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🌱 Patch AM: How Norton pizza lovers can join this monthlong Pizza Palooza crawl
Make time for Fall Open House on the Norton Patch calendar
What's up Norton! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Norton pizza lovers can join this monthlong Pizza Palooza crawl
- When college swimmers will compete at Wheaton College in Norton
Also on today's calendar: Flea Market at the Norton Historical Society and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Record-tying temperatures, with a high of 82 and low of 52 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 72, low: 43.
- Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mass. Pizza Palooza brings monthlong pizza competition near Brockton (enterprisenews.com) — Norton pizza fans can join a monthlong Massachusetts Pizza Palooza this October, sampling slices at participating local restaurants and voting for their favorites. A $15 FoodPASS unlocks special pizza offers across Norton and nearby towns, while each ticket also donates $1 to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Discounts are available for educators, military members, first responders, and through a general BOGOPIZZA code. 
• 2026-27 Saint Joseph's Swimming Schedule Announced (gomonks.com) — Saint Joseph's College swimmers will visit Norton this fall for the Chuck Nugent Invitational at Wheaton College, giving local fans a chance to see collegiate competition in town. The two-day meet on November 20–21 features prelims and finals sessions, serving as a midseason test before teams head into winter training and conference championships.
📸 Around Norton
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Norton
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★ Featured events ★
- Fall Open House →
All Campus, 26 E. Main St., Norton
8:00 am
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- Flea Market at the Norton Historical Society →
Norton Historical Society, 18 W Main St, Norton
8:00 am - Sci Fi Book Group: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman →
68 East Main St, Norton
10:00 am - Smokey Chestnut Farm's Annual Fall Craft Fair →
Smokey Chestnut Farm Rescue, 98A Burt St, Norton
11:00 am - Fall Fest →
The Dimple, Norton
12:00 pm - they never asked →
Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton
1:00 pm - Toddler Time Playgroup →
68 East Main St, Norton
10:30 am - Lunar Exploration with Professor Tim Barker →
Mars Science Center, Room SC 3147, Wheaton College 26 East Main StreetNorton, Massachusetts, 02766
6:30 pm - "Fall Into The Holidays" Holiday Chorus Experience →
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 701 Foundry St, Easton
7:00 pm - Let's Talk Massachusetts with Marilee Kenney Hunt →
Norton Public Library, 68 E Main St, Norton
1:00 pm - Let's Talk Massachusetts Elections →
Norton Public Library, 68 E Main St, Norton
1:00 pm - Mr. Madison's War: U.S., Britain, and the War of 1812 →
Norton Historical Society, 18 W Main St, Norton
2:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Thursday October 8
Wednesday October 14
Friday October 16
Sunday October 18
📣 Norton Shout Outs!
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- Happy Health Center — (508) 258-7500
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Brown University Health posted a job opening for MH Cook in Taunton. Apply here.
- Walmart posted a job opening for Food/Consumables Team Supervisor in Raynham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Norton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mansfield
- Inside the Intense Training That Makes MA Firefighters Technical Rescue Specialists (fireengineering.com)
- Brockton-area high school boys soccer players shining in 2026 (enterprisenews.com)
- Two Concerts, Two Nights, and One Very Busy Anand (blogspot.com)
Attleboro
- 189 Hunts Bridge Rd (northstarreporter.com)
- Attleboro police seek help identifying man accused of harassing shoppers (boston25news.com)
- MEMS Accelerometers Market Forecast to 2035: Automotive Safety Mandates and Industrial Iot Drive 5.8% CAGR (indexbox.io)
Ok Norton! 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: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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