🌱 How Dracut’s midnight muster helped turn warnings into a revolution

Good morning Dracut! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Dracut’s midnight muster helped turn warnings into a revolution
• How a Dracut mother helped push Peabody to ban kratom

Also on today's calendar: Play It Forward! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 91, low: 71.
• Saturday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 70 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Two Riders - One Started A Revolution (blogspot.com) — During the famous 1775 alarm rides, Dracut’s militia began to muster after a prearranged musket signal from across the river, showing how well-organized local networks helped spread the warning faster than any single rider. The piece uses Dracut’s quick response—and nearby Waltham’s silence—to explain why knowing which local leaders can “ring the bell” still matters when you’re trying to mobilize a community or build any shared effort today.
   

• Peabody Board of Health regulates kratom (itemlive.com) — A Dracut mother who lost her son after he drank a kratom seltzer urged Peabody’s Board of Health to ban the drug, and the board unanimously voted to prohibit kratom and similar products starting Sept. 1. Her testimony, along with others’, is part of a broader regional push that could influence how communities like Dracut approach regulating unregulated intoxicating substances.
   

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📸 Around Dracut

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dracut

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 6

• Irish Night at Owen & Ollie’s, Dracut →
  Owen & Ollie's Restaurant & Pub, 91 Mill St, Dracut
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 6

• Open Space Hike - Cross Road/Rifle Range
  Parker Memorial Library Outdoors Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01826
  6:00 pm

Friday August 7

• CFCE STEM-Group
  Parker Memorial Library Meeting Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01
  10:00 am

Saturday August 8

• Wheel Workshop: Learn the Basics of the Wheel →
  Blue Rabbit Ceramics Studio, 1057 Lakeview Ave, Dracut
  1:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Little Explorers Playgroup: A sensory and fine motor skill playtime
  Parker Memorial Library Meeting Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01
  10:00 am
• Gentle Flow Chair Yoga
  Parker Memorial Library Meeting Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01
  4:00 pm
• Fiction book group
  Parker Memorial Library Meeting Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01
  6:30 pm

Tuesday August 11

• Wiggles & Giggles
  Parker Memorial Library Children's Craft Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, D
  9:30 am

Sunday August 16

• Play It Forward! →
  Taffeta Music Hall, 110 Western Ave, Lowell
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• MassHire Mobile Career Center
  Parker Memorial Library Outdoors Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 01826
  10:30 am
• Preschool Storytime with Miss Dominique
  Parker Memorial Library Children's Craft Room Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, D
  10:30 am
• Knitting Group
  Parker Memorial Library Old Library Main Library, 28 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, 0
  2:00 pm
• DCR Summer Nights
  Non Profit Alliance of Greater Lowell Pawtucket Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Lowell. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Tewksbury. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dracut here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Lowell

• Lowell man sentenced in 2023 Pelham crash that killed PrideStar Trinity employee (lowellsun.com)
• Editorial: Lowell, Fitchburg projects building vital connections (sentinelandenterprise.com)
• Massachusetts House primary spotlights Lowell's growing Cambodian political influence (wgbh.org)

Tewksbury

• Two arrested on drug trafficking charges in Tewksbury (newportdispatch.com)

Chelmsford

• Chelmsford Police Rally Around 5-Year-Old Battling Leukemia (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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