🌱 Patch AM: Chess Group and 12 more events

Hi Exeter! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• NYE Party with 2 DJs, food, prizes
• Chess Group
• Silly Skit Studio at The Children's Museum of New Hampshire

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I think I’ll wear only one boot today. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Variably cloudy and breezy, with a high of 30 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Thursday: Breezy with flurries, temps: high: 28, low: 8.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 25 and low of 13 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Exeter

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• NYE Party with 2 DJs, food, prizes
  22 Ash Swamp Rd, Newmarket
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 31

• Chess Group
  4 Chestnut St , Exeter
  8:30 pm

Thursday January 1

• Silly Skit Studio
  The Children's Museum of New Hampshire , 6 Washington Street , Dover
  3:30 pm
• Taverntainment Trivia at Shooter' Sports Pub
  Shooter's Sports Pub , 6 Columbus Avenue , Exeter
  7:15 pm

Saturday January 3

• Intro to Drop Spinning Workshop
  Strawbery Banke Museum , 14 Hancock Street , Portsmouth
  10:00 am

Sunday January 4

• PLEASANT VIEW FARM - EPPING - OPEN HOUSE
  Exeter Chamber of Commerce , 120 NH-111 , Exeter
  12:00 pm

Monday January 5

• EACC Mascot Program: Rock Solid Partnerships
  Exeter Chamber of Commerce , 120 NH-111 , Exeter

Tuesday January 6

• Junior Science: Amazing Animals
  The Children's Museum of New Hampshire , 6 Washington Street , Dover
  1:30 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Winter Celebrations Homeschool Tour
  Strawbery Banke Museum , 14 Hancock Street , Portsmouth
  9:00 am

Monday January 12

• "Color Me Included" by Rev. Deborah Knowlton
  Zoom Program.....Registration Required
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 31

• Happy Noon Year's Party!
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  11:15 am
• Drop-In Tech Help
  Wiggin Memorial Library , 10 Bunker Hill Ave. , Stratham
  2:00 pm
• Epoch Happy Hour
  Epoch Restaurant and Bar
  4:00 pm
• Cribbage for a Cause
  WHYM Craft Pub & Brewery , 853 Lafayette Rd , Hampton
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• When the Highest Court Blesses the Unlawful, the Rule of Law Suffers —Jeffrey Clay Read on Patch

• All lanes on I-93 northbound at mile marker 9.8 in Derry are now open following a crash.
  6:26AM on Dec 29: I-93 northbound’s right two lanes are closed at mile marker 9.8 in Derry due to a crash, with troopers on the scene investigating… (Nextdoor )

• Costello/April Design, Inc. posted a job opening for Straightener - 2nd shift (4x10s) + 20% Shift Differential in Exeter. Apply here.
• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Exeter. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Exeter here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stratham

• Stratham board rejects residents' appeal of 48‑home development (fosters.com)
• Rosters Announced for 2026 Chipotle All-American Game (oursportscentral.com)
• GOP Replaces Democratic Chair of Education Freedom Account Committee (indepthnh.org)

Newmarket

• Newmarket girls capture annual holiday basketball tournament (seacoastonline.com)
• Now For Something Special: A New Year's Resolution for Us All and Some Ice Skating (indepthnh.org)

Hampton

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-- The Patch AM Team

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