🌱 How will Whitman’s new school funding framework affect your tax dollars?

What's up Whitman! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How will Whitman's new school funding framework affect your tax dollars?
• Whitman juror explains why the Lindsay Clancy case still haunts her

Also on today's calendar: Curtain Call Theatre Presents "The Wolves" and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 76, low: 60.
• Thursday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 78 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Whitman Select Board Backs Regional School Agreement Overhaul in 3-2 Split (southshore.news subscription) — Whitman residents face big changes in how the town funds regional schools after the Select Board narrowly backed four major revisions to the Whitman-Hanson agreement in a 3-2 vote. The framework would fold busing into the operating budget, shift payment due dates, and standardize capital assessments, all while Whitman braces for steep retirement-related budget pressures and further legal review of the deal.
   

• Lindsay Clancy juror denies bias allegations, wants 'conversation started' about women's mental health (foxnews.com) — A juror from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Whitman is publicly rejecting claims the panel was biased, saying they focused on evidence and serious questions about postpartum mental health. She describes lingering doubts and emotional fallout after the mistrial, while stressing hopes the case spurs better support for struggling mothers and families.
   

📸 Around Whitman

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Whitman

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 15
• North Quincy at Whitman-Hanson Regional →
  Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, 600 Franklin St, Whitman
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 15
• Select Board →
  Town Hall, 54 South Ave, Whitman
  6:00 pm
• September Monthly WFT Meeting →
  Whitman Public Library, Whitman
  6:30 pm
• Whitman Freedom Team Monthly Meeting →
  Whitman Public Library, Whitman
  6:30 pm
• Handcrafts with Cindy
  Whitman Public Library, 100 Webster St, W
  6:30 pm
• Conservation Commission →
  Town Hall, 54 South Ave, Whitman
  7:30 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Read to a Dog
  Whitman Public Library, Community Room, 100 Webster St, Whitman
  4:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Board of Public Library Trustees →
  Library Community Room, 100 Webster Street, Whitman
  9:30 am
• Lounge Open →
  Whitman Knights of Columbus, 1195 Bedford Street, Whitman
  6:00 pm
Monday September 21
• Monday Night Bingo →
  Whitman Knights of Columbus, 1195 Bedford Street, Whitman
  4:00 pm
• Zoning Board of Appeals (#441 Washington Street) →
  Lower Town Hall Meeting Room, 54 South Ave, Whitman
  7:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Curtain Call Theatre Presents "The Wolves" →
  182 Commercial St, Braintree
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Brockton. Apply here.
• National Mentor Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Accounts Receivable Manager in Brockton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Whitman here.

🗞 Nearby News

Abington

• Steel Hill Plumbing Celebrates National Tradesmen Day On The South Shore (prunderground.com)

East Bridgewater

• 'It still doesn't even feel real, it's a crazy feeling,' Massachusetts man turns $1 into big State Lottery prize (fallriverreporter.com)
• High school roundup/scores: Malden nips Woburn in boys soccer battle (bostonherald.com)

Rockland

• Vote for the Cape and Islands Football Player of the Week (capecodtimes.com)

Ok Whitman! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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