DAILYBRIEFING

Raynham Park 'totally ecstatic' about approval of sports betting

The Taunton Daily Gazette

Good morning, Taunton! Today is Tuesday, Aug. 9, and it's another scorcher out there. But hang tight, it looks like relief is in sight with rain expected to cool things down tonight. For now, let's kick off this steamy day with a look at some of our top stories:

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 8-year-old English bulldog Mischka kept cool during the heat wave on a pool float in Taunton.

Raynham Park co-owner Chris Carney said state lawmakers' approval of sports betting legislation on Aug. 1 "means new life" for the former dog track. Carney says park workers are "totally ecstatic" about being able to offer sports betting under a new law. A new retail and simulcasting center is in the works, which will also accommodate betting on greyhound, thoroughbred, and harness racing. See what else is in store for Raynham Park.

Town voters overwhelmingly defeated a move to withdraw Rehoboth's kindergarten through eighth grade students from the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District. Seventy percent of the 520 Rehoboth residents who crowded into two meeting halls at Francis Farm on a hot Saturday afternoon voted against the proposal, followed by a round of applause at the Aug. 6 Special Town Meeting. Read more on what this means here.

Local Beatles tribute band, The Star Club, is headed to Liverpool, England for the 36th annual International Beatlesweek Festival. The Star Club is set to play what is billed as a “sendoff” show at the District Center for the Arts on Aug. 20, what will be their final show stateside before heading to Liverpool for a string of eight shows in seven days, putting a catalog of over 80 Fab Four tunes to the ultimate test. Read more about them here.

Weather

Join us

Not one of our beloved digital subscribers yet? You can become one right now, and join the growing team of people dedicated to preserving great local news. It’s so easy — go to tauntongazette.com/subscribenow and check out the options. For just a few cents a day, you get all-you-can-read local news, and you’ll be keeping local journalism alive in our community!

Check out all these stories and more at tauntongazette.com.