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• Want to sing with North Reading’s 80-member community chorus this winter?

Also on today's calendar: Paul D’Angelo’s 11th Annual New Year’s Eve Comedy Show and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Periods of rain, with a high of 47 and low of 23 degrees.
• Tuesday: Brisk and much colder, temps: high: 26, low: 21.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 34 and low of 20 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wilmington Residents Invited To Join Ipswich River Community Chorus (wilmingtonapple.com) — North Reading’s Ipswich River Community Chorus is inviting new singers to two open rehearsals on January 12 and 19, 2026, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church on Park Street. The 80-plus member group, based in town, will preview its spring program, “One Nation, Many Voices: America at 250,” and especially hopes to add more tenors and basses to its welcoming musical community.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Reading

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• Paul D’Angelo’s 11th Annual New Year’s Eve Comedy Show
  Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St, Beverly
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 30

• Hopothecary Ales Brewery
  Hopothecary Ales Brewery and Kitchen , 303 Main St , North Reading
  5:30 pm

Thursday January 1

• Biz Builders
  Flint Memorial Library , 147 Park Street , North Reading
  7:00 am

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

Friday January 9

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

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 29

• Intermediate Flow Yoga
  Meeting Room A Flint Public Library , 1 South Main Street , Middleton
  11:00 am
• Teen Silent Book Club
  Storytime Room Maynard Public Library , 77 Nason St , Maynard
  3:30 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Kids Take & Make Kit: New Year's Noisemakers
  Take and Make Kits Maynard Public Library , 77 Nason St , Maynard
• Slice & Dice Junior - Pizza and Games for Kids and Families
  Wilmington Memorial Library , 175 Middlesex Ave , Wilmington
  6:00 pm
• The Last Tuesday Book Club
  Mezzanine Lynnfield Public Library , 18 Summer St , Lynnfield
  6:00 pm
• Lincoln Sudbury Civic Orchestra Chamber Players
  Roosevelt Room Maynard Public Library , 77 Nason St , Maynard
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Kid's Noon Year's Eve Party
  Storytime Room Maynard Public Library , 77 Nason St , Maynard
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We put food out for rabbits and whatever animals come along.
  But, tonight we saw a cat and we are concerned. If anyone how do I send it? recognizes this cat, please let me know. Runs away when we try to go out… (Nextdoor Martins Pond)

🗞 Nearby News

Lynnfield

• Spring water whets Lynnfield's appetite (itemlive.com)

Woburn

• Good news you may have missed in 2025 (cbsnews.com)
• Middlesex Sheriff's Office Issues Scam Warning Involving Fake Judicial Documents (wilmingtonapple.com)

Stoneham

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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