🌱 Patch AM: Why Weymouth firefighters were called to a deadly Abington apartment blaze

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• Why Weymouth firefighters were called to a deadly Abington apartment blaze

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 33 and low of 30 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy and warmer with rain, temps: high: 51, low: 24.
• Tuesday: Strong winds; mostly cloudy, with a high of 27 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Abington apartment fire kills 3 pets, displaces 5 residents (wcvb.com) — Weymouth firefighters were among several South Shore departments that helped battle a serious apartment fire in Abington that killed three pets and displaced five residents Friday afternoon. Crews needed nearly an hour to control the blaze, which left the building uninhabitable, and officials say the cause appears accidental while the Red Cross assists those forced from their homes.
   

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Monday December 29

• Friends Bookstore OPEN
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  12:30 pm
• Dr. Rosie Stuffy Vet Clinic | Ages 4+
  Whiton Room , 66 Leavitt Street , Hingham
  1:00 pm
• Teen Buttonmaking: Open Hour
  Activity Room , 66 Leavitt Street , Hingham
  4:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• New Years Eve (Half Day)
  Braintree, MA Calendar Braintree, MA 02184
  8:30 am
• Community Yoga Class - Holiday Edition
  Richardson Building , 40 Washington Street , Quincy
  9:30 am
• Stand Up, Speak Out Hingham Square
  Square Cafe Hingham , 150 North St , Hingham
  10:30 am
• noon year’s eve at bartaco hingham
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  12:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Years Day - Town Offices Closed
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• Town Hall Closed for New Year's Day
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  8:30 am

Friday January 2

• Town Council Meeting
  Braintree, MA Calendar , 1 JFK Memorial Drive , Braintree
  11:00 am

Monday January 5

• Salary and Negotiations Subcommittee of the School Committee
  Hingham, MA Calendar
  9:00 am
• Sprouts Storybook Theater
  Church of Our Saviour , 25 Monmouth St , Brookline
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Braintree

• Iconic retailer on verge of fading away after closing more than 3,000 stores (pennlive.com)
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• Best Sports Photos of the Year 2025 (telegram.com)

Quincy

• Weather has made ice skating outdoors difficult. Quincy has an answer (patriotledger.com)
• How to Lend a Hand to a U.S. Marine and his family on the South Shore (patriotledger.com)
• Margaret M. ‘Peggy' McCarthy, 94 (thequincysun.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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