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🌱 How Algonquin’s Titans fit into Massachusetts’ mascot makeover

Southborough, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Southborough! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Algonquin’s Titans fit into Massachusetts’ mascot makeover

Also on today's calendar: From OY to JOY in Turbulent Times with Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet and 16 more events.

Today's riddle: You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Warm with peeks of sunshine, temps: high: 71, low: 50.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 73 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Dozens of Mass. high schools have retired Indigenous mascots — here's where things stand (masslive.com) — Southborough families are directly affected by Algonquin Regional High School’s recent mascot change from Tomahawks to Titans, part of a broader statewide move away from Indigenous team names and imagery. The piece walks through how dozens of Massachusetts schools have retired or revised Native-themed mascots, explains the role of local tribes and students in those decisions, and outlines stalled state legislation that would have created a uniform ban.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out?" — Look in the mirror and see what you saw, take the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, climb out of the hole. (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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