🌱 Blood Drive and 10 more events

Hi there, Fort Ritchie! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Blood Drive at Fort Ritchie Community Center
• Red Cross Blood Drive at Fort Ritchie Community Center

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rather cloudy and colder, with a high of 31 and low of 23 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy, temps: high: 34, low: 28.
• Saturday: Breezy with low clouds, with a high of 37 and low of 20 degrees.

📸 Around Fort Ritchie

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Ritchie

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Holiday Craft Bazaar
  Fort Ritchie Community Center, 14421 Lake Royer Dr, Fort Ritchie
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Blood Drive
  Fort Ritchie Community Center , 14421 Lake Royer Dr , Fort Ritchie
  12:00 pm
• Red Cross Blood Drive
  Fort Ritchie Community Center , 14421 Lake Royer Dr , Fort Ritchie
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• True Standard Distilling-Tasting Room Open
  Frederick County Calendar Frederick, MD 21701
  3:00 pm
• Caregiver Support Groups with Daisy Lopez-Duke, LCPC
  Frederick County Calendar
  6:00 pm
• Parks & Recreation Commission
  Frederick County Calendar , 355 Montevue Lane, Suite 100 , Frederick
  6:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Frederick County Circle of Friends Memory Cafe-Urbana Senior Center
  Frederick County Calendar , 9020 Amelung St , Frederick
  11:30 am
• Novel Pour-Merry & Bright: A Night Out at Jumbo's
  Frederick County Calendar Frederick, MD 21701
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Frederick County Landmarks Foundation-Museums by Candlelight
  Frederick County Calendar Frederick, MD 21701
  12:00 pm
• Star Catcher LLC-Sound of Hope
  Frederick County Calendar Frederick, MD 21701
  4:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Urbana STEMM Holiday Party & Volunteer Appreciation
  Frederick County Calendar Frederick, MD 21701
  11:00 am

Tuesday December 16

• Mental Health Association Re-Opening of Mobile Crisis under MHA
  Frederick County Calendar , 226 South Jefferson Street , Frederick
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Smithsburg

• Introducing Washington County's new winter sports varsity head coaches (heraldmailmedia.com)

Emmitsburg

• Joseph Matthew Marinak 1951-2025 (fcfreepresspa.com)
• New Emmitsburg school chapel honors son who overcame cancer (catholicreview.org)

Hagerstown

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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