🌱 Patch AM: Can Kenner Discovery bounce back after this 4-2 setback?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Kenner Discovery bounce back after this 4-2 setback?
• Why was Kenner’s Hispanic Heritage Fest suddenly canceled this summer?

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Dense fog this morning, with a high of 74 and low of 59 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny and pleasantly warm, temps: high: 75, low: 58.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 72 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Soccer Recap: Cohen Picks Up Fourth Consecutive Victory (maxpreps.com) — Kenner soccer fans will note that Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy’s Swamp Owls fell 4-2 to Cohen, dropping their record to 4-3. The recap highlights Cohen’s four-game win streak, recent dominant scores, and their upcoming January 6 matchup with Pearl River, while mentioning that Kenner Discovery has already moved on to face Belle Chasse.
   

• New Orleans music in 2025 celebrated, mourned and used art in acts of defiance (nola.com) — Kenner residents may recall this year’s cancellation of the city’s Hispanic Heritage Fest, which the story links to heightened ICE and Border Patrol activity. The piece mainly surveys New Orleans’ 2025 music scene, from major festivals and venue changes to Grammy wins and cultural activism, while noting how immigration enforcement and rising costs are pressuring local artists.
   

📸 Around Kenner

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kenner

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Tuesday December 23

• Daily Meals
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  10:00 am
• Yoga
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  11:45 am

Wednesday December 24

• City Holiday- All Administrative Offices Closed
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  8:30 am
• Daily Meals
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  10:00 am
• Bingo
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  11:30 am

Thursday December 25

• City Holiday- All Administrative Offices Closed
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  8:30 am
• Daily Meals
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  10:00 am
• Yoga
  Kenner, LA Calendar Kenner, LA 70062
  11:45 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• Pine Cone Ornaments
  St. Charles Parish Library - St. Rose Branch , 90 E Club Dr , St Rose
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Holiday
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar
• Story and Art
  Jefferson Parish Library - River Ridge Library , 8825 Jefferson Hwy , River Ridge
  3:00 pm

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day Holiday
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update these was a possible sighting at Midway and the levee on 12/21.
  Desperately seeking Girlie! Help! Do not approach or chase. Text 504-669-1908 if youvsee her! Super shy Arno dog Girl got away from her new adopters… (Nextdoor Chateau Estates)
• It,s FREE.
  It,s Free=- go see the Christmas lights at the Kenner RiverTown Park. corner of Jeff highway and Williams. It,s great and Free parking. Easy to… (Nextdoor Westgate Napoleon to W.M.)

• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Merchandise and Stocking Associate in Kenner. Apply here.
• Conhagen posted a job opening for Shipping & Receiving Clerk in Kenner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kenner here.

🗞 Nearby News

Metairie

• Blakeview: Al Copeland was once ordered by a judge to tone down his Christmas display (nola.com)
• Karen McCord, mother of late sports reporter Carley McCord, discusses book honoring her daughter (wdsu.com)
• Q3 Credit Union Mergers Signal Scale Shift As Acquired Assets Jump Sixfold (cutoday.info)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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