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Five Things you Need to Know

From winter break for students, to a poll for parents to a Fairlawn man donating 16 gallons to the American Red Cross. Read what's been going on this past week.

1. Students at Copley-Fairlawn Schools and Revere Local Schools are now on winter break. Classes resume on Jan. 3 for Copley students, and on Jan. 2 for Revere students..

2. A Fairlawn man is the recipient of a 16-gallon donor pin from the American Red Cross. has made 128 separate trips to Red Cross blood drives over 45 years.

3. Recently, malls started banning parents from taking their own photos of their children sitting with Santa, or asking them to shoot from a distance. What do you think? Take our .

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4. spotlights Reva, a pointer/cattle dog mix, and Abigail, a shy, lap cat this week.

5. A 14-year-old girl was arrested this week after a loss prevention agent watched her and two other women perform a grab-and-go theft of $3,620 worth of merchandise.

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