🌱 Patch AM: Why did Sharon’s state rep back a teacher-supplies funding bill?

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In today's newsletter:

• Why did Sharon’s state rep back a teacher-supplies funding bill?

Also on today's calendar: Handel's Messiah Sing in Easton and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Snow and flurries, up to 1", with a high of 32 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Cold; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 28, low: 17.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 33 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Beacon Hill Roll Call: Dec. 1 to Dec. 5, 2025 (recorder.com) — State Rep. Ed Philips of Sharon is spotlighted in this week’s Beacon Hill roundup for co-sponsoring a bill to help teachers pay for classroom supplies purchased online, along with several other education and public safety measures. The report also details senators’ roll call attendance records and highlights new protections for transit workers, a proposed ban on hostile architecture targeting the homeless, and changes affecting veterans, asbestos victims, and substitute teachers.
   

📸 Around Sharon

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sharon

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Handel's Messiah Sing in Easton
  Covenant Congregational Church, 204 Center St, Easton
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 15

• Sharon Community Food Drive Program
  New Sharon Public Library , 1 School Street , Sharon

Tuesday December 16

• Christmas Trees- Best Prices in Town
  150 Chapel St , Norwood
  4:00 am
• Tween/Teen One Piece Pirate Party
  New Sharon Public Library , 1 School Street , Sharon
  6:00 pm
• Sharon Writer's Group | Workshop
  New Sharon Public Library , 1 School Street , Sharon
  6:15 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Sharon Community Food Drive Program
  New Sharon Public Library , 1 School Street , Sharon
• PJ Library Playgroup - Sharon
  Sharon Town Clerk , 90 S Main St #1 , Sharon
  9:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 14

• 3x Super Bowl Champion Patrick Pass
  CardVault by Tom Brady , 260 Patriot Pl , Foxborough
  10:00 am
• Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
  Gillette Stadium , 1 Patriot Pl , Foxborough
  1:00 pm
• Crafting at the Movies: Wicked
  Morrill Memorial Library , 33 Walpole St , Norwood
  1:30 pm
• Cambridge Community Chorus Concert
  Kresge Auditorium , 48 Massachusetts Ave w16 , Cambridge
  4:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Teen Take & Make Grinch Decoration, Grades 7-12
  Ground Floor Circulation Desk Boyden Library , 10 Bird Street , Foxborough
• Gibbons Winter Concert 4/5 Band and Chorus
  Joseph H Gibbons Stoughton, MA 02072
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The deer has been extricated by animal rescue in Wellesley, MA.
  10:12AM on Dec 12: Animal rescue team is requested for a deer stuck in the ice at 99 Pond Rd, Lake Waban, Wellesley, MA. (Nextdoor )

• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Bakery Wrapper / Clean Up in Sharon. Apply here.
• Saint-Gobain S.A. posted a job opening for Manufacturing Operator in Norwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sharon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stoughton

• US says Matthew Farwell should be tried in Mass. in Sandra Birchmore case (bostonglobe.com)

Foxborough

• How Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen is making sure ‘everybody eats' on his o-line this holiday season (syracuse.com)
• What age did Tom Brady retire? When legendary old QB ended his career on mind with Philip Rivers' return (sportingnews.com)

Walpole

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I didn’t lose a tooth, Mom. It’s right here in my pocket.
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