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🌱 Patch AM: 2 Hospitalized After Shooting Incident At Cambridge Residence
Make time for New Year's Eve - Candlelit Meditation on the Cambridge Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Early-morning Howard Street shooting leaves two relatives hospitalized
- How a sorrowful Cambridge Christmas helped create a beloved carol
Also on today's calendar: New Year's Eve - Candlelit Meditation and 9 more events.
Find out what's happening in Cambridgefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Cambridgefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Saturday: Snow early in the morning, with a high of 24 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Sunday: Partly sunny and not as cold, temps: high: 35, low: 28.
- Monday: Periods of rain, with a high of 47 and low of 28 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 2 Hospitalized After Shooting Incident At Cambridge Residence (patch.com) — Cambridge police are investigating an early-morning shooting on Howard Street that left two relatives hospitalized, one with serious injuries and one with non-life-threatening wounds. Officers say the gunfire followed a fight during a gathering at the home and appears to be an isolated incident, with no ongoing threat to the wider Cambridge community. Neighbors described the shooting as shocking and unusual for their area. 
• The Story Behind Longfellow's 'Christmas Bells': How Heartbreak Created a Holiday Classic (clarksvilleonline.com) — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous Christmas poem was inspired in part by a dark wartime Christmas in Cambridge when church bells rang as he grieved family tragedy and national conflict. The article traces how that moment of despair and reflection in his Cambridge home led to “Christmas Bells,” later the carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” now cherished for its honest hope amid suffering.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cambridge
★ Featured events ★
- New Year's Eve - Candlelit Meditation
Kadampa Meditation Center Boston, 2298 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
5:00 pm - 5 Keys to Buying a Home
Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library, 111 High St, Medford
6:30 pm - Dive In Commonwealth Virtual Information Session
Virtual,
7:00 pm
Wednesday December 31
Tuesday January 6
Thursday January 8
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Other local events
- Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Saturdays)
The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
11:00 am - Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Sundays)
The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
3:00 pm - The Felice Brothers
The Sinclair , 52 Church St , Cambridge
6:00 pm - CanalSide at CambridgeSide Hosts FREE Music Bingo
CambridgeSide , 100 Cambridgeside Pl , Cambridge
6:00 pm - Disney Themed Music Bingo at CanalSide Food + Drink
CambridgeSide , 100 Cambridgeside Pl , Cambridge
6:00 pm - Crawl 'Til The Ball Falls: Boston NYE Bar Crawl 2026
SPIN Boston , 30 Melcher St , Boston
6:00 pm - Next Stop Comedy at Deep Cuts Brewery! - Medford, MA
Deep Cuts , 21 Main St , Medford
8:00 pm - Catherine Russell New Year's Eve Celebration!
Regattabar , 1 Bennett St , Cambridge
8:30 pm - Catherine Russell New Year's Eve Celebration at Regattabar!
Regattabar , 1 Bennett St , Cambridge
10:30 pm
Saturday December 27
Sunday December 28
Tuesday December 30
Wednesday December 31
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🗞 Nearby News
Somerville
- I'm 37, I Bought a Duplex in Beverly, Massachusetts for $780K—and 1 Year Later It's Worth $950K (realtor.com)
- MassLive weekend picks: 5 festive activities in Mass. this weekend (masslive.com)
- A Christmas tree story (thesomervilletimes.com)
Watertown
- Watertown Historian Backs Bill Exonerating People Accused of Witchcraft Prior to Salem Trials (watertownmanews.com)
Medford
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