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What's New? Upcomming Events for 05/23/2013 - 05/30/2013

Dighton Announcements
Date: 05/01/2013 - 12/31/2013
Link: Fire & Police Scanner
May 23rd Dighton Water District Annual Meeting
Date: 05/01/2013 - 05/24/2013
Time: 7PM
Location: Dighton Middle School
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Link: Warrant for Review
Plant and Yard Sale --Dighton Historical Society May 25th
Date: 05/23/2013 - 05/26/2013
Time: 10-2PM
Location: Corner Center and Williams Streets, Dighton
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Link: Click to view flyer
Plant Sale-St Myra Church May 25th
Date: 05/23/2013 - 05/26/2013
Time: 8-3PM
Location: 499 Spring St. No. Dighton
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Link: Click to read flyer
DWD Hydrant Flushing May 6th -May 31st
Date: 05/23/2013 - 05/31/2013
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Memorial Day -May 27th
Date: 05/23/2013
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Link: Click to read
Finance Committee looking for new member deadline May31st
Date: 05/24/2013 - 05/31/2013
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Link: Click to review
Town Hall Closed May 27th -- Memorial Day
Date: 05/24/2013 - 05/28/2013
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Dighton Annual Town Meeting June 4th: Everyone Welcome.
Date: 05/24/2013
Time: 7PM
Location: DRRHS
Memorial Day -Trash will be delayed one day
Date: 05/27/2013
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Spredd's Public Hearing -Updating Dighton's Priority Area Map
Date: 05/29/2013
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Town Hall-lower level
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Early Information for events after 05/30/2013

Dighton Announcements
Date: 05/01/2013 - 12/31/2013
Link: Fire & Police Scanner
DWD Hydrant Flushing May 6th -May 31st
Date: 05/23/2013 - 05/31/2013
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Finance Committee looking for new member deadline May31st
Date: 05/24/2013 - 05/31/2013
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Link: Click to review
Dighton.com
Date: 05/31/2013 - 02/07/2015
Description: All information posted on www.Dighton.com / Dighton.com Facebook  : is as accurate as we can provide. We do not originate the information, but www.Dighton.com places links to information at its source. or shows a photograph of a posting or letter or an actual copy of a flyer or poster. In this way we can assure our readers that www.Dighton.com/ facebook  is a great source of "correct information as provided to us.."  
Dighton Weather Forecast
Date: 06/01/2013 - 01/01/2015
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Dighton Food Bank Items Needed.
Date: 06/02/2013 - 01/01/2014
Description: Drop off places, DMS School, , Almeida's Store Mac n' cheese,cereal,tuna,soup,mashed potatoes,rice,canned veg.pasta,pasta sauce,peanut butterjelly,spam Also, all nonperishable items are always welcome.   Thank  you   :)    
Free Country Gospel Concerts June 7thThe Hillside Galileneans
Date: 06/07/2013 - 05/09/2013
Time: 7-9:00 PM
Location: New Hope Christian Church 1436 Gar Hwy RT 6 Swansea
Board of Health-Public Hearing-Proposed Tobacco Regulations
Date: 06/19/2013
Time: 6:30PM
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Dighton-Berkley Bridge Hours of Operation July 1st
Date: 06/19/2013 - 08/02/2013
Description: click for road hours Read more: http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1018078986/Dighton-Board-of-Selectmen-releases-schedule-for-bridge-construction#ixzz1u2doF8J3  
Free Country Gospel Concert July 7th The Hillside Galileans
Date: 07/07/2013
Time: 5:30-8PM
Location: Pierce Beach in Somerset Right off Rt 138

Dighton Massachusetts

Dighton, MA is the geographic center of Bristol County, is also a rural economic center. It is the location of the Bristol County Agricultural High School and of the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. It is a mixture of suburban and rural settings with a strong industrial presence. Dighton has a full array of activities and services for its young people, including little league baseball, soccer, basketball, softball and tennis. The town offers an excellent educational delivery system from its regional K-12 school district. Dighton, which was named in honor of a woman, Frances Dighton Williams, was founded in 1712 as the southern precinct of the Town of Taunton and retains close regional ties with Fall River, Providence, Rhode Island, and Taunton.

Location

Southeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Taunton on the north, the Taunton River and Berkley on the east, Somerset and Swansea on the south and southwest, and Rehoboth on the west and northwest. Dighton is 40 miles south of Boston; 13 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island; and 190 miles from New York City.

Total Area: 22.86 sq. miles
Land Area: 22.39 sq. miles
Population: 5,631
Density: 251 per sq. mile

Transportation

The Taunton-Attleboro region, where Dighton is located, has excellent highway facilities. Interstate 495, especially well designed south of Boston, provides access to Interstate 90 to the northwest and to U.S. Route 6, the Mid-Cape Highway, to the southeast. Interstate 95 and the Fall River Expressway (State Route 24) provide access to the airport, port, and intermodal facilities of Boston and Providence.

Major Highways

Principal highways are U.S. Route 44 and State Route 138.

Rail

There is no freight or passenger rail service in Dighton, but the network of intermodal facilities serving eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island is easily accessible.

Bus

Dighton is a member of the Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA), which provides limited fixed route service between Taunton and North Dighton. GATRA also provides Dial-A-Ride service to the elderly and disabled.

Other

The Taunton Municipal Airport, a General Aviation (GA) facility, is easily accessible. It has a 3,496'x 75' asphalt runway and a 2,350'x 150' gravel runway. Instrument approaches available: Non-precision.