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🌱 Patch AM: Popular Halloween Tradition Returns To Norton For 33rd Year
Coming up on the Norton Patch calendar: Girls Volleyball: Westwood @ Norton

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- Norton's 33rd annual Halloween parade brings costumes, candy and music.
Also on today's calendar: Lunar Exploration with Professor Tim Barker and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 53 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunshine and pleasant, temps: high: 73, low: 46.
- Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Popular Halloween Tradition Returns To Norton For 33rd Year (patch.com) — Norton residents can look forward to the 33rd annual Halloween parade stepping off at noon on Sunday, Oct. 25, along Route 123 from the Attleboro line to St. Mary's Church. Sponsored by Norton Parks and Recreation, the event promises costumes, live music, and plenty of candy, encouraging families and kids to celebrate Halloween together in town.
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- Girls Volleyball: Westwood @ Norton →
Norton High School, 66 W. Main St, Norton
6:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
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Other local events
- School Committee - NMS Library
Norton Public Schools, 64 West Main St, Norton
6:00 pm - NHS - College Fair
Norton High School, 66 West Main St, Norton
8:00 am - Preschool Dance Party →
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 - Monthly Food Drive for The Cupboard of Kindness, Norton's Food Pantry →
Trinitarian Congregational Church, 2 Pine St, Norton
8:00 am - "Fall Into The Holidays" Holiday Chorus Experience →
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 701 Foundry St, Easton
7:00 pm - Let's Talk Massachusetts Elections →
Norton Public Library, 68 E Main St, Norton
1:00 pm - Let's Talk Massachusetts with Marilee Kenney Hunt →
Norton Public Library, 68 E Main St, Norton
1:00 pm - Crows On The Corner Scarecrow Building Contest →
Wheaton College, 26 E Main St, Norton
10:00 am - Mr. Madison's War: U.S., Britain, and the War of 1812 →
Norton Historical Society, 18 W Main St, Norton
2:00 pm - Little Miss and The Boom Presents: The Crimson Hour →
Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, 3 Barrows St, Easton
7:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
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Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
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Friday October 23
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