🌱 How a Colebrook shop is coping with vanishing Canadian visitors

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Colebrook shop is coping with vanishing Canadian visitors

Also on today's calendar: Free Holiday Movie & Cookie Swap and 5 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A couple of snow showers, with a high of 26 and low of 9 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Cold with a little snow, temps: high: 18, low: 7.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 25 and low of 14 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Exclusive: U.S. businesses are getting throttled by the drop in tourism from Canada: 'I can count the number of Canadian visitors on one hand' (wdctv.news) — A Colebrook gift shop owner says Canadian customers have nearly vanished, leaving her struggling to stay afloat just eight miles from the border. The story explains how President Trump’s tariffs, political tensions, and a weaker Canadian dollar have sharply reduced cross‑border travel, hurting tourism-dependent businesses from northern New Hampshire to Washington state.
   

📸 Around Colebrook

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Colebrook

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Cribbage Club-Weekly Gathering
  Great North Woods Center for the Arts, 1993 US-3, Colebrook
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Canaan Playgroup Alice Ward Library
  Alice Ward Library , 104 Main St., Suite 206 , Colebrook
  9:30 am
• Free Holiday Movie & Cookie Swap
  Tillotson Center-Community Heritage , Visual & Performing Arts , Colebrook
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Holiday Centerpiece
  Colebrook Public Library , 126 Main Street , Colebrook
  10:00 am

Monday December 15

• Stratford Children's Playgroup
  Stratford Public Library , recurring on Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
  9:30 am
• Maker Space
  Great North Woods Center for the Arts , 1993 US-3 , Colebrook
  10:30 am
• CRAG Maker Space
  Great North Woods Center for the Arts , 1993 US-3 , Colebrook
  10:30 am

Thursday December 18

• Senior Meals of Coös County Christmas Celebration – Colebrook
  15 Colby Commons Ln , Colebrook
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Little Wit Reading Group
  Tillotson Center , 14 Carriage St , Colebrook
  6:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Canaan Playgroup Alice Ward Library
  Alice Ward Library , 104 Main St., Suite 206 , Colebrook
  9:30 am

Saturday December 13

• Holiday Centerpiece
  Colebrook Public Library , 126 Main Street , Colebrook
  10:00 am

Monday December 15

• Stratford Children's Playgroup
  Stratford Public Library , recurring on Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Colebrook. Apply here.
• Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital posted a job opening for Lic Nursing Assistant (Nights) in Colebrook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Colebrook here.

🗞 Nearby News

Littleton

• Light snow accumulation for some in New Hampshire; Rain likely for most southern areas (wmur.com)

Bethlehem

• Jean-Marie Peterson (concordmonitor.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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