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🌱 Patch AM: Attleboro and North Attleboro families honor firefighter John Emmott
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- Attleboro and North Attleboro families honor firefighter John Emmott
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- Tuesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, with a high of 34 and low of 25 degrees.
- Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 47, low: 26.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• John Emmott (thebradentontimes.com) — Family and friends in Attleboro and North Attleboro are mourning John D. Emmott, a retired Stoughton firefighter and Navy veteran who died earlier this month at age 78. His daughter lives in Attleboro, and a Celebration of Life will be held January 3 in North Attleboro following a graveside service in Bourne.
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- CITY HALL CLOSED
Attleboro, MA Calendar Attleboro, MA 02703
Wednesday December 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Mother Goose on the Loose
Sweatt Room Fiske Public Library , 110 Randall Road , Wrentham
10:00 am - Storytime for Little Ones (Ages 0-3)
Mansfield Public Library , 255 Hope St. , Mansfield
10:30 am - Silly with Storytime, Ages 3-5
Youth Services Circulation Desk Boyden Library , 10 Bird Street , Foxborough
10:30 am - Miss Joyce's Tot TIme
Goff Hall
10:30 am - Dighton Public Library: Tot Time
Dighton, MA Calendar , Dighton Public Library 207 Main Street , Dighton
10:30 am - Boyden Library Book Club
Community Meeting Room Boyden Library , 10 Bird Street , Foxborough
11:00 am - Council on Aging Public Meeting
North Attleborough, MA Calendar , 451 Elm Street , North Attleborough
11:00 am - Permitting and Compliance Team (PACT) Meeting
Dighton, MA Calendar , 979 Somerset Avenue , Dighton
11:00 am - Board of Health Regular Meeting
Dighton, MA Calendar , 1111 Somerset Avenue , Dighton
1:00 pm - Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization
Mansfield, MA Calendar
1:00 pm - Narcan Training with SAFE Coalition
Boyden Library , 10 Bird Street , Foxborough
4:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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