🌱 How Dighton’s recent school debt vote fits a growing regional trend
Dighton, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Dighton! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Dighton’s recent school debt vote fits a growing regional trend
Also on today's calendar: New England's Biggest Free Admission Card Show and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 61 and low of 52 degrees.
- Thursday: Occasional rain, temps: high: 62, low: 51.
- Friday: Cloudy, showers around; cool, with a high of 56 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Berkley faces cuts as voters reject Proposition 2 1/2 override (turnto10.com) — Dighton residents recently voted down two school-related debt exclusions tied to Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical and Bristol County Agricultural high schools, mirroring similar override pushback in nearby towns. The article focuses on Berkley’s failed Proposition 2½ override, looming school and service cuts there, and how several South Coast communities are struggling with rising costs under the tax cap. 
📸 Around Dighton
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★ Featured events ★
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New England's Biggest Free Admission Card Show →
Emerald Square Mall, 999 S Washington St, North Attleborough
10:00 am
Saturday May 16
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Other local events
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Open Space Regular Meeting →
Dighton, MA Calendar, 979 Somerset Ave, Dighton
5:45 pm -
Board of Selectmen Regular Meeting →
Dighton, MA Calendar, 1111 Somerset Avenue, Dighton
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Movie Night at the Dighton Public Library presents Elemental →
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Free Community Yoga presented by the Dighton Public Library →
Dighton, MA Calendar, Old Town Hall 1111 Somerset Avenue, Dighton
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Dighton Public Library: Story Time →
Dighton, MA Calendar, Children's Section of the Dighton Public Library 207 Main Street, Dighton
1:00 pm -
Friends of the Dighton Public Library →
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Dighton Public Library: Mah Jongg Club →
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Dighton Public Library: Intro to Nature Photography →
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6:00 pm
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Hank Coleman's History DIscussion
Blanding Public Library Goff Hall
11:00 am -
Afternoon Book Club
Blanding Public Library Rear Vestibule
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Restorative Yoga with Britany Freitas →
Marc of Healing, 541 Berkley St, Berkley
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BCS Activities Committee
Berkley Public Schools BCS Cafeteria
6:30 pm
Wednesday May 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- 7-alarm fire under control in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
7:52PM on May 11: Fire is under control, per North Attleborough Fire Department. Authorities will maintain a presence at the scene to extinguish… (Nextdoor )
- Brown University Health posted a job opening for MH Activity Aide in Taunton. Apply here.
- Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Somerset. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dighton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Taunton
- Man pleads guilty to stabbing at Taunton auto body shop. What happened (tauntongazette.com)
- Ex-employee who broke into Taunton home sentenced. Other 2 suspects? (tauntongazette.com)
- Raynham cop tops $300K. Top 10 highest paid town workers in 2025 (tauntongazette.com)
Swansea
- Trump says federal gasoline tax to be reduced 'till it's appropriate' (fredericksburg.com)
Attleboro
- RI Man Pleads Guilty To Robbing Attleboro Stop & Shop (patch.com)
- Apartment Fire Displaces 60 To 80 North Attleboro Residents (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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