🌱 Patch AM: How a Sunday I-95 crash brought Canton traffic to a standstill

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Sunday I-95 crash brought Canton traffic to a standstill
• Canton resident reports $40,000 in suspicious withdrawals at Rockland Trust

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 87 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 59.
• Saturday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 69 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two Seriously Injured in I-95 Crash in Canton, Massachusetts – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — Northbound I-95 traffic in Canton was shut down Sunday morning after a serious crash near Exit 25 sent two people to the hospital and forced lengthy detours at Exit 23. Drivers approaching Canton faced major delays while state police investigated, and details on the victims and cause of the collision have not yet been released.
   

• Police Log: Driver and Passenger Extricated after Crash, Resident Reports Assault in Friend's Home, Vehicle Break-Ins (town.news) — A recent Westwood police log notes a Canton resident who reported $40,000 in unauthorized withdrawals from a Rockland Trust account on University Avenue, alongside several other thefts, crashes, and disturbances in neighboring Westwood. The incidents range from shoplifting and vehicle break-ins to an OUI crash requiring extrication and a high-value missing ring case.
   

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Thursday August 20
• Strategy Board Game Night
  Canton Public Library Community Room , 786 Washington St., Canton
  6:00 pm
• School Committee Meeting
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Friday August 21
• My First Storytime
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  10:30 am
Saturday August 22
• Music at the Blissful
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  10:30 am
Monday August 24
• Community Preservation Committee Meeting →
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  7:00 pm
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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Gibbons School New Student Tour
  Joseph H Gibbons Joseph H. Gibbons Elementary School, 235 Morton St, Stoughton
  9:30 am
• Family Storytime at Halloran Park
  Stoughton Public Library Halloran Park
  10:00 am
• Bouncing Tots
  Turner Free Library 2 North Main Street, Randolph, MA, 02368, US
  10:30 am
• Drop-in Scrabble
  Stoughton Public Library Conference Room
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Boston 25 Stuff the Bus: Help local students get ready for school (boston25news.com)

Quincy

• Quincy College Seeks Candidate From Plymouth County For Board Of Governors (thequincysun.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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