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🌱 Patch AM: How did Fort Lee’s Baggios score in Dave Portnoy’s pizza tour?
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- How did Fort Lee’s Baggios score in Dave Portnoy’s pizza tour?
Also on today's calendar: Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security and 2 more events.
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- Saturday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 40 and low of 27 degrees.
- Sunday: Snow early in the morning, temps: high: 31, low: 20.
- Monday: Cold; breezy in the morning, with a high of 30 and low of 25 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Dave Portnoy continues Bergen pizza tour by rating this Fort Lee spot (northjersey.com) — A popular YouTube pizza reviewer just spotlighted Baggios Pizzeria & Restaurant in Fort Lee, giving its slice a strong 7.9 score despite a slightly delayed first bite. In his latest North Jersey tour stop, Dave Portnoy praised the flavor and noted the slice crisped up as he kept eating, putting this Fort Lee shop near the top of his recent Bergen County rankings.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Lee
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- Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security
50 Eisenhower Dr, Paramus
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Tuesday December 16
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Other local events
- 2025 Winter Concert by Harmony Basket, Japanese Women's Chorus Group
Church of the Good Shepherd , 1576 Palisade Ave , Fort Lee
5:30 pm - DEATH STRANDING: Strands of Harmony
Prudential Hall , 1 Center St , Newark
8:00 pm - [CMS2] Kodály, Martinů and Mendelssohn (NJ)
Fort Lee Music Hall , 1622 Parker Ave Third Floor , Fort Lee
7:30 pm - Mommy & Me Meetup Sessions
THE R CHILD STEAM Center , 2024 Center Ave 2nd Floor , Fort Lee
12:30 pm
Saturday December 13
Sunday December 14
Monday December 29
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Bilingual Story Time
Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
10:00 am - (R) Special Olympics Young Athletes
Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium,
10:00 am - Fit To Be Lit Book Club Discussion
Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Gallery Space,
11:00 am - Anaheim Ducks at New Jersey Devils
Prudential Center , 25 Lafayette St , Newark
12:30 pm - Peruvian Storytime & Musical Guest
Fairview - Library
2:30 pm - SOHO Live - DS
Prudential Hall , 1 Center St , Newark
6:00 pm - Holiday Doo Wop
Bergen Performing Arts Center , 30 N Van Brunt St , Englewood
7:00 pm - Brian Hyland
Bergen Performing Arts Center , 30 N Van Brunt St , Englewood
7:00 pm
Saturday December 13
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- Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, beloved Jewish Theological Seminary professor and author, dies at 73 (forward.com)
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Hoboken
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