Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 25

1. The Plymouth Area League of Women Voters is conducting a Candidates Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at Plymouth Town Hall. Candidates for the Board of Selectmen and School Committee will be participating. The public is welcome. The Town of Plymouth election is Saturday, May 11. The candidates for the two open slots on the Board of Selectmen are Robert Bielen, John Moody, Matthew Muratore, Douglas Edward O’Roak, Anthony Provenzano Jr. and Richard Quintal Jr. There are also two open positions on the School Committee. Candidates include Debra Betz, Jay Ferguson, Robert Morgan, Kenneth Moriarty Sr. and James Sorensen.

2. Cape Downwinders will host an evening of discussion and information at 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, focusing on the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and the threat to Cape Cod at the Mashpee Town Hall, 16 Great Neck Road North. The guest speakers will be state Sen. Dan Wolf and Cape Downwinders co-founders Diane Turco and David Agnew. Meg Sheehan, an environmental lawyer and founding partner of EcoLaw and Cape Cod Bay Watch, will explain the plant’s environmental impact on Cape Cod Bay, the once-through cooling system, the current construction for long-term nuclear waste storage and leaking tritium, a radioactive isotope that has been leaking into the ground water for decades. For details, visit www.capedownwinders.org.

3. The annual herring run event sponsored by the Herring Pond Watershed Association will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27, rain or shine. Meet at the Herring Run Visitors Center by the Canal on Route 6 for a 20-minute talk with a naturalist about the local herring migration, then view the herring as they struggle up the fish ladder to breed in Great and Little Herring Ponds. Free; all are welcome.

4. Plymouth Youth Hockey presents the third annual Pink in the Rink at the Armstrong skating rink on Long Pond Road. Try girls hockey for free Friday, April 26 (rescheduled from February due to storm); 5:30 p.m. for new female skaters, 6:30 for all female skaters. All girls are welcome, equipment is required but available for free rental. If you have any questions, email Courtney Brock at courtney.brock@plymouthyouthhockey.net.

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