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Hi there, Brockton! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Brockton family mourns 22-year-old killed in Taunton house-party shooting.
  • How Brockton's cellphone ban is shaping the statewide school debate.

Also on today's calendar: Brockton Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 80 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 80, low: 69.
  • Thursday: A stray thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Brockton man mourned after death in Taunton shooting that injured 7 others (nbcboston.com) — A 22-year-old Brockton man, Zirovick Depina, was killed and seven others were wounded during a weekend house-party shooting in nearby Taunton, shaking both his loved ones and neighbors. Friends remembered him as a joyful, open-minded young man, while residents described newfound fear about gatherings and everyday life as investigators continue searching for answers and have not yet announced any arrests.
   

• As students return to school, a plan to ban cellphones in classrooms languishes on Beacon Hill. Why? (bostonglobe.com) — Brockton families should know their schools are already ahead of Beacon Hill, with Superintendent Priya Tahiliani calling the city's two-year-old classroom cellphone ban a "game changer" for student focus and behavior. As lawmakers debate a statewide requirement without clear funding, Brockton's experience shows both the benefits and costs of locking up phones, while districts elsewhere wait to see what rules they'll have to follow.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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