1. NEW YEAR'S EVE FORECAST: Expect a 33-degree day with partly cloudy skies, followed by a blistery 24 degrees tonight with clouds early and clear skies late.
2. CASTLETON SINGLES EXTRAVAGANZA: As per usual, Castleton Banquet Hall will host a party from 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. to ring in the New Year. Proper attire is required and tickets are now $30. Get more information here.
3. YEAR IN REVIEW STORIES: We are chugging along with our 2012 Year in Review stories. Last week we featured the top photos of the year on Windham Patch, and we also started our countdown of the biggest 10 stories of the year. Check out the review stories here.
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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a formal charter to the London merchants trading to the East Indies, hoping to break the Dutch monopoly of the spice trade in what is now Indonesia.
5. PATS GRAB A BYE: For those who missed it yesterday or for those who simply want to read it again, the Patriots snaked a first-round bye out of the grasp of the Houston Texans yesterday with a win over the Miami Dolphins and a Texans loss to the Indianaplis Colts. The Pats will now play Baltimore, Indy or Cincinnati in two weeks.
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Also, a reminder: given the holiday, there is no meeting of the Board of Selectmen this week. The board will meet again in 2013.
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