🌱 Patch AM: Downtown Trick-Or-Treat Returns To Mansfield

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In today's newsletter:

• Downtown Mansfield businesses ready for Halloween trick-or-treat fun
• Where Mansfield football lands in this week's statewide Super 25 rankings
• How Mansfield firefighters trained for the worst building-collapse scenarios this fall

Also on today's calendar: The Big Columbus Day Sports Card & More Show and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny, with a high of 73 and low of 44 degrees.
• Friday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 69, low: 40.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Downtown Trick-Or-Treat Returns To Mansfield (patch.com) — Families in Mansfield can look forward to the return of the Downtown Trick-or-Treat on Oct. 24, running from noon to 2 p.m. after the town's annual parade from South Common. Local businesses, organized by the Mansfield Downtown Business Association, will hand out candy and goodies to costumed participants of all ages who bring the event flyer.
   

• Super 25 Massachusetts high school football rankings ahead of Week 5 (metrowestdailynews.com) — Mansfield High's football team is riding high in the latest statewide Super 25 rankings, sitting sixth after a strong defensive showing that helped secure another win. The weekly poll, compiled by regional sports reporters, tracks the top MIAA programs and confirms Mansfield as one of Massachusetts' most formidable teams heading into Week 5.
   

• Massachusetts firefighters train for building collapses (patriotledger.com) — Mansfield firefighters just completed an intensive eight-day structural collapse rescue course at the state's Bridgewater training campus, sharpening their skills for rare but high-risk emergencies. The free program, run by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, teaches advanced techniques for stabilizing damaged buildings, lifting heavy debris, and reaching trapped victims, and is part of a broader statewide push to expand technical rescue capabilities.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mansfield

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 12
• The Big Columbus Day Sports Card & More Show →
  enVision Hotel & Conference Center Mansfield-Foxboro, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield
  8:30 am
Wednesday October 14
• "Fall Into The Holidays" Holiday Chorus Experience →
  Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 701 Foundry St, Easton
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• "Legend" Watch Party →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  5:30 pm
Friday October 9
• Bouncing Babies with Ms. Emmy (Ages 6-15 Months)
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  10:15 am
• [FULL] Bouncing Babies with Ms. Emmy (Ages 6-15 Months) →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  10:15 am
• [FULL] Wiggle Walkers with Ms. Emmy (Ages 15-25 months) →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  11:00 am
Saturday October 10
• The Spiritualism Movement and Mansfield: Talking to the Dead! →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  1:00 pm
• NESBA Fall Event in Mansfield, MA →
  Mansfield High School, 250 East Street, Mansfield
  4:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Columbus Day - Town Offices Closed →
  Mansfield, MA Calendar Mansfield, MA 02048
Tuesday October 13
• Storytime for Little Ones (Ages 0-3) →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  10:30 am
• Strum Together at Mansfield Library →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  6:00 pm
Friday October 23
• Little Miss and The Boom Presents: The Crimson Hour →
  Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, 3 Barrows St, Easton
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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Norton

• Popular Halloween Tradition Returns To Norton For 33rd Year (patch.com)

Walpole

• 2 Longtime Walpole Police Officers Receive Promotions (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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