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🌱 Patch AM: Friends Program: Arielle Johnson-Flavorama: A guide to unlocking the art and science of flavor and 11 more events
Spotted on the Westwood calendar: Read to Ruby
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Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 44 and low of 24 degrees.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 40, low: 28.
- Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 36 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Friends Program: Arielle Johnson-Flavorama: A guide to unlocking the art and science of flavor
Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
2:00 pm - Read to Ruby
Inside, Children's Room , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
3:00 pm - Monkey Mind Belly Breath Children's Yoga
Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
10:00 am - Monday Morning Music
Endicott Branch - Back Lawn
10:30 am - Teen Group Takeover with Tony! (for Middle School and High Schoolers)
Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
2:45 pm - High Rock / Pollard School Advisory Meeting
Pollard Middle School , 200 Harris Avenue , Needham
3:10 pm - DIY Balloon Powered Cars
Community Room Dover Town Library , 56 Dedham St. , Dover
3:30 pm - Town-Financed Community Housing Oversight Committee
Needham Calendar , Needham Town Hall (Great Plain Room) & Zoom 1471 Highland Ave. , Needham
6:00 pm - Revised PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION - HYBRID
Needham Calendar , HYBRID: Memorial Park Fieldhouse and Zoom 92 Rosemary St , Needham
7:00 pm - Crime of the Century: How the Brink’s Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston
Needham Calendar , 1147 Central Avenue , Needham
7:00 pm - Tree Preservation Planning Committee
Needham Calendar , Needham Public Service Administration Building (Ch 500 Dedham Ave. , Needham
7:00 pm - Community Leader Storytime with Town Manager Katie King
Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
10:00 am
Sunday January 11
Monday January 12
Tuesday January 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hi Westwood neighbors, mark your calendar!
Special Town Meeting, February 2, 2026. Westwood High School Gymnasium 200 Nahatan Street (Nextdoor Islington) - Braintree, MA firefighters respond to a first alarm on Ivory Street with smoke showing from a building, and a trash fire at the transfer station is brought under control.
3:05PM on Jan 9: Braintree, MA Fire Department reports smoke showing from a building on Ivory Street. (Nextdoor )
- L Brands, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate-University Station in Westwood. Apply here.
- Target posted a job opening for GM and Food (General Merchandise, Closing, Fulfillment, Inbound, Food and Beverage , Food Service, Starbucks) (T2649) in Westwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Westwood here.
🗞 Nearby News
Dedham
- MEZŌ to Open in the Former Pancho's Taqueria Space in Dedham (blogspot.com)
- Your next primary care doctor could be online only, accessed through an AI tool (thepublicsradio.org)
- Stefon Diggs' Legal Battles On Strangulation, Assault Charges Face New Obstacle Ahead Of Playoff Matchup (collegefootballnetwork.com)
Needham
- Martin Luther King Day, Jr. observances in Wellesley (and beyond), 2026 (theswellesleyreport.com)
Canton
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