Gardner Fact Check

07/26/2024

https://www.biocycle.net/community-and-composter-impacted-by-forever-chemicals/

Elevated levels of PFAS compounds were detected in a drinking water well in a central Massachusetts town. Homeowners and a nearby composting facility are suffering from the impacts.

07/03/2024

https://plymouthcountyobserver.substack.com/p/plymouth-horse-racing-bill-goes-to?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2FkjFteg8mtF_0JbJhAZLdyGI8ZWR1pvPEZhXtc872Tquj1y28Cuwg_nc_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

Follows Fall Town Meeting’s Home Rule Petition Article; Would Raise Hurdles For Racing in Plymouth

07/03/2024

Turf track maintenance

07/03/2024

https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/08/20/horse-track-slot-parlor-proposed-wareham

A developer is calling on legislators to revisit the state’s gaming law in order to build a $300 million facility in the southeastern Massachusetts town.

07/03/2024

https://www.addictioncenter.com/news/2024/01/gambling-addiction-college-students/

Colleges across the country crack down on gambling addiction as sports betting skyrockets to alarming heights.

07/03/2024

https://kindbridge.com/gambling/is-america-in-the-middle-of-a-college-student-gambling-addiction-crisis/ #:~:text=Recent%20research%20from%20the%20University,to%20have%20a%20gambling%20problem.

Why college students in America are in desperate need of education about - and protection against - gambling addiction, from Kindbridge Behavioral Health.

07/03/2024

Massachusetts definition of "agriculture" does not include commercial horse racing.

Section 1A. ''Farming'' or ''agriculture'' shall include farming in all of its branches and the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural, aquacultural, floricultural or horticultural commodities, the growing and harvesting...