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🌱 How did Dutchess residents push officials to kill Flock cameras so fast?

Rhinecliff, New York Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How did Dutchess residents push officials to kill Flock cameras so fast?

Also on today's calendar: Book Launch: Imbolo Mbue, EVERY STORY IS A LOVE STORY.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 65, low: 53.
  • Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, with a high of 67 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Catch Up: Episode 76 (thedailycatch.org) — Dutchess County has shut down its network of 65 Flock license-plate cameras, including one just south of Rhinebeck village, after a packed public forum raised privacy and civil-liberties concerns. In this Catch Up episode, produced with Radio Free Rhinecliff, reporters unpack how the cameras worked, why bipartisan officials first backed them, what changed politically, and what happens to the data and $500,000 once earmarked for the program.
   

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  • TMI Project co-founder to share own story in Kingston on Tuesday (dailyfreeman.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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