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Hi Dedham! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What’s happening inside Dedham’s packed courthouse at the Walshe trial?
  • What options do Dedham jurors really have in the Walshe case?
  • Why a Dedham parish’s Nativity once drew ICE’s ire

Also on today's calendar: Classical Guitarist John Muratore Plays Holiday Music at Dedham First Church at 7:30PM on 12/13! and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Sunday: Snow and flurries, up to 1", with a high of 32 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Monday: Brisk and bitterly cold, temps: high: 28, low: 19.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 36 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Closing arguments to begin in Brian Walshe murder trial. Follow live updates. (bostonglobe.com) — Closing arguments in the Brian Walshe murder trial are underway at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, drawing the largest crowd of the proceedings and a heavy TV presence outside on a cold local morning. Jurors will soon hear final arguments after the judge fine-tunes instructions and figures out how to safely show them tools entered into evidence.
   

• Brian Walshe faces a first-degree murder charge, but the jury can convict him of a less severe homicide charge. Here's why (ktvz.com) — A high-profile murder trial based in Dedham is now in the jury’s hands, as jurors weigh whether Brian Walshe is guilty of first- or second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Ana. The case centers on whether the killing was premeditated, with prosecutors pointing to disturbing internet searches and alleged efforts to hide her body, while the defense concedes only that he disposed of her remains after finding her dead.
   

• DHS official says church's Nativity scene depicts what ‘never happens' in immigration enforcement (foxwilmington.com) — A past Nativity display at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham is cited alongside other churches’ controversial scenes criticizing federal immigration enforcement, which a DHS official says dangerously misrepresents ICE tactics. While the main focus is a new Charlotte, N.C., display, Dedham’s parish is mentioned as part of a broader national debate over how churches depict immigration issues at Christmastime.
   

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