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10 More Mass. Communities To Receive Aerial Mosquito Spray

BOSTON (CBS) - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that an additional 10 communities in southeastern Massachusetts will receive aerial spraying of pesticides against mosquitoes.

The total number of towns in the spraying zone is now 21.

Spraying is scheduled to begin this Friday night after dark, and will continue on Saturday night weather permitting.

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The list of communities that will be sprayed include: Acushnet, Berkley, Bridgewater, Carver, Dighton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Freetown, Halifax, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Middleborough, Norton, Pembroke, Plympton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Rochester, Taunton, and West Bridgewater.

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