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Be sure to catch Holiday Sip & Shop on the Portland Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- Holiday Sip & Shop at The 1851
- Old Lyme Girls Varsity Basketball @ Portland
- 🎄✨ The Family Christmas Experience at Star Hill Family Farm ✨🎄 at Star Hill Family Farm
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- Tuesday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 33 and low of 23 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 41, low: 25.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 41 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portland
★ Featured events ★
- Holiday Sip & Shop
The 1851, 150 Sebethe Dr, Cromwell
5:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
- Old Lyme Girls Varsity Basketball @ Portland
Portland Senior High School , 95 High St , Portland
7:00 pm - 🎄✨ The Family Christmas Experience at Star Hill Family Farm ✨🎄
Star Hill Family Farm , 819 Glastonbury Turnpike , Portland
10:00 am
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Rocky Hill Division
Independent Electrical Contractors , 273 Dividend Road Suite A , Rocky Hill
8:00 am - Wesleyan Potters Annual Holiday Sale
Middlesex County Chamber , 350 South Main Street , Middletown
10:00 am - Fireside Holiday Tea at The Westbrook Inn
Westbrook Inn Bed & Breakfast , 976 Boston Post Road , Westbrook
12:00 pm - Christmas Craft Vendor Fair hosted by Lodge at Cold Spring
Lodge at Cold Spring , 50 Cold Spring Road , Rocky Hill
2:00 pm - Clean Energy Task Force
Middletown, CT Calendar Middletown, CT 06457
5:30 pm - Board of Education Policy Committee Meeting
Middletown, CT Calendar Middletown, CT 06457
5:30 pm - LIve Music in the Choo Choo Lounge at Saybrook Point
The Choo Choo Lounge , 2 Bridge Street , Old Saybrook
6:00 pm - Russell Library Board of Trustees
Middletown, CT Calendar Middletown, CT 06457
6:30 pm - Commission on Conservation & Agriculture
Middletown, CT Calendar Middletown, CT 06457
7:00 pm - Member Breakfast featuring Governor Ned Lamont, State of CT
Sheraton Hartford South Hotel , 100 Capital Blvd. , Rocky Hill
7:00 am
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
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Middletown
- CT governor erases medical debt for 40,000 more state residents with $63M in funds (middletownpress.com)
Glastonbury
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