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🌱 Patch AM: How Stoughton toddlers are already giving back to their community

Also, don't miss Handel's Messiah Sing in Easton on the Stoughton Patch calendar

Wednesday December 17th Patch AM
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Hello Stoughton! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Stoughton toddlers are already giving back to their community
  • How did Stoughton/Brockton lose a four-goal lead so fast?

Also on today's calendar: Handel's Messiah Sing in Easton and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Breezy with some sun, with a high of 45 and low of 24 degrees.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 47, low: 39.
  • Friday: Windy with rain, with a high of 58 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘Happy that I help': Local pre-school students participate in a philanthropy curriculum, and love it (boston25news.com) — Young children at The Learning Experience in Stoughton are learning philanthropy early, creating thank-you cards for local police and firefighters, running canned food drives, and even fundraising for Make-A-Wish. Staff say the curriculum focuses on kindness, gratitude, and community service, with monthly projects that get toddlers and their families actively involved in helping others.
   

• High school roundup/scores: Sarah Michel notches triple-double for Blue Hills (bostonherald.com) — Stoughton/Brockton’s boys hockey co-op is highlighted in a wild comeback win for Foxboro, which erased a four-goal deficit in the final minutes to prevail 9–6 despite a hat trick from Jake McSweeney. The roundup also lists scores from other high school basketball, hockey, gymnastics, swimming, and track meets across the region.
   


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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
  • FOUND!!
    She found her way home!! Hi! I'm posting because my parents lost their dog earlier today around 2:30 PM. We're hoping to see if anyone may have seen… (Nextdoor Dawe SW Precinct 1)
  • PetSmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Brockton. Apply here.
  • Home Market Foods posted a job opening for Production Planning Manager in Norwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stoughton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Canton

  • Bottoms Up: The Jalisco Reviver (wror.com)

Randolph

  • Police searching for armed suspect after woman seriously injured in Canton shooting (wcvb.com)

Ok Stoughton! 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 don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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