Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 26

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Join Plimoth Plantation in a celebration of artists at the Native Craft Fair, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 28. Native vendors and artisans from across the region will be demonstrating their skills and selling jewelry, basketry and other handmade crafts created from traditional materials. Children’s crafts, including corn husk doll making, and games are also available hourly starting at 10:30 a.m. The fair will be held in the courtyard of the Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center.  For more information call 508-746-1622 or visit www.plimoth.org. Admission to both the craft demonstrations and the Native Craft Fair are free with the cost of admission.

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