🌱 Patch AM: How 2025’s biggest Needham fights will shape the year ahead

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In today's newsletter:

• How 2025’s biggest Needham fights will shape the year ahead

Also on today's calendar: 2026 New England Stamp Expo (Friday and Saturday Jan 9-10) and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 26 and low of 21 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 34, low: 20.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 28 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• 2025 began in tension, ended in tragedy (needhamobserver.com) — Needham’s 2025 was shaped by intense local elections, a major school building plan, and the tragic Christmas Eve fire that killed 21-year-old resident Kayla Corrigan. Voters overturned MBTA Communities compliance, debated downtown redesign, faced shifting property tax burdens, and watched leadership changes at Town Hall as planning advanced for a $300+ million Pollard Middle School project.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Needham

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Wednesday December 31

• First Night | Needham Concert Society
  Needham Calendar , 800 Highland Avenue , Needham
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Colors Storytime with Celebree
  Children's Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:30 am

Monday January 5

• Preschool Palooza
  Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am
• Teen Group Takeover with Tony! (for Middle School and High Schoolers)
  Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  2:45 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Virtual Program: Artists Inspired by Maine
  Needham Calendar Needham, MA 02492
  6:30 pm

Friday January 9

• 2026 New England Stamp Expo (Friday and Saturday Jan 9-10)
  The Verve Hotel Boston Natick, Tapestry Collection by Hilton , 1360 Worcester St , Natick
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Budding Bookworms
  Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am
• Super Awesome Fun Time
  Community Room Dover Town Library , 56 Dedham St. , Dover
  10:30 am

Wednesday December 31

• COMMUNITY CENTER CLOSING at 3:00PM
  Dover, MA Calendar , 4 Springdale Avenue , Dover
• Town Hall Noon Closure
  Town Hall Norwood, MA 02062
• NYE Comedy Night - Late Show
  Dedham Community Theatre , 580 High St , Dedham
  9:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• COMMUNITY CENTER CLOSED | New Year's Day
  Dover, MA Calendar , 4 Springdale Avenue , Dover

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💬 Chatter

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• Hi neighbors 👋 I'm Eduardo.
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🗞 Nearby News

Wellesley

• Thank you to Swellesley's Fall '25 BU Newsroom reporters (theswellesleyreport.com)
• P.A.W.S. Scholarships available—application deadline is Jan. 1, 2026 (theswellesleyreport.com)
• Seven Saturday high school sports takeaways, including a 350th win, a 1,000th point, and a goal record (bostonglobe.com)

Dedham

• Holy Disruption: Churches Turn Christmas Into a Call for Justice (outfrontmagazine.com)

Brookline

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I hear they’re giving him a really tough sentence.
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