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Saturday, January 12, 2013

5 Things You Need To Know Today

5 Things for the Weekend: Pats Playoff Game, Bone Marrow Drive, Meet the Cast of ‘Wicked Tuna’ & More

Here’s what’s happening in Foxborough this weekend, Jan. 12-13.

Editor's note: Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. If you know of something happening in town that did not make our list, please add it in the comment section! Saturday’s weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for scattered rain, mainly before 5 p.m. Patchy fog between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Saturday night: A slight chance of showers before 8 p.m. Patchy fog before 7 p.m., then Areas of fog after 8 p.m. …

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Recipe of the Week

RECIPES: Holiday Foods on the 'Nice' List

Enjoy these snacks during the busy holiday season.

Editor's note: The following text was provided by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The holidays are here and so is all the festive food. Some of it is naughty but much of it can be nice. “When party planning during the holidays, it’s important to have variety,” says Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN, a nutritionist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. “Many of the foods we enjoy around the holidays are not only delicious to eat, but they may also contain cancer-fighting nutrients.” Kennedy says it’s easy to include them in any menu when you know what to look for. Here is a list of foods and recipes from Kennedy and her colleagues that belong on anyone’s “nice list.” Skip those holiday dips that are buried in excess fat and calories. …

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