🌱 Patch AM: How a North Andover lottery ticket turned into $390K cash

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In today's newsletter:

• How a North Andover lottery ticket turned into $390K cash

Also on today's calendar: Moody Monster Storytime and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one volcano say to the other volcano? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A.M. flurries; mostly cloudy, with a high of 32 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: A little snow in the p.m., temps: high: 22, low: 20.
• Tuesday: Not as cold with low clouds, with a high of 32 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cambridge MA man wins $390K after buying winning Lucky for Life ticket (wickedlocal.com) — A Lucky for Life ticket sold at Winners Corner on Turnpike Street in North Andover has turned into a $390,000 cash windfall for a Cambridge man. The Massachusetts State Lottery says his ticket, bought here in town, matched the first five numbers in the Dec. 28 drawing, and he now plans a vacation before saving the rest.
   

📸 Around North Andover

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Andover

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Monday January 5

• Whisk Takers
  North Andover Youth Services Department , 33 Johnson St , North Andover
  3:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• DnD Dynasty
  North Andover Youth Services Department , 33 Johnson St , North Andover
  3:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Moody Monster Storytime
  The Purple Couch Bookshop , 350 Winthrop Ave , North Andover
  11:00 am
• Warhammer Drop-in
  The Purple Couch Bookshop , 350 Winthrop Ave , North Andover
  12:00 pm
• Whiskey Treaty Roadshow st Crossroads Music Series
  190 Academy Rd , North Andover
  8:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Read to Finley
  The Purple Couch Bookshop , 350 Winthrop Ave , North Andover
  9:00 am

Thursday January 15

• Thriller Book Club - The Staircase In The Woods by Chuck Wendig
  The Purple Couch Bookshop , 350 Winthrop Ave , North Andover
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Moody Monster Storytime
  The Purple Couch Bookshop , 350 Winthrop Ave , North Andover
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 4

• Sunday Concert: Yufang Chen, Yu-Ting Lin and Yuching Fass
  Memorial Hall Library -
  2:30 pm

Monday January 5

• Dungeons & Dragons for Kids
  Activity Room Memorial Hall Library -
  4:30 pm
• Bilingual Storytime/Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe (Ages 3-8)
  Garden Room Nevins Library , 305 Broadway , Methuen
  6:30 pm
• Cultural Cookbook Club
  Great Hall Nevins Library , 305 Broadway , Methuen
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello,
  I am looking for a caretaker/health aid for my 89 year old father who lives in Haverhill (with my mom). Helping him prepare for the day and then… (Nextdoor Library District)
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• The Learning Experience posted a job opening for Preschool Director in North Andover. Apply here.
• the Merrimack College posted a job opening for M.Ed. Academic Advisor in North Andover. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near North Andover here.

🗞 Nearby News

Boxford

• Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) Shares Up 7.5% - What's Next? (marketbeat.com)
• Covenant Health says May data breach impacted nearly 478,000 patients (bleepingcomputer.com)

Andover

• Bread & Roses: The Socialist Feminist Roots of Lucy Dacus's Performance at Mamdani's Inauguration (leftvoice.org)
• Suit alleges ex-Psychological Center CE) used non-profit funds on trips, personal shopping (cnhi.com)
• SENATOR PAYANO: Fighting Food Insecurity in the Valley (valleypatriot.com)

Haverhill

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-- The Patch AM Team

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