🌱 How a Lawrence jury reached its verdict in a brutal 2022 killing

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• How a Lawrence jury reached its verdict in a brutal 2022 killing

Also on today's calendar: The Nutcracker presented by Dance Prism Ballet and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sun and areas of high clouds, with a high of 42 and low of 35 degrees.
• Friday: Windy with rain, temps: high: 59, low: 26.
• Saturday: Much colder, with a high of 35 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 43-year-old Massachusetts man convicted of brutal stabbing in death of 30-year-old wife (fallriverreporter.com) — A Lawrence man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal 2022 stabbing of his wife at their Diamond Street home, with sentencing set for February 18, 2026. The case drew on work by Lawrence police and state investigators, and the victim, who had moved from the Dominican Republic to Lawrence, was honored at a large local vigil against domestic violence.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lawrence

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• The Nutcracker presented by Dance Prism Ballet
  J. Everett Collins Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Shawsheen Rd, Andover
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• North Andover Boys Varsity Basketball @ Lawrence
  Lawrence High School Campus , 70-71 N Parish Rd , Lawrence
  7:00 pm
• The Grand Christmas Gala Fundraiser
  The Vault Function Hall , 238 Essex St , Lawrence
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• COMEDIAN LLOYD LEGACY SHARP AT THE GATEWAY
  The Gateway , 339 Merrimack St , Lawrence
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Sticki Sweet Drag Brunch at Salvatore's Riverwalk Lawrence Sunday Dec 28th
  Salvatore's , 354 Merrimack St , Lawrence
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Wiggle Words
  Memorial Hall Library - Activity Room
  9:30 am
• Methuen Retirement Board Meeting
  Methuen, MA Calendar
  9:30 am
• Toddler Tales
  Memorial Hall Library - Activity Room
  10:15 am
• Free Expression Watercolor Painting
  Memorial Hall Library - Activity Room
  2:00 pm
• Dungeons and Dragons for Teens (Green Group)
  Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall
  3:30 pm
• Pokemon Club
  Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall
  5:00 pm
• MHS - Winter Band Concert
  Arthur Nicholson III Auditorium
  6:00 pm
• This Year's Christmas Truck
  Painting with a Twist , 10 High St , North Andover
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Andover

• Local Thrift Shop Is 'Best Kept Secret In Andover': Best Of 2025 (patch.com)
• ‘Welcoming The Stranger': Local Clergy Call For Compassion Toward Immigrants (andovermanews.com)
• Andover by the Numbers: Public Safety (andovermanews.com)

North Andover

• Nordlund Associates Brokers Sale of Flex/Industrial Property in North Andover (bostonrealestatetimes.com)

Reading

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