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🌱 Oceanside Boys Varsity Basketball @ Lawrence and 4 more events
You won't want to miss Rope Tow Season Opening Party — Quarry Road Trails on the Oakland Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- Oceanside Boys Varsity Basketball @ Lawrence
- Smitty's Book Club December Meeting at Smitty's Book Cellar
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Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: A little snow in the morning, with a high of 29 and low of 2 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Friday: Frigid with sun, some clouds, temps: high: 15, low: 4.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and cold, with a high of 18 and low of 1 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakland
★ Featured events ★
- Rope Tow Season Opening Party — Quarry Road Trails
Quarry Road Trails, 300 Quarry Rd, Waterville
9:00 am
Saturday December 27
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Other local events
- Oceanside Boys Varsity Basketball @ Lawrence
Lawrence Senior High School , 9 School St , Fairfield
1:00 pm - Smitty's Book Club December Meeting
Smitty's Book Cellar , 52 Main St , Waterville
2:00 pm
Saturday December 27
Sunday December 28
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🗓 Events Nearby
- New Year's Day - Offices Closed
Waterville, ME Calendar Waterville, ME 04901 - Winter Timber Framing Workshop @ Hoener Farms, Millbrook, NY — Never Stop Building - Crafting Wood with Japanese Techniques
Never Stop Building LLC , 772 Rome Rd , Mercer
6:30 pm - Maine Culinary Festival
Augusta Civic Center , 76 Community Dr , Augusta
9:00 am
Thursday January 1
Saturday January 3
Saturday April 18
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🗞 Nearby News
Waterville
- Waterville Man Rams Police Cruiser While Fleeing in Stolen Vehicle (themainewire.com)
- High schools Tuesday: Maranacook girls basketball stays undefeated (centralmaine.com)
- Here's what you need to prevent disaster while traveling Maine's winter roads (centralmaine.com)
Augusta
- Kennebec Savings seeks to build five-story building at Augusta campus (mainebiz.biz)
- Togus to accept veterans by ambulance for the first time (centralmaine.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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