🌱 Patch AM: How did Plymouth lose track of protections on $37 million in projects?

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• How did Plymouth lose track of protections on $37 million in projects?

Also on today's calendar: Cantrip and Low Lily traditional music double bill and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Not as warm with rain, with a high of 75 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, temps: high: 71, low: 65.
• Sunday: Humid with a few showers, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mayflower Meetinghouse project reveals oversight failures (plymouthindependent.org) — Plymouth officials have uncovered decades of oversight failures in Community Preservation grants, including missing deed restrictions on roughly $37.6 million in projects that were supposed to protect historic sites. The lapse now affects the controversial Mayflower Meetinghouse renovation, where permitted façade changes might not have been allowed if required protections were recorded, prompting a scramble to fix the system and reconsider future grants.
   

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Saturday September 5
• Justin Hayward – The Story In Your Eyes Tour →
  Plymouth Memorial Hall, 83 Court St, Plymouth
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday August 24
• Manomet Storytime
  Plymouth Public Library Manomet Room (Branch)
  10:30 am
Thursday August 27
• Manomet Hhistory Book Group
  Plymouth Public Library Manomet Room (Branch)
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Cantrip and Low Lily traditional music double bill →
  Spire Center for Performing Arts, 25 1/2 Court St, Plymouth
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Mahjong Open Play
  Jonathan Bourne Public Library Community Room , 19 Sandwich Road\
  1:00 pm
• Beginner Mahjong Open Play
  Jonathan Bourne Public Library Community Room , 19 Sandwich Road\
  1:00 pm
• Little Lies : Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band:(+ Optional VIP Experience) →
  1620 Winery at Cordage Park, 55 Loring Blvd, Plymouth
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Credit card test →
  Pinehills Golf Club, 54 Clubhouse Dr, Plymouth
  10:00 am
• Storytime with Maddie Frost →
  Book Love, 7 Village Green S, Plymouth
  10:00 am
• Book Club – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn →
  Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center 4 Elm Street, Kingston, MA 02364
  11:00 am
Sunday August 23
• Sara Achorn: Solo Acoustic | Brew Fish Beer Garden →
  Brew Fish Bar & Eatery, 210 Spring St, Marion
  2:00 pm
• Jim Gaffigan →
  Melody Tent, 41 W Main St, Hyannis
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• Sunrise walks with Roland:
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🗞 Nearby News

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Wareham

• Wareham JROTC students will go camping on Wickets Island (theweektoday.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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