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🌱 Patch AM: Palatine Winter Farmers Market — Sabor Salsas and 11 more events
Also, don't miss Coding Club on the Barrington Patch calendar

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- Saturday: Considerable clouds, with a high of 26 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Sunday: Turning cloudy, temps: high: 30, low: 26.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Palatine Winter Farmers Market — Sabor Salsas
Palatine , 137 W Wood St , Palatine
9:00 am - Coding Club
Rolling Meadows Library , 3110 Martin Ln , Rolling Meadows
10:00 am - Grab and Go Kits: Drinking Straw Day Craft
Canaryville Branch Library , 642 West 43rd Street , Chicago
10:00 am - Therapeutic Yoga with Elizabeth
Mindful Movement Yoga , 48 S Old Rand Rd , Lake Zurich
10:00 am - Bilingual Story Time / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe
Back of the Yards Branch Library , 4650 South Damen Avenue , Chicago
11:00 am - Marvelous Mornings
Villa Park Public Library , 305 Ardmore Ave , Villa Park
11:00 am - Tax Law Changes: Will it affect you?
Archer Heights Branch Library , 5055 South Archer Avenue , Chicago
2:00 pm - Hot Cocoa Bar
Palatine Library District , 700 N North Ct , Palatine
2:00 pm - Starry Night Snowman
Pinot's Palette , 214 N York St , Elmhurst
3:00 pm - Singles Social Mixer Palatine Emmett's Brewery
Emmett's Brewing Company , 110 N Brockway St , Palatine
6:30 pm - Krampus: The Fright Before Christmas
13th Floor Haunted House Chicago , 5050 River Rd , Schiller Park
7:00 pm - Brilliant Twilight Forest
Pinot's Palette , 100 W Higgins Rd Suite H-80 , South Barrington
7:30 pm
Saturday January 3
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- Shout out to the woman in the Mercedes SUV who stopped her car in the middle of Lake Shore Drive North near the boat ramp around 4:30 this afternoon to help corral our dog, who was sprinting down the road after the clasp on her leash failed.
Thanks to this kind lady, our dog stopped running, allowing us to catch up to her and get her back on the leash. I didn’t get the driver’s name, but… (Nextdoor Fox Point)
- Old Navy, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Kildeer Shopping Ctr in Barrington. Apply here.
- Noodles & Company posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member - Cook in Barrington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Barrington here.
🗞 Nearby News
Palatine
- Focus On Downtown, Safety, Outrage Over ICE Top Palatine's 2025 News (journal-topics.com)
- Marilyn Rae Pearson (villages-news.com)
Hoffman Estates
- Lenora Mae Shamhart, age 87 (effinghamradio.com)
- Regina Takes Second At Their Snowflake Shootout, Leyden's MacLeod Scores 1,000th Point (journal-topics.com)
Arlington Heights
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