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And on the Huntsville Patch calendar - Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings

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Greetings Huntsville! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Are Huntsville’s Flock cameras protecting you—or tracking you?
  • How Oakwood University Church turned one Saturday into citywide holiday kindness
  • How a Huntsville toddler’s heart inspired a push for new equipment

Also on today's calendar: Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings and 4 more events.

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And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Mark S.!

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 59 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Clouds yielding to sun, temps: high: 65, low: 54.
  • Wednesday: Areas of low clouds and warm, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Huntsville gathering to inform residents about Flock cameras (waff.com) — Residents concerned about privacy gathered in Huntsville’s Big Spring Park to question the rapid spread of Flock license plate cameras, now nearing 100 across the city. Organizer Will Freeman argues Huntsville leaders must be more transparent about how location data is stored and used, while Huntsville Police maintain the cameras reduce crime and aren’t designed to track individuals’ movements.
   

• Members of Oakwood University Church spread holiday cheer through kids' shoe giveaway (waff.com) — Oakwood University Church members spent Saturday in Huntsville giving away hundreds of new shoes to kids during their annual Kicks 4 Kids event. Volunteers also fanned out across the city with Starbucks gift cards and other small acts of kindness, turning one day into a broad show of holiday generosity for local families.
   

• Emmy's first Christmas: A heart healed in Huntsville (waff.com) — A Huntsville toddler named Emmy is celebrating her first Christmas at home after specialists at Huntsville Hospital’s Heart Center used an echocardiogram to find and monitor a small hole in her heart until it healed. The clinic has already treated nearly 1,900 children and is now fundraising for a second, more advanced echo machine to expand pediatric heart services for local families.
   

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📸 Downtown Huntsville Big Spring Park. —Mark S. Like

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Update!
    FOUND! Missing dog: My dog escaped my back yard last night (December 19th) at about 8:00 and was last seen on Euclid Rd NW and Euclid Cir running… (Nextdoor Laverne Dr)
  • I just want to give a GIGANTIC shout out to Jonathan Smyly!!!!
    You all saw my post about my car. Johnathan came over and fixed my car! He would not allow me to pay him anything!!! GOD definitely sent me an angel!… (Nextdoor Thurman Rd)
  • Alabama is on a 14-2 run over the last three and a half minutes after that 3 from Philon, and Kennesaw State calls a timeout. Tide leading 25-8 in... (X: blakebyler45)
  • At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing... (X: waff48)
  • RangeWater Real Estate, LLC posted a job opening for Housekeeper - The Foundry at Stovehouse in Huntsville. Apply here.
  • ABM Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for Huntsville Cleaner in Huntsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Huntsville here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Madison Meeting Hall opens; former senior center has a new life (256today.com)

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