🌱 Patch AM: How did Winchester hoops dominate the Bigelow Tournament at the new gym?

What's up Winchester! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How did Winchester hoops dominate the Bigelow Tournament at the new gym?
• How did a Winchester childhood help launch Anthony Carrigan’s Emmy-nominated career?

Also on today's calendar: Cardio/Muscle Pump and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sun and some clouds, with a high of 31 and low of 22 degrees.
• Sunday: A.M. flurries; rather cloudy, temps: high: 29, low: 9. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Partly sunny and quite cold, with a high of 22 and low of 19 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Winchester girls enjoy success in the Bigelow Tournament to end 2025 with a 5-2 winning record (winchesternews.org) — Winchester High School’s girls and boys basketball teams closed out 2025 in style, sweeping the Bob Bigelow Tournament in the new WHS gym and pushing the girls’ record to 5–2. Strong performances from standouts like Carolyn Collins, Molly Doyle, and Averie Monti highlighted early-season wins over Concord-Carlisle, Boston Latin, Stoneham, Shawsheen Tech, and Lexington.
   

• Anthony Carrigan: Bio And Career Highlights (boredpanda.com) — Winchester native Anthony Carrigan, who grew up here before studying theater at Carnegie Mellon, has turned his experience with alopecia into a powerful Hollywood career asset. Best known as NoHo Hank on HBO’s Barry, he’s earned multiple Emmy nominations, played key roles in Gotham, and will appear as Metamorpho in the 2025 Superman film while advocating for alopecia awareness.
   

📸 Around Winchester

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winchester

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday January 6

• Cardio/Muscle Pump
  Jenks Center, 109 Skillings Rd, Winchester
  8:30 am
• 5 Keys to Buying a Home
  Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library, 111 High St, Medford
  6:30 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Massachusetts Boating Safety Certificate Course
  Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Rd, Lexington
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• Office Hours - Senator Lewis
  Small Meeting Room Winchester Public Library , 80 Washington St , Winchester
  10:30 am
• ENERGY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
  Winchester, MA Calendar Winchester, MA 01890
  5:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Planning Board Meeting Agenda
  Winchester, MA Calendar , 71 Mt. Vernon Street, 2nd Floor , Winchester
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Messy Mushy Preschool Art - Wednesdays
  Studio on the Common , 22 Church St , Winchester
  12:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Messy Mushy Preschool Art - Fridays
  Studio on the Common , 22 Church St , Winchester
  12:00 pm
• International Folk Dancing for Beginners
  Unitarian Universalist Church , 239 Woburn St , Reading
  12:30 pm
• Sip & Spin - Mocktail Edition!
  Studio on the Common , 22 Church St , Winchester
  6:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• Patty Larkin, John Gorka, Cliff Eberhardt and Lucy Kaplansky
  7 Medford St , Arlington
  7:30 pm

Monday January 12

• Finding Your Inner Goddess
  Studio on the Common , 22 Church St , Winchester
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary - Helen F. McGrane, PhD —Lauren Costello Read on Patch

• Winchester Public Schools posted a job opening for JV Softball Coach in Winchester. Apply here.
• Sunrise Senior Living posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Arlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Winchester here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lexington

• Massachusetts father who sued school district over kindergarten books with LGBTQ characters scores win in court (lowellsun.com)
• Beacon Hill Roll Call: Dec. 22 to Dec. 26, 2025 (recorder.com)
• Mass. extends highway plaza leases for 18 months (masslive.com)

Melrose

• Auto Theft, Larceny, And Other Motor Vehicle Violations: Melrose Police Log (patch.com)

Burlington

Ok Winchester! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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