🌱 Patch AM: How a Sharon Street gas pump fire was quickly contained

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Sharon Street gas pump fire was quickly contained

Also on today's calendar: Handel's Messiah Sing in Easton and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 39 degrees.
• Friday: Rain becoming intermittent, temps: high: 58, low: 27.
• Saturday: Much colder, with a high of 38 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Car crashes into fuel pump at Stoughton gas station, setting off supression system (nbcboston.com) — An early-morning three-car crash sent a vehicle into a fuel pump at the Shell station on Sharon Street in Stoughton, sparking a fire that was quickly contained by the pump’s suppression system and firefighters. Three of the five people involved were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, and Sharon Street was briefly closed while Stoughton police investigated.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stoughton

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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

Friday December 19

• wootrocks.com J&G Hillside Grill
  J&G Hillside Grill , 1137 Park St , Stoughton
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Franklin Sports to Host Annual Holiday Warehouse Sale
  17 Campanelli Pkwy , Stoughton
  9:00 am
• Westgate Mall Hosts Holiday Pop-Up Market with the African American Association of Brockton
  Westgate Mall , 200 Westgate Dr , Brockton
  10:00 am
• Westgate Mall Partners with the African American Association of Brockton for Third Annual Holiday To
  Westgate Mall , 200 Westgate Dr , Brockton
  10:00 am
• That Holiday Feeling with Back to the Eighties
  Starline Room Dinner Theater , 49 Monk St , Stoughton
  6:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Westgate Mall Partners with the African American Association of Brockton for Third Annual Holiday To
  Westgate Mall , 200 Westgate Dr , Brockton
  11:00 am
• Westgate Mall Hosts Holiday Pop-Up Market with the African American Association of Brockton
  Westgate Mall , 200 Westgate Dr , Brockton
  11:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• Coloring (PDF)
  Stoughton, MA Calendar Stoughton, MA 02072
  10:00 am

Saturday December 27

• That Holiday Feeling with Back to the Eighties
  Starline Room Dinner Theater , 49 Monk St , Stoughton
  6:30 pm

Monday December 29

• Winter Break 5-7 yrs old - Stoughton, MA 2025
  Dana Barros Basketball Club , 1776 Washington St , Stoughton
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Grab & Go Meals for Seniors — Sharon Mutual Aid
  Sharon Adult Center & Council On Aging , 219 Massapoag Ave , Sharon
  10:00 am
• Bouncing Babies Playtime
  Avon Public Library , 280 West Main Street , Avon
  10:30 am
• Bouncing Tots
  Turner Free Library , 2 North Main Street , Randolph
  10:30 am
• School Committee
  Randolph, MA Calendar
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Social Security Announces Cost of Living Increase for 2026 —Delia De Mello Read on Patch

• Buyer beware
  Received a call from " Megan " from Mallory portraits 'Portsmouth New Hampshire" stating I had a certificate for a free portrait which I did not… (Nextdoor South Stoughton)
• Report of police activity in Quincy, Massachusetts.
  3:19PM on Dec 16: Quincy Police respond to incident with multiple cruisers and an ambulance in front of Party City in Quincy Center. (Nextdoor )

• Price Rite posted a job opening for Price Rite - Stocking Clerk in Stoughton. Apply here.
• Stoughton Public Schools posted a job opening for Special Education Preschool GROW Program Teacher in Stoughton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stoughton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Canton

• 16-year-old arrested in Canton apartment complex shooting - Boston News, Weather, Sports (whdh.com)
• Bottoms Up: The Jalisco Reviver (wror.com)
• Karen Read Lifetime movie premiering in January (boston.com)

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