🌱 Patch AM: 1 Person Dead After Large House Fire In Needham: Report

Good morning to you Needham! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Young woman dies after intense multi-alarm Needham house fire

Also on today's calendar: Color In Sound Open Mic Hosted by: Cam Hebert and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 40 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Turning cloudy and very cold, temps: high: 23, low: 17.
• Saturday: Morning snow, up to 1"; cold, with a high of 27 and low of 15 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 1 Person Dead After Large House Fire In Needham: Report (patch.com) — Needham residents woke up to a tragic four-alarm house fire on Woodsworth Road early Wednesday, where a 21-year-old woman was later found dead after initially being reported missing. Two other occupants escaped as about 75 firefighters from Needham and neighboring towns battled heavy flames on multiple floors and the roof. Local and state investigators are now working to determine what caused the deadly blaze.
   

📸 Around Needham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Needham

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• December Family Night Out!
  Goldfish Swim School - Needham, 45 4th Ave, Needham
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 26

• Sensory Storytime
  Children's Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am

Saturday December 27

• Rosalita's Puppets Winter Wonderland
  Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:30 am

Sunday December 28

• Color In Sound Open Mic Hosted by: Cam Hebert
  Hearth Pizzeria , 974 Great Plain Ave , Needham
  5:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Preschool Palooza
  Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am
• Gaming and Coloring afternoon at the Library for Young Adults Grades 7-12!
  Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• PARKING CLERK
  Needham Town Hall , 1471 Highland Avenue , Needham
• Budding Bookworms
  Children's Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• Make Way for Storytime
  Newton Free Library , Newton Free Lbry , 330 Homer St , Newton
  10:00 am

Friday December 26

• Town Hall Closure
  Town Hall Norwood, MA 02062
• COMMUNITY CENTER CLOSED
  Dover, MA Calendar , 4 Springdale Avenue , Dover
• Tango Mango Weekend Bar and Live Music!
  Tango Mango , 34 Langley Rd , Newton
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Isaiah Brown joins Johnson Brunetti —Joseph D'Eramo Read on Patch

• 3-alarm fire in Needham, Massachusetts.
  6:00AM on Dec 24: Reports of 3-alarm fire in Needham, Massachusetts. 5:38AM on Dec 24: Needham, Massachusetts, reports a working fire with people… (Nextdoor )
• All clear after weapon threat prompts manhunt in Medway, Massachusetts.
  1:56PM on Dec 23: There is no ongoing threat and police are being cleared from the area, per official Medway Police Department sources. As a result,… (Nextdoor )

• Town of Needham, MA posted a job opening for Library Circulation Assistant in Needham. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Starting at $18.50/Hour Shift Leaders in Newton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Needham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wellesley

• Wellesley yoga classes serve 'the whole neurodiverse range' (theswellesleyreport.com)
• 5 things to do this weekend, including Midwinter Revels and 'The Snow Queen' (wbur.org)
• Eastern Mass. girls' basketball: Players of the Week, Dec. 14-21 (bostonglobe.com)

Newton

• Eversource Power Outage Affects Hundreds In Newton (patch.com)

Dedham

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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