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🌱 Patch AM: How a Phillips Exeter swimmer already stacks up in the Ivy League

Also, don't miss Junior Science: Amazing Animals on the Exeter Patch calendar

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

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Phillips Exeter swimmer already stacks up in the Ivy League
  • How Exeter shaped John Irving’s most unforgettable novels and characters

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Find out what's happening in Exeterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: A little morning rain; cloudy, with a high of 45 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Tuesday: Windy; periods of sun, colder, temps: high: 22, low: 16.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy; breezy, not as cold, with a high of 33 and low of 16 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Summer Juniors Qualifier Chloe Meyer-Blohm (2027) Verbally Commits to Yale (swimswam.com) — An Exeter-based standout is making waves beyond the local pool: Phillips Exeter Academy junior Chloe Meyer-Blohm has verbally committed to Yale after starring on Exeter’s relays and excelling at New England championships. Her backstroke and freestyle times already stack up well in the Ivy League, signaling a bright collegiate future for this Big Red swimmer.
   

Find out what's happening in Exeterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

• Art imitates life for Exeter's John Irving (inklink.news) — Exeter readers get a deep dive into hometown novelist John Irving, whose youth as an Exeter “townie” and ties to Phillips Exeter Academy shaped the settings and themes of classics like Garp and Owen Meany. The piece explores how his life, spirituality, and recurring “lunacy and sorrow” thread through his fiction, while reflecting on the emotional impact of his most famous works.
   

📸 Around Exeter

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Exeter

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    Tuesday December 30
  • Junior Science: Amazing Animals
    The Children's Museum of New Hampshire , 6 Washington Street , Dover
    1:30 pm
    • Wednesday December 31
  • Cribbage for a Cause
    WHYM Craft Pub & Brewery , 853 Lafayette Rd , Hampton
    6:30 pm
  • A New Year's Eve Celebration at the Rockingham Ballroom
    Rockingham Ballroom , 22 Ash Swamp Road , Newmarket
    7:30 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
    • Monday January 5
  • EACC Mascot Program: Rock Solid Partnerships
    Exeter Chamber of Commerce , 120 NH-111 , Exeter

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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
  • Hay Creek Hotels posted a job opening for The Exeter Inn - Full Time Maintenance/Houseperson in Exeter. Apply here.
  • McDonald's posted a job opening for 10:00am-5:00pm Team Member Shifts in Exeter. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Exeter here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stratham

  • Gift of Warmth helped new grandmother with caring and kindness (seacoastonline.com)
  • Distant Dome: Proposed Laws Could Expand or Restrict Education Funding Account Program (indepthnh.org)

Newmarket

  • Spaulding, Newmarket girls to play in tourney final. How they got here (seacoastonline.com)

Hampton

Ok Exeter! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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