🌱 Holiday Party in a Bag and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Holiday Party in a Bag

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold, turning breezy, with a high of 36 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, temps: high: 35, low: 30.
• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 43 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📸 Around Oakwood Hills

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakwood Hills

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Restoration Day - Oakwood Hills Fen - Cary, IL 2025
  Silver Creek Conservation Area, 1009 Rawson Bridge Rd, Cary
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 22

• Holiday Party in a Bag
  255 Briargate Rd , Cary
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• MC2 Marketing Connection Group
  Buddyz Pizza , 1138 N Green St , McHenry
  8:00 am
• Mixer - McHenry VFW Post 4600
  McHenry VFW Post 4600 , 3002 IL-120 , McHenry
  5:00 pm
• Ribbon Cutting at Accelerated Mental Performance with Coach Papa
  McHenry Chamber of Commerce , 5022 Barnard Mill Rd. , Ringwood
  5:00 pm
• Village Board Meeting - 6:00 PM
  Cary, IL Calendar , Cary Municipal Center 755 Georgetown Drive , Cary
  6:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Barrington CUSD 220 515 W Main St, Barrington, IL 60010, USA
  6:00 pm
• Committee of the Whole Meeting - Immediately Follows Village Board
  Cary, IL Calendar , Cary Municipal Center 755 Georgetown Drive , Cary
  6:00 pm
• Queen of Hearts at McHenry VFW Post #4600
  McHenry VFW Post #4600 , 3002 IL-120 , McHenry
  8:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday Bag Sale
  jh Events and Flowers , 3603 Municipal Dr. , McHenry
• MC Hammer Marketing Connection Group
  Huntington Bank , 5555 Bull Valley Road , McHenry
  8:00 am
• Cary Gymnastics Center Open Gym
  Cary Gymnastics Center , 600 Industrial Dr , Cary
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Jeremiah is excellent!!
  He is very responsible, responsive, and polite. He has helped us with our lawn, leaves, and snow. He is reasonably priced, and we can’t say enough… (Nextdoor Oakwood Hills)

🗞 Nearby News

Cary

• 'Golf Swing Guru' Of McHenry County Recognized: Best Of 2025 (patch.com)
• Before Cary town manager's leave, he and town hall celebrated his leadership (heraldsun.com)
• New billboards advertise reward for info about death of Sleepy Hollow teen now ruled homicide (shawlocal.com)

Crystal Lake

• Rollover Crash With Injuries Slowing Morning Commute In Crystal Lake: Police (patch.com)
• 'Golf Swing Guru' Of McHenry County Recognized: Best Of 2025 (patch.com)
• Brothers Get 9 Years In Prison For Firing Gun At Home (patch.com)

McHenry

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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