🌱 Patch AM: Westminster community mourns the passing of Phyllis A. Pastorek

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• Westminster community mourns the passing of Phyllis A. Pastorek

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Very windy; much colder, with a high of 32 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 35, low: 23.
• Thursday: Colder with a flurry around, with a high of 26 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Obituary: Phyllis A. (Walbroehl) Pastorek (gettysburgconnection.org) — Westminster neighbors are mourning the passing of 76-year-old Phyllis A. Pastorek, a longtime local resident who ran an in-home childcare for four decades and loved country music and her dogs. She is survived by family in Westminster, Marriottsville, Hanover, and North Carolina, with services planned in Eldersburg and Littlestown and burial in Hanover.
   

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Tuesday December 30

• Senior Exercise
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  9:00 am
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  9:30 am
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  Eldersburg Branch Library , 6400 Hemlock Drive , Eldersburg
  10:00 am
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  10:00 am
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  Carroll County Public Library - Taneytown Branch , 10 Grand Dr , Taneytown
  11:30 am
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  Brian Safe Haven , 74 Frederick St , Taneytown
  12:00 pm
• M. Shane Darwick Retirement Celebration
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  12:30 pm
• Gingerbread Joy
  Carroll County Public Library - Taneytown Branch , 10 Grand Dr , Taneytown
  1:30 pm
• North Carroll Writers Group
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💬 Chatter

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• Ok hive mind....
  best French fries in Westminster area? Not 5 Guys - too greasy. (Nextdoor S Center St)
• What is going on?
  Lots of sirens going all around silver run valley rd. Can hear them on Old Hanover rd and on 97. (Nextdoor Union Mills / Silver Run)

• McDaniel College posted a job opening for Assistant or Associate Director of Financial Aid - McDaniel College in Westminster. Apply here.
• Journeys Shoes posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Westminster. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Westminster here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Harbaugh: 'We'll be playing a division championship game on Sunday' (wmar2news.com)
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• Harbaugh hopes Jackson can return after Huntley's big win: ‘If Lamar's ready to go, he's playing.' (wjtv.com)

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