🌱 Patch AM: Which three Lynnfield stories captured the most attention in 2025?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which three Lynnfield stories captured the most attention in 2025?

Also on today's calendar: Admissions Open House and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the hammer say after getting an A on a test? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: On-and-off rain and drizzle, with a high of 36 and low of 31 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 45, low: 28.
• Friday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 47 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Making headlines in 2025 (lynnfieldweeklynews.com) — Lynnfield’s most-read stories of 2025 revisit an unsolved Lookout Terrace homicide, a racist-audio incident involving town employees during high school graduation, and the community’s powerful fundraising response for teacher Chris Sakelakos’s cancer battle. Together they show how safety, accountability, and neighborly support shaped last year’s local conversation.
   

📸 Around Lynnfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lynnfield

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 11

• Admissions Open House
  Shore Country Day School, 545 Cabot St, Beverly
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday January 8

• Classic Film Club
  Lynnfield Public Library , 18 Summer St , Lynnfield
  10:00 am
• Tags and Roses with Jay Martin
  The Charles @ Bunratty Tavern , 614 Main St , Reading
  7:00 pm

Friday January 9

• International Folk Dancing for Beginners
  Unitarian Universalist Church , 239 Woburn St , Reading
  12:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• Galapagos Puppets & the Jimmy Zhao Chinese Music Ensemble: ICE RIVER
  Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield , 120 Chestnut St , Wakefield
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday January 7

• Tutoring for Students in All Grades
  Saugus Public Library , 295 Central Street , Saugus
  3:45 pm
• Read To A Dog
  Storytime Room Maynard Public Library , 77 Nason St , Maynard
  4:00 pm
• Kids: Pajama Storytime
  Tech Lab Main Library , 82 Main Street , Peabody
  5:30 pm
• The Yoga Experience
  Saugus Public Library , 295 Central Street , Saugus
  6:30 pm
• Next Chapter Book Club
  Beebe Library , 345 Main Street , Wakefield
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Biz Builders
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  7:00 am
• 3-5 Year Old Story Time
  Beebe Library , 345 Main Street , Wakefield
  9:30 am
• Getting Started with Facebook
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Representative Jones Announces Lynnfield District Office Hours for 2026 —Office of MA House Minority Leader Brad Jones Read on Patch

• A working fire was reported at 490 William Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts, with additional engines from Wakefield and Winchester responding.
  7:02PM on Jan 5: Working fire reported at 490 Williams St, Stoneham, MA. (Nextdoor )
• REAL ESTATE TAXES!!!!
  I am a senior citizen living in Lynnfield. I got my real estate taxes over the weekend. My RE taxes went up 25%!!!!! How the heck do they think… (Nextdoor Sherwood Forest/Market St)

• Conduent Incorporated posted a job opening for Material Handler in Lynnfield. Apply here.
• Conduent posted a job opening for Insert Operator in Lynnfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lynnfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Peabody

• 'This Is Our Moment': Mayor Ted Bettencourt Touts 'Generational Projects' At Inauguration (patch.com)

North Reading

• New England hockey players going to the 2026 Winter Olympics & Paralympics (patriotledger.com)
• Eastern Mass. girls' basketball: Players of the Week, Dec. 29-Jan. 4 (bostonglobe.com)
• OBITUARY: John D. 'Jack' O'Donnell, 83 (wilmingtonapple.com)

Saugus

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-- The Patch AM Team

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