🌱 Patch AM: How a Stonehill grad just reshaped banking in nearby Brockton

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Stonehill grad just reshaped banking in nearby Brockton

Also on today's calendar: Food Addicts Anonymous and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy with a little snow, with a high of 40 and low of 23 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 39, low: 12. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and very cold, with a high of 24 and low of 17 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• After Buying Brockton Bank, Eastern Bank's Rivers Honored by City's Mayor (bankerandtradesman.com) — Easton readers may recognize Stonehill College alum Bob Rivers, now Eastern Bank’s executive chair, who was just given the key to the city of Brockton after leading Eastern’s purchase of HarborOne Bank. Brockton officials praised his long civic involvement, even as Eastern plans layoffs at HarborOne’s former Brockton headquarters while seeking major cost savings from the merger.
   

📸 Around Easton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Easton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 27

• Dungeons & Dragons: For Adults!
  Queset House, 51 Main St, North Easton
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 26

• FrosTEA Lights
  Children's Room Ames Free Library , 53 Main Street , Easton
  12:00 pm
• Holiday Wrapping Station
  2nd floor Makerspace Queset House , 51 Main Street , Easton
  1:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Holiday Wrapping Station
  2nd floor Makerspace Queset House , 51 Main Street , Easton
  1:00 pm
• Friends Book Shop Donation Hours
  Queset House , 51 Main St , North Easton
  1:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Easton Festival of Trees
  Easton Country Club , 265 Purchase St , South Easton
  10:00 am
• Rivard & Muscato Holiday Tournament
  Oliver Ames High School , 100 Lothrop St , North Easton
  12:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Interactive Movie Night: Frozen
  1st floor Presentation Commons Queset House , 51 Main Street , Easton
  5:30 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Food Addicts Anonymous
  Our Lady of Sorrows Parish , 59 Cottage St , Sharon
  7:00 am

Sunday January 4

• Fundamentals of Furniture Making
  The Green Woodshop
  9:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• Food Addicts Anonymous
  Our Lady of Sorrows Parish , 59 Cottage St , Sharon
  7:00 am
• Getting Started in Woodworking
  The Green Woodshop
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sonepar posted a job opening for Commercial Lighting Quotations Specialist in Brockton. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Brockton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Easton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Brockton

• East Bridgewater home on Pheasant Run sells for $829K (enterprisenews.com)
• City covers $1.6M deficit run up by Brockton Redevelopment Authority (enterprisenews.com)
• DeMaio Promoted at New England's Yanow Rep Firm (ewweb.com)

Mansfield

• Two Mansfield MA high school coaches earn top honors from MIAA (wickedlocal.com)

Ok Easton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I got tired of the hole business.
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