🌱 Did you buy your last lottery ticket at these Garfield stores?

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In today's newsletter:

• Did you buy your last lottery ticket at these Garfield stores?

Also on today's calendar: Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security and 8 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 32 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 45, low: 29.
• Thursday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 45 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NJ Lottery Player Wins Powerball Prize With Ticket Bought In Bergen County (patch.com) — Several lucky lottery tickets were sold right here in Garfield, including a $50,000 Powerball winner from Food Village on Midland Avenue and a $10,000 Holiday Cash Doubler ticket from the Garfield Wawa on Jewels Street. Another Bergen County player also hit $10,000 in Lyndhurst, while the Powerball jackpot now sits at a staggering $1.1 billion.
   

📸 Around Garfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Garfield

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 16

• Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security
  50 Eisenhower Dr, Paramus
  9:30 am

Friday December 19

• Art of Living Part 1 Program in the presence of Gurudev
  Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, 2 Exchange Pl, Jersey City
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Pictures with Santa!
  370 Broadway, Paterson
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Adult Craft - Felted Embroidery Hoop
  Upstairs, Lodi Memorial Library Lodi -
  1:30 pm
• Lodi Game Club
  Children's Room Lodi -
  3:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• 2025 Township Council Regular Meeting
  Township of Saddle Brook , 93 Market Street , Saddle Brook
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Storytime with Miss Emily
  Children's Room Lodi -
  11:00 am

Monday December 22

• Pajama Day! Wear Your Favorite Pajamas To School!
  Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center Garfield, NJ 07026
• English Conversation Group
  Conference Room, Lodi Memorial Library Lodi -
  4:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Storytime with Miss Emily
  Children's Room Lodi -
  11:00 am
• Dungeons & Dragons Club Grade 6 & older
  Conference Room Lodi -
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Music & Movement
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium,
  10:00 am
• Storytime with Miss Emily
  Children's Room Lodi -
  11:00 am
• (YA) Teen Tuesday: Half Day Free For All
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium,
  1:30 pm
• Barks & Books: Read with RJ
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• HARDWOOD FLOOR RESTORATION
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  CALL 201 417 4223 We service commercial and residential we guarantee and warranty all our work and we are licensed and insured Flat roof… (Nextdoor Cambridge Av-River-Passai)

• Banfield Pet Hospital posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Garfield. Apply here.
• Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Passaic. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• 9 towns, 3 counties called best for older New Jerseyans by AARP (nj1015.com)

Elmwood Park

• Surprise Proposal For Part Of Becton Dickinson Site Shakes Up Franklin Lakes Housing Talks (dailyvoice.com)

Hasbrouck Heights

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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