some scholars consider America’s first major environmental assessment, tying the town to Henry David Thoreau’s scientific legacy. A new book and documentary explore Thoreau’s lesser-known, data-driven side and how his research informed ‘Walden’ and early environmental thinking. 
• Baseball Advances to MASCAC Championship Round with 7-4 Win Over Salm (bsubears.com) — A Salem State baseball player from Billerica, senior Owen Duggan, figured into a tight MASCAC tournament matchup that Bridgewater State ultimately won 7–4 with a big eighth-inning rally. The game sets up a championship round where Salem State must battle back through an elimination game for another shot at the title.
📸 Around Billerica
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Texas Hold Em Poker Tournament →
TJ Callahan's,
9:00 am
Saturday May 9
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Other local events
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8 Science MCAS
Billerica Memorial High School 35 River St, BIllerica, MA 01821
7:25 am -
Grade 4 Math I MCAS
Maynard SD Maynard, MA 01754
8:00 am -
School Committee
Billerica Memorial High School 35 River St, BIllerica, MA 01821
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8 Science MCAS
Billerica Memorial High School 35 River St, BIllerica, MA 01821
7:25 am -
Grade 4 Math II MCAS
Maynard SD Maynard, MA 01754
8:00 am -
Grade 8 Math I MCAS
Maynard SD Maynard, MA 01754
8:00 am -
Elementary String Concert (After School Strings Only)
Hajjar Elementary School Marshall Middle School, Floyd St., Billerica
7:00 pm -
Orchestra Concert
Marshall Middle School Auditorium
7:00 pm
Monday May 11
Tuesday May 12
Wednesday May 13
📣 Billerica Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Adaptive Kids Program with NDB Fitness →
NDB Fitness, 2230 Main St Unit 104, Tewksbury
9:00 am -
Sensory-Friendly Jump Time →
Altitude Trampoline Park, 700 Boston Rd, Billerica
9:00 am -
Plant Share →
Job Lane Farm Museum, 295 North Rd, Bedford
10:00 am -
HAIRSPRAY at The Umbrella Arts Center →
The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow St, Concord
8:00 pm
Saturday May 9
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💬 Chatter
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- CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Billerica. Apply here.
- GDI Integrated SV J posted a job opening for Janitorial-Union in Tewksbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Billerica here.
🗞 Nearby News
Tewksbury
- 'Immaculate' Colonial By Golf Course Hits The Market In Tewksbury (patch.com)
Bedford
- Bedford Police Department Shares Distracted Driving Statistics (thebedfordcitizen.org)
- Bedford Sets Schedule for May 25 Memorial Day Observance (thebedfordcitizen.org)
- Fire Department Responds to Medical Emergencies, Alarm Issues (thebedfordcitizen.org)
Wilmington
- Award-Winning Sportscaster Coming To Wilmington (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: At a shingles bar! (Thank you Yann P. for sending it in!)
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