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🌱 Patch AM: Mansfield Offers Residents Narcan Training

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Greetings Mansfield! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

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.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • 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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