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🌱 Patch AM: Hingham Gives Trick Or Treaters A Unique Experience

Coming up on the Hingham Patch calendar: Toddler Time Pop-Up

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Cheers Hingham! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Hingham Town Hall turns into a Halloween candy stop for families
  • How one astronaut's visit sparked big dreams in Hingham classrooms
  • See how a West Hingham dairy once delivered milk door to door

Also on today's calendar: Toddler Time Pop-Up 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 43 degrees.
  • Sunday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 65, low: 57.
  • Monday: Some rain in the a.m.; cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Hingham Gives Trick Or Treaters A Unique Experience (patch.com) — Families in Hingham can explore a transformed Town Hall during a special trick-or-treat event on October 27, complete with costumes, candy, and information about town services. Running from 4 to 6 p.m., the public event offers kids a safe, fun way to celebrate Halloween while residents experience Town Hall in a new, festive way.
   

2. Astronaut Jonny Kim Inspires Hingham Students (hinghamanchor.com) — Hingham elementary students got a rare, up-close look at life aboard the International Space Station when astronaut Jonny Kim visited all four schools, sharing stories, photos, and kid-friendly space anecdotes. Thanks to a Hingham resident's connection, students heard how curiosity, hard work, and learning from failure helped Kim become a Navy SEAL, doctor, and astronaut, leaving many children newly inspired about STEM careers.
   

3. Way Back Wednesday: Styze Damstra's Delivery Wagon (hinghamanchor.com) — A newly shared "Way Back Wednesday" feature revisits the days when Northern European immigrants like Styze Damstra were building dairy farms in Hingham, including his Fort Hill Dairy in West Hingham. The story traces his work from World's End Dairy to his own polished delivery wagon, and notes the postcard image was found tucked inside an old Hingham Town Report.
   

4. Massachusetts high school football scores from Week 5 (Oct. 8) (patriotledger.com) — Hingham football fans can look forward to a renewed rivalry with Duxbury as part of a busy Week 5 slate across Massachusetts high school football. The statewide roundup highlights key matchups, notes that the season is past its midpoint, and points viewers to NFHS Network coverage and a live-updating scoreboard for Friday night's games.
   

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  • "We Are Still Here": Domestic Violence Survivor Marks 20Years of Healing With Spirit, Oct 15th Celebra —Laura Bonetzky-Gaffney Read on Patch
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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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