5 Things You Need To Know Today

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Here's five things you need to know in Foxborough for today, March 11.

For more town news and instant updates on stories like this (and more!), follow Foxborough Patch on Facebook and Twitter, or sign-up for our e-mail newsletter. Editor's note: Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. If you know of something happening in town that did not make our list, please add it in the comment section! Today’s weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for a Patchy fog between 7 and 9 a.m. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 50. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Monday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind around 7 mph. Foxborough Police announced on its Facebook page Sunday that …

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Finding of Threatened Species in Foxborough Sparks Debate Over Oak Street Property

White Marbled Salamanders have been found in a vernal pool on the former Camp Lincoln Hill property on Oak Street - a property some town officials hope to sell in auction.

While reviewing the town’s assets, Foxborough officials discovered a threatened species living in the wetlands of the former Camp Lincoln Hill property on Oak Street. The white marbled salamander was found in a vernal pool on the Oak Street property during a site assessment by the town’s Asset Review Committee. “Very exciting,” said selectman Lorraine Brue, who also serves on the town’s Asset Review Committee. [We] walked down to the wetlands and the salamanders were swimming around [in the vernal pool there].” Foxborough Town Manager Kevin Paicos said the finding of the salamanders “is a huge event” because there are only 75 towns in the state that have registered vernal pools with that species present. “That is a fairly big deal,” Paicos…

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