🌱 Patch AM: Sunday Maki Madness at Gari and 12 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Sunday Maki Madness at Gari
• Preschool Palooza at Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library
• Teen Group Takeover with Tony! (for Middle School and High Schoolers) at Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 45 and low of 21 degrees.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 36, low: 26.
• Tuesday: Snow at times, 1-3", with a high of 34 and low of 32 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Needham

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Sunday December 21

• Sunday Maki Madness at Gari
  1019 Great Plain Ave , Needham
  7:00 pm

Monday December 22

• 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
• GENERAL BYLAW REVIEW COMMITTEE - HYBRID
  Needham Calendar , Needham Town Hall 1471 Highland Avenue , Needham
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Budding Bookworms
  Children's Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am
• Monthly Memory Café
  Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:30 am
• Kids Coding Club - Fiero Code
  Children's Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  4:00 pm
• Large House Review Committee Working Group Meeting (Hybrid)
  Needham Calendar , Public Services Administration Building 500 Dedham Avenue , Needham
  4:30 pm

Friday December 26

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

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• Monday Morning Music
  Endicott Branch - Children's Area
  9:30 am
• 4th - 8th Grade Book Club Online
  Wellesley Free Library , 530 Washington St , Wellesley
  7:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Community Center Building Schedule, 12/23
  Dover, MA Calendar
• Baby & Toddler Time
  Main Library - Children's Room
  9:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Wellesley

• Checking out the "We are Wellesley: Beyond White Picket Fences" portraits (theswellesleyreport.com)
• Wellesley police arrest log, Nov. 1-Dec. 15, 2025: Traffic stops; Attempted check fraud (theswellesleyreport.com)
• Wellesley, Mass., residential property sales for Nov. 18-28, 2025 (theswellesleyreport.com)

Dedham

• Nativity scenes become protest art in a season of deportations (axios.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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