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Hello Cleveland Heights! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How long could Cleveland Heights Spectrum outages last after that plow crash?
• How a Cleveland Heights skater just made Olympic hockey history

Also on today's calendar: HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre and 4 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Very cold; afternoon flurries, with a high of 25 and low of 22 degrees.
• Sunday: Very cold; morning flurries, temps: high: 25, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 37 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Spectrum customers in Cleveland experiencing internet outages after plow truck hits utility pole (news5cleveland.com) — Spectrum customers in Cleveland Heights are facing internet outages after a plow truck struck a utility pole on South Taylor Road, damaging fiber lines and prompting repairs expected to last up to 19 hours. Service problems are being reported from Cleveland Heights to Tremont as Spectrum crews work to restore connectivity for homes and businesses.
   

• Cleveland Heights native named to 2026 US Olympic women's hockey team (cleveland19.com) — A young defender from Cleveland Heights, Laila Edwards, has been named to the 2026 U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team, making history as the first Black woman to play Olympic hockey for Team USA. She’ll join veteran star Hilary Knight and a youth-focused roster aiming for gold at next month’s Milan Cortina Winter Games.
   

📸 Around Cleveland Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cleveland Heights

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Friday January 2

• HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Dobama Theatre , 2340 Lee Rd , Cleveland Heights
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 3

• HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Dobama Theatre , 2340 Lee Rd , Cleveland Heights
  7:30 pm
• THE HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Plexus , 2340 Lee Road , Cleveland Heights
  7:30 pm

Sunday January 4

• HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre
  Dobama Theatre , 2340 Lee Rd , Cleveland Heights
  2:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• Vision in Focus: Affirming Intentions for 2026
  Carve Your Own Path Office , 840 Rothrock Road Suite 203 , Copley
  1:00 pm
• Sourdough Bread and Butter Making Workshop!
  Cafe Honeycomb , 28601 Chagrin Blvd , Woodmere
  3:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Untapped Potential: Leveraging Accessibility in the Workplace
  The Cleveland Foundation , 6601 Euclid Avenue , Cleveland
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• North Union Indoor Farmers Market at Van Aken District
  Shaker Heights, OH Calendar , 3441 Tuttle Rd. , Shaker Heights
  9:00 am
• Boy's Basketball (Varsity)
  Fairview HS Main Gym
  6:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Architectural Board of Review
  Shaker Heights, OH Calendar , 3400 Lee Road , Shaker Heights
• Students Return
  Franklin D. Roosevelt Cleveland, OH 44108
• Architectural Board of Review Meeting
  Beachwood, OH Calendar , 25325 Fairmount Blvd. , Beachwood
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• If there was a man with the last name of Frye and he happened to live in Paris, would that make him a French fry?
  (Frye) Okay, I will see myself quietly out the door now! But before I do, I just want to wish you all a very prosperous, healthy, and productive New… (Nextdoor Monticello-Northampton)
• Completed!!
  Thank you Robert!!! Highly recommend him he did a great job!! Does anyone have time to help with an extra driveway today? No rush at all I usually… (Nextdoor Taylor Road Community)

• New Perspective Senior Living posted a job opening for Life Engagement Coach - Activities Assistant in Beachwood. Apply here.
• Schwan's Company posted a job opening for Part-Time Merchandiser in Euclid. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cleveland Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Cleveland

• East Cleveland City Schools released from state oversight (news5cleveland.com)
• Are Dante Moore and Dakorien Moore Related? What You Need to Know About Oregon's Stars (collegefootballnetwork.com)
• Winning Powerball numbers for the $45 million jackpot on Dec. 31, 2025: List of prizes sold in Ohio (wkyc.com)

University Heights

• Michele Weiss and Justin Brasch mark milestones as first Orthodox Jewish mayors in their cities (clevelandjewishnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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