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Five Things You Need To Know This Weekend: December 25 & 26
See what's open on Christmas, track a potential big snowstorm for the end of this weekend and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know This Weekend" is the weekend version of the Patch column "Five Things You Need to Know Today." The weekend edition provides readers with essential information for both Saturday and Sunday.
1. Transfer Station Closed
The Department of Public Works' Transfer Station will be closed today and next Saturday (Jan. 1) as well. It will reopen Saturday, Jan 8.
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2. What is open on Christmas?
Business Hours (773 Washington St.) 5:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. open; regular hours 3:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. (no alcohol) 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Pearl Street location) 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
store front: 10a.m.-8 p.m.
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pharmacy: closed
24 hrs. (Central St. near Rt. 24) station open; garage closed (Cobb Corner) 24 hrs. (Washington St.) 8 a.m. - midnight (gas & convenience) 6 a.m. - 10 a.m.
3. Wake scheduled for Ruth Hansen
Ruth Hansen, matriarch to one of the town's more well-known families, died late on Wednesday at the age of 95. About Town with Mark Snyder reports that the wake will be held tomorrow (12/26) from 2-6 p.m. at the .
4. Life Teen Mass and Movie Night (12/26)
The Life Teen youth group from the is holding a mass Sunday night (12/26), then heading over the Showcase Cinemas in Randolph to watch a movie. Mass starts at 5:30 p.m. and the group expects to return from the movie around 9:30 p.m. RSVP here.
5. Big snowstorm on the way?
Latest weather reports project possible "blizzard like conditions" in this part of the state Sunday night into Monday morning, according to AccuWeather.com. WHDH-Channel 7 projects more than 12 inches of snow, as does WCVB-Channel 5.
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