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🌱 Patch AM: How Mansfield firefighters are leveling up their disaster rescue skills.
Also check out The Big Columbus Day Sports Card & More Show on the Mansfield Patch calendar

Hello again Mansfield! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Mansfield firefighters are leveling up their disaster rescue skills.
Also on today's calendar: The Big Columbus Day Sports Card & More Show and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 78 and low of 63 degrees.
- Friday: Chance of a p.m. shower, temps: high: 82, low: 53.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 72 and low of 44 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mass. firefighters learn to cut through steel, stabilize buildings (photos) (masslive.com) — Mansfield firefighters joined colleagues from across Massachusetts in Bridgewater for intensive technical rescue training, learning how to cut through steel, stabilize collapsing buildings, and move heavy loads safely. The free, 80-hour state program aims to build more local specialists so departments like Mansfield's are better prepared for building collapses, car extractions, and other complex emergencies.
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📸 Around Mansfield
Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!
🗓 Upcoming Events in Mansfield
Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!
- HYBRID: Mystery Book Club - The Ghostwriter, by Julie Clark
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
6:30 pm - School Committee-Facilities Subcommittee →
Mansfield, MA Calendar, 2 Park Row, Mansfield
8:00 am - Bouncing Babies with Ms. Emmy (Ages 6-15 Months)
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
10:15 am - Wiggle Walkers with Ms. Emmy (Ages 15-25 months)
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
11:00 am - Annual Arts & Crafts Show →
Mansfield, MA Calendar Mansfield, MA 02048
9:00 am - Garden Adventures (Ages 4-14)
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
4:30 pm - Storytime for Little Ones (Ages 0-3)
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
10:30 am - Pre-K Story and Play Time (Ages 3-5)
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield
10:30 am - Select Board →
Mansfield, MA Calendar, 6 Park Row, Mansfield
6:30 pm - The Big Columbus Day Sports Card & More Show →
enVision Hotel & Conference Center Mansfield-Foxboro, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield
8:30 am - "Fall Into The Holidays" Holiday Chorus Experience →
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 701 Foundry St, Easton
7:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Monday October 12
Wednesday October 14
📣 Mansfield Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Baby Playgroup (Ages 0-20 months)
Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St., Mansfield Center
10:30 am - One-on-One Tech Help with Badre
Fuller Conference Room Boyden Library, 2 Baker Street, Foxboroug
1:00 pm - they never asked →
Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton
1:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
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- Happy Health Center — (508) 258-7500
- Insurcomm Restoration — (866) 708-5357
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- There is road construction on Elm St reported at...
There is road construction on Elm St reported at 7:00 AM. "Critical work scheduled: - IW Harding finish paving driveway aprons project-wide - IW… (Nextdoor ) - There is road construction on Commercial St...
There is road construction on Commercial St reported at 7:00 AM. "This is a mobile operation. If it interferes with any other ongoing roadwork, we… (Nextdoor )
- Earl Enterprises posted a job opening for Bertucci's-Bartender in Mansfield. Apply here.
- Community Servings posted a job opening for Shipper/Receiver in Mansfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mansfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
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- Walnut Knoll Wins Vanguard Award for New Construction (high-profile.com)
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- See who's No. 1 in the 1st MIAA girls soccer power rankings of 2026 (masslive.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: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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