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🌱 Patch AM: How a new donation is boosting Mansfield’s Food Pantry this season
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In today's newsletter:
- How a new donation is boosting Mansfield’s Food Pantry this season
Today's riddle: What did one volcano say to the other volcano? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Sunday: A little snow in the morning, with a high of 34 and low of 14 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Monday: A little snow in the p.m., temps: high: 27, low: 23.
- Tuesday: Cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 33 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bluestone Charitable Foundation supports local food pantries (enterprisenews.com) — Mansfield residents should know that the Mansfield Food Pantry is among 14 Southeastern Massachusetts pantries sharing over $61,000 from the Bluestone Charitable Foundation to fight food insecurity. Local organizers say the support is especially critical as living costs rise, helping families stretch budgets for rent, medications, and utilities while keeping food on the table. 
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📸 Around Mansfield
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mansfield
- Mansfield-Foxboro-Norton Wastewater District
Mansfield, MA Calendar
6:00 pm
Tuesday January 6
📣 Mansfield Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Country & Western Dance
Uxbridge Progressive Club Inc · Uxbridge , MA , North Attleborough
1:00 pm - Music in Motion (ages 2-5)
Story & Craft Room Boyden Library , 2 Baker Street , Foxborough
2:00 pm - Students Return to School
Rose L Macdonald West Bridgewater, MA 02379 - January Teen Take & Make: Paint by Number, Grades 7-12
Ground Floor Circulation Desk Boyden Library , 2 Baker Street , Foxborough - Best Books of 2025
Walpole Public Library , 143 School Street , Walpole
9:30 am - Storytime & Craft
Children's Room , 198 South St , Plainville
10:00 am - Little Lego Club for ages 1-6
Children's Craft Room
10:00 am - Strollers & Stories (Ages 0-2)
New Sharon Public Library , 1 School Street , Sharon
10:30 am - Sprouts Storybook Theater
Church of Our Saviour , 25 Monmouth St , Brookline
3:00 pm - Manga Mondays Grades 6+
Community Room , 143 School Street , Walpole
3:30 pm - Taxation Aid Committee
Plainville, MA Calendar Plainville, MA 02762
4:30 pm
Sunday January 4
Monday January 5
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- The Painted Fox Art Gallery — (774) 250-5575
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Ametek, Inc. posted a job opening for Assembler 2nd Shift in Mansfield. Apply here.
- Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Mansfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mansfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
Easton
- See Middleboro New Year's Eve fireworks, bonfire light up the night (enterprisenews.com)
Attleboro
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-- The Patch AM Team
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