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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 14

Patch's top picks of the day.

"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the new feature in the comments section. 1. The Wilmington Memorial Library hosts another E-Reader Petting Zoo for all those missed last month's popular, and informative, meeting. The library will have a variety of e-readers on hand from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and staff members to answer questions about the devices. 2. The Historical Commission is holding a public meeting at the Fourth of July Headquarters building to discuss ideas on what to do with the Richardson estate. The Richardson estate was left to the Town after Winifred Richardson left the land for …

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Image Gallery: Breakfast with Santa at Knights of Columbus

Wilmington children got a special Sunday breakfast.

Santa made a stop at the Knights of Columbus to see more children from Wilmington. 

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Nov. 19

Patch's top picks for today.

"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the new feature in the comments section."  1. Was your child's photo snapped with spinach in his teeth or an Alfalfa hair issue? Today is the day to make up for it if that child is a student at Woburn Street School. Picture retake is from 8:20 a.m.–2:25 p.m. 2. Library closed. The incredibly busy and robust library is closed today for customer service training all day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library received $10,000 in grant money from  the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services to update their customer service and improve the marketing of …

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Local Heroes Celebrate 6th Anniversary

Local Heroes, Inc. reached its sixth-year anniversary on Wednesday.

After the last of the boxes were packaged full of donated Halloween candy for the troops, a cake was cut and toast was made.  "I'm humbled to have been able to do this for six years," said Veteran's Agent Louis Cimaglia, the founder and president of Local Heroes, Inc. "It's just amazing that in six years, we've haven't once missed a week." Local Heroes, Inc.—a Wilmington-based nonprofit organization that sends care packages to the troops, is run by Cimaglia and his wife Marion. The non-profit has now sent 12,123 packages to troops with local ties that are stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan.  The non-profit started, Marion said, because they knew people from the area stationed overseas and the couple wanted to send the troops some comforts …

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