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In today's newsletter:

• Want to add your voice to North Reading’s community chorus?

Also on today's calendar: International Folk Dancing for Beginners and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunshine, breezy and cold, with a high of 27 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Partly sunny and cold, temps: high: 28, low: 20.
• Sunday: A little morning snow; cold, with a high of 27 and low of 9 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Community Announcement: Ipswich River Community Chorus Hosts Open Rehearsals (lexobserver.org) — North Reading residents are invited to join the Ipswich River Community Chorus for open rehearsals on January 12 and 19 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church on Park Street. The non-audition chorus welcomes adults and teens 14+ of all abilities, especially new Tenor and Bass voices, for its 2026 spring program, “One Nation, Many Voices: America at 250.”
   

📸 Around North Reading

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Reading

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Saturday January 3

• Canvas Pick-up Begins 4th Annual Tiny Art Show
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  10:00 am
• Tiny Art Drop-In Paint Studio
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  11:00 am

Monday January 5

• The Cinema Circle Movie Club
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  6:30 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Mah Jongg
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  10:00 am
• Baby Story Time
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  10:15 am

Thursday January 8

• Biz Builders
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  7:00 am
• Getting Started with Facebook
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  10:00 am
• Sci-Fi / Fantasy Book Club
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  7:00 pm

Friday January 9

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

Monday January 12

• Ipswich River Community Chorus Open Rehearsals
  Aldersgate United Methodist Church , 235 Park St , North Reading
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 2

• Animal Adventures Show
  Roosevelt Room Maynard Public Library , 77 Nason St , Maynard
  10:30 am

Saturday January 3

• Master Builders STEM Drop-In
  Storytime Room Maynard Public Library , 77 Nason St , Maynard
  10:30 am

Sunday January 4

• Mindfulness in the New Year - strength fitness and meditation class series
  Wicked Smaht Wellness , 171 N Main St , Middleton
  10:00 am

Monday January 5

• Return to School!
  Wilmington , MA 01887

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎈.
  PLEASE CALL OR TEXT. OUR 26 th YEAR. 781-389-9462 (Nextdoor Chestnut / Elm)

🗞 Nearby News

Lynnfield

• Local area roundup: Rockport's Heath named to All-Tournament team (cnhi.com)
• Photos that blew us away in 2025 (itemlive.com)
• Lynnfield: He answered the call (itemlive.com)

Woburn

• Wrestlers medal at annual Bossi Holiday Tournament (localheadlinenews.com)
• Market Basket trial sheds new light on Demoulas family feud over wealth distribution (bostonglobe.com)

Stoneham

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-- The Patch AM Team

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