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In today's newsletter:

• How did Winchester High’s girls hoop team flip last year’s script?
• Will Winchester stick with one finalist or restart its manager search?
• Will you roll up your sleeve at Winchester Hospital this month?

Also on today's calendar: 5 Keys to Buying a Home and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Much colder, with a high of 39 and low of 32 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy and windy, temps: high: 45, low: 21.
• Monday: Colder with sunshine, with a high of 32 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A confident Winchester High girls basketball team takes two of three to begin new season (winchesternews.org) — Winchester High’s girls basketball team has bounced back from last year’s winless season with two victories in its first three games and a deep core of returning players. Coach Sam Mosley praises the team’s work ethic and chemistry as they head into key matchups with rival Woburn and then Lexington just before the holiday break.
   

• Senior pitches reset-weary Winchester residents, board on fiscal crisis, open process (winchesternews.org) — Winchester’s Select Board will decide on Dec. 22 whether to hire Christopher Senior as town manager or restart the search, after two other finalists suddenly withdrew. With multimillion‑dollar projected deficits, major capital needs, and an interim manager departing, residents heard Senior outline his approach to transparency, school collaboration, and long‑term fiscal planning at a public forum and board interview this week.
   

• Give blood during the holiday season (localheadlinenews.com) — Winchester residents have a convenient chance to donate blood on Dec. 31 at Winchester Hospital, 41 Highland Ave, as part of a wider Red Cross holiday drive. With several nearby Middlesex County dates and thank‑you gifts for December donors, organizers stress that maintaining a strong blood supply now is critical for patients through the busy season.
   

📸 Around Winchester

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winchester

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday January 6

• 5 Keys to Buying a Home
  Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library, 111 High St, Medford
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 21

• Haircuts For Men, Women and Children~OPEN Evenings, Saturday & Sunday
  9:00 am

Monday December 22

• Family Storytime
  Winchester Public Library , 80 Washington St , Winchester
  10:30 am
• Select Board Meeting 6PM
  Winchester, MA Calendar , 71 Mt. Vernon Street, 2nd Floor , Winchester
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Craftyspace
  Winchester Public Library Storytime Room , 80 Washington St, Winchester, MA, 01890
  1:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Legopalooza!
  Winchester Public Library , 80 Washington St , Winchester
  10:30 am

Wednesday December 31

• Furniture Clearance Event
  6 Wayside Rd , Burlington
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 20

• Somerville Winter Farmers Market
  Arts at the Armory , 191 Highland Ave #1c , Somerville
  9:30 am
• Family Story Time
  Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library , 111 High St , Medford
  10:00 am
• The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
  Burlington Public Library , 22 Sears St , Burlington
  10:15 am
• Winter Wonders
  Malden, MA Calendar , 215 Pleasant St. , Malden
  10:30 am
• Mass Content Day
  Creative CTRL Studio , 41 Lebanon St , Malden
  11:00 am
• Holidays in Latin America: La Noche de las Velitas -The Night of Candles
  Woburn Public Library Program Room In Person at , 45 Pleasant St., Woburn, MA, 01801
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sodexo posted a job opening for Food Production Manager 2 in Winchester. Apply here.
• Staples, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Specialist in Woburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Winchester here.

🗞 Nearby News

Woburn

• Camber Development, Wheelock Street Capital Lease Woburn Industrial Property to VEIR for Manufacturing Expansion (bostonrealestatetimes.com)
• Hamilton Company Completes and Leases 72-Unit Mill Street Heights Development in Woburn (bostonrealestatetimes.com)
• Lowell man now facing first-degree murder charge in August hit-and-run (lowellsun.com)

Lexington

• Contracts are up for about 1,200 Lexington educators. They all want higher pay in next deal. (lexobserver.org)

Melrose

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I dreamed I was swimming in a pool of orange soda, but it was just a Fanta-sea.
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