Community Corner
🌱 Planning Commission and 10 more events
Also check out Homeschool Cooking: Holiday Cookies on the Ballenger Creek Patch calendar

Hi there, Ballenger Creek! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Planning Commission at Frederick County Calendar
- Silverado Dementia Support Group at Frederick County Calendar
- Attaboy Barrel House-AOPA Holiday Party at Frederick County Calendar
... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!
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📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Ballenger Creek? Post it to Ballenger Creek photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 37 and low of 22 degrees.
- Wednesday: Sunny intervals; not as cold, temps: high: 48, low: 26.
- Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 48 and low of 43 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ballenger Creek
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★ Featured events ★
- Homeschool Cooking: Holiday Cookies
Ballenger Creek Park, 5420 Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick
10:00 am
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
- Planning Commission
Frederick County Calendar , 12 E Church St. , Frederick
9:30 am - Silverado Dementia Support Group
Frederick County Calendar , 8401 Gas House Pike , Frederick
12:00 pm - Attaboy Barrel House-AOPA Holiday Party
Frederick County Calendar Frederick, MD 21701
12:30 pm - True Standard Distilling-Tasting Room Open
Frederick County Calendar Frederick, MD 21701
3:00 pm - Frederick County Sustainability Commission
Frederick County Calendar
3:00 pm - Veterans Advisory Council Public Meeting
Frederick County Calendar , Winchester Hall, 1st Floor Conference Room 12 E Church St , Frederick
6:30 pm - Meet DEE Staff in Your Community!
Frederick County Calendar , 1100 West Patrick Street Unit H , Frederick
9:00 am
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
📣 Ballenger Creek Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Mental Health Association Re-Opening of Mobile Crisis under MHA
Frederick County Calendar , 226 South Jefferson Street , Frederick
11:00 am - Council Legislative Meeting
Frederick County Calendar , First Floor Hearing Room Winchester Hall , Frederick
5:30 pm - Lil' Christmas Trees @ SKC - Frederick, MD 2025
Scott Key Center , 1050 Rocky Springs Rd , Frederick
10:00 am - Senior Yoga
William R. Talley Recreation Center , 121 North Bentz Street , Frederick
10:15 am
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
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🗞 Nearby News
Frederick
- Celebrate Winter in Frederick: Dec. 19-20 (frederickschild.com)
- Frederick Welcomes New Administration and Council Leadership (radiofreehubcity.com)
- Email from Frederick mayor sheds more light as CPRB director weighs in on chief nominee controversy (wpxi.com)
Clarksburg
- Damascus parents want answers after winter weather closures in Montgomery County schools (wusa9.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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