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🌱 Will Ipswich freeze big projects until safety and schools are fixed?

Ipswich, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Will Ipswich freeze big projects until safety and schools are fixed?
  • How Ipswich teams fared in Thursday’s packed high school action.

Also on today's calendar: Reckoners with Kevin James Graham and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why can't dogs make MRI's? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Morning rain, then a t-storm, with a high of 67 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 51, low: 33.
  • Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 55 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Select Board floats moratorium on capital projects until public safety facility, elementary building plans are resolved (thelocalnews.news) — Ipswich officials are weighing a moratorium on most major capital projects after voters again rejected extra borrowing for a new public safety facility, leaving aging police, fire, and elementary school buildings in limbo. The Select Board is considering an outside assessment of bare-minimum fixes while some members push for urgent action and a special meeting with the public safety facility committee.
   

• High school roundup/scores: Pembroke rides Dylan Baldwin's hat trick to victory (bostonherald.com) — Ipswich girls soccer shut out Manchester Essex 3–0, while Ipswich volleyball fell 3–0 to Lynnfield in a busy slate of statewide high school action. The roundup highlights standout performances across Massachusetts, from multi-goal scorers in soccer to dominant serving and hitting in volleyball and a conference golf title.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why can't dogs make MRI's?" — Because catscan! (Thank you Bob F. for sending it in!)
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