🌱 Oakland Food Pantry and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Holiday HS Chorus & Band Concert at Messalonskee High School
• Oakland Food Pantry

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 30 and low of 20 degrees.
• Wednesday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 37, low: 21.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 33 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakland

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Wild Ice Safety & Skating with Maine Guide Richard Behr
  7 Lakes Alliance, 137 Main St, Belgrade Lakes
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday HS Chorus & Band Concert
  Messalonskee High School Oakland, ME 04963
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Oakland Food Pantry
  20 W School St , Oakland
  8:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Winslow Boys Varsity Basketball @ Waterville
  Waterville High School , 1 Brooklyn Ave , Waterville
  5:00 pm
• City Council Meeting
  Waterville City Hall , 1 Common St , Waterville
  6:00 pm
• Nokomis Girls Varsity Basketball @ Lawrence
  Lawrence Senior High School , 9 School St , Fairfield
  6:30 pm
• Maine Voices Live with Dr. Tim Pieh
  Greene Block + Studios , 18 Main St , Waterville
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Evening Community Yin Yoga with Lidi
  Riverview Yoga Shala , 27 Parkman Hill Rd , Skowhegan
  5:00 pm
• Business After Hours
  Waterville Elks Lodge #905 , 76 Industrial St , Waterville
  5:30 pm
• Town Council Meeting
  Fairfield Community Center , 61 Water St , Fairfield
  6:30 pm
• Holiday HS Chorus & Band Concert
  Messalonskee High School Oakland, ME 04963
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Date Night at the Museum
  Children's Discovery Museum , 7 Eustis Pkwy , Waterville
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Oakland. Apply here.
• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate in Oakland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakland here.

🗞 Nearby News

Waterville

• New construction training program aims to fill Maine's worker shortage (centralmaine.com)
• Waterville business accelerator's new program manager brings business, policy experience (mainebiz.biz)
• Obituary: Virginia Berle McKay (centralmaine.com)

Augusta

• Over 500 wreaths placed as part of veteran's remembrance ceremonies in Augusta (wabi.tv)
• Newsworthy people and performances for Dec. 15, 2025 (mainebiz.biz)
• Here's Why Ice Skating Is Hands Down the Best Winter Activity in Maine (ultimatemaine.com)

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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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