🌱 Patch AM: Mansfield Offers Residents Narcan Training

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In today's newsletter:

• Free Narcan training at Mansfield Town Hall aims to save lives
• How new state rescue training could help Mansfield in a disaster

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

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 64 and low of 40 degrees.
• Sunday: Thickening clouds, temps: high: 64, low: 56.
• Monday: Some rain in the morning, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mansfield Offers Residents Narcan Training (patch.com) — Mansfield residents are invited to a free Narcan training at Town Hall on November 10, where they'll learn to recognize overdose signs and administer the life-saving medication. Led by the Mansfield Substance Abuse Task Force with regional health partners, the session responds to concerns about overdoses in public bathrooms and aims to strengthen community safety.
   

• Fire Academy Teaches Rescue Skills that Previously Required Out-of-State Class (town.news) — Mansfield firefighters recently joined colleagues from across Massachusetts for an intensive eight-day Structural Collapse Rescue Technician course at the state's Bridgewater campus, gaining advanced skills for rescuing people from collapsed buildings. The free program, run by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, focuses on breaching concrete, stabilizing damaged structures, and handling complex disaster scenarios so local departments are better prepared for major emergencies.
   

📸 Around Mansfield

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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

Sunday October 11
• Mansfield Housing Corporation →
  Mansfield, MA Calendar, 6 Park Row, Mansfield
  6:00 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
• Keep Mansfield Beautiful →
  Mansfield, MA Calendar, 6 Park Row, Mansfield
  7:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Board of Assessors →
  Mansfield, MA Calendar, 6 Park Row, Mansfield
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Baby Playgroup (Ages 0-20 months) →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  10:30 am
• Drop-In LEGO Free Build (Ages 4+) →
  Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Brooks Williams →
  Rose Garden Coffeehouse, 17 West St, Mansfield
  7:30 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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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ricoh USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Mailroom Associate in Mansfield. Apply here.
• North Easton Savings Bank posted a job opening for Relationship Banker I in Norton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mansfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Zach Bryan sets Gillette attendance record amid 'Free Palestine' statement (arabamericannews.com)

Easton

• How autism diagnosis helped a Lakeville author understand her experience (southcoasttoday.com)

Attleboro

• Music, Fun and More: Annual Festival Returns To Attleboro (patch.com)

Ok Mansfield! 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: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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