🌱 Patch AM: How tight will Norwood’s housing market get in 2026?

Hi Norwood! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How tight will Norwood’s housing market get in 2026?
• Which Norwood events should you add to your January calendar?

Also on today's calendar: Crafting at the Movies: Legally Blonde and 1 more event.

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Windy and very cold, with a high of 26 and low of 21 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy with variable clouds, temps: high: 32, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
• Thursday: Partly sunny, brisk and cold, with a high of 28 and low of 13 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A New Year: What Norwood Homeowners Can Expect in 2026 (norwoodtownnews.com) — Norwood homeowners and renters can expect a tight 2026 housing market, with very low for-sale inventory but steady demand keeping property values strong. Local Realtor insight, current listing counts, and new state rules on broker fees all shape what buyers, sellers, and renters here should plan for in the coming year.
   

• December Calendar (norwoodtownnews.com) — Norwood residents have a full slate of January activities, from sensory-friendly adult art and Lego programs at Morrill Memorial Library to weekly VFW meat raffles and free health screenings. You’ll also find women’s business networking, Toastmasters, a free family skate at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, book groups, movie matinees, and local energy-saving resources through the town’s Mass Save partnership.
   

📸 Around Norwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Norwood

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Tuesday December 30

• Crafting at the Movies: Legally Blonde
  33 Walpole St , Norwood
  9:00 am

Saturday January 3

• Native Plants - Winter Sowing Basics
  33 Walpole St , Norwood
  10:00 am
• The Love Dogs Live at The Fallout Shelter
  Fallout Shelter , 61 Endicott St , Norwood
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• The Brian Thomas All-Star Band Live at The Fallout Shelter
  Fallout Shelter , 61 Endicott St , Norwood
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Device Advice (RICC)
  Turner Free Library , 128 Pleasant St , Randolph
  10:00 am
• Budding Bookworms
  Children's Room Needham Free Public Library , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am
• Coloring (PDF)
  Stoughton, MA Calendar Stoughton, MA 02072
  10:00 am
• Drop-In Sensory Play
  Children's Program Room Medfield Public Library , 468 Main St , Medfield
  10:15 am
• Preschool Story Time
  Children's Area Avon Public Library , 280 West Main Street , Avon
  10:30 am
• Penguin Pete with Self Help Inc
  New Sharon Public Library , 1 School Street , Sharon
  10:30 am
• Super Awesome Fun Time
  Community Room Dover Town Library , 56 Dedham St. , Dover
  10:30 am
• Toddler Time with Self Help CFCE
  Turner Free Library , 2 N Main St , Randolph
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I am the one man band known as The Norwood handyman aka Hubby for hire
  Call or text me for your free estimate 617-823-4616 Jessedauphinais07@icloud.com (Nextdoor Norwest Woods)
• Handyman services are here for everyone.
  Call or text me at (617) 823-4616 for your free estimate (Nextdoor Norwest Woods)

• Home Depot posted a job opening for Warehouse Maintenance Associate in Norwood. Apply here.
• Bond Brothers, Inc. posted a job opening for Project Executive (BOND Civil & Utility) in Norwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Norwood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Westwood

• Drake Maye supports The Bean Farm (hometownweekly.net)

Canton

• Ex-Stoughton cop decertified for alleged Sandra Birchmore exploitation (masslawyersweekly.com)

Walpole

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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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