🌱 How Mashpee Wampanoag families must adjust without 2026 school and summer camps

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• How Mashpee Wampanoag families must adjust without 2026 school and summer camps

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold with snow, 1-2", with a high of 39 and low of 36 degrees.
• Wednesday: A few showers in the morning, temps: high: 38, low: 28.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 42 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe provides update on school and summer camps (capecod.com) — Families connected to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe should know that the Tribal Education Department will not run school-vacation or summer camps in 2026 due to staffing and training limits. The department stresses this is a human-resources issue, not funding, and urges parents to arrange alternative childcare for all school breaks and next summer while it works toward rebuilding stronger camp programs for 2027 and beyond.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Stay & Make: Drop-In Craft at North Falmouth
  North Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - North Falmouth Branch , 6 Chester Street , North Falmouth
  10:00 am
• Stories, Songs and Instruments at East Falmouth
  East Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - East Falmouth Branch , 310 East Falmouth Highway , East Falmouth
  10:00 am
• Planning Board Meeting
  Falmouth, MA Calendar , 59 Town Hall Square , Falmouth
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Holiday Closing
  Mashpee Public Library , Route 151 , Mashpee

Thursday December 25

• Why Knot Knit Nite at East Falmouth
  East Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - East Falmouth Branch , 310 East Falmouth Highway , East Falmouth
  5:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Nightingale Mural-A Falmouth Boy Goes Whaling
  Adult Collections Room Falmouth Public Library - Main Library , 300 Main Street , Falmouth
• Music and Movement
  Children's Room Falmouth Public Library - Main Library , 300 Main Street , Falmouth
  10:30 am
• Scavenger Hunt at North Falmouth
  North Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - North Falmouth Branch , 6 Chester Street , North Falmouth
  2:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Scavenger Hunt at East Falmouth
  East Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - East Falmouth Branch , 310 East Falmouth Highway , East Falmouth
  9:00 am
• It's Game Time! at East Falmouth
  East Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - East Falmouth Branch , 310 East Falmouth Highway , East Falmouth
  9:00 am
• Winter Scavenger Hunt
  Children's Room Falmouth Public Library - Main Library , 300 Main Street , Falmouth
  10:00 am

Monday December 29

• Maker Mondays at the East Falmouth Library - Make Invisible Ink
  East Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - East Falmouth Branch , 310 East Falmouth Highway , East Falmouth
  10:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I would like to donate a few coats and blankets for people in need.
  Any suggestions where I should donate? Thank you (Nextdoor Popponesset)

• Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Mashpee. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in East Falmouth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mashpee here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sandwich

• Nauset, Martha's Vineyard, Sandwich wrestlers stand out at Early Bird (capecodtimes.com)

Bourne

• Obituary: Robert Paul 'Bob' Fournier (hinghamanchor.com)

Barnstable

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-- The Patch AM Team

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