🌱 Patch AM: Hackettstown Restaurant Gets Best Of 2025 Nod For 'Great Food And Drinks'

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In today's newsletter:

• Hackettstown favorite earns Best of 2025 for wings and generosity
• How Hackettstown neighbors rallied after a young father’s sudden death

Also on today's calendar: NYE Cocktails & Countdown Celebration .

Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 42 and low of 23 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 38, low: 27.
• Tuesday: A bit of rain and snow, with a high of 39 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hackettstown Restaurant Gets Best Of 2025 Nod For 'Great Food And Drinks' (patch.com) — Hackettstown residents are celebrating Marley's Gotham Grill after it earned a Best of 2025 nod for its huge wing selection and strong community spirit. Locals praise the restaurant’s 400 wing flavors and its generosity, including donating hundreds of meals to hospitals and people in need. Readers are also invited to nominate their own Hackettstown-area favorites.
   

• NJ Dad Dies After Ruptured Appendix With $21K Raised For Widow, Son (dailyvoice.com) — A Hackettstown-area church, Hope Center Hackettstown, recently asked the community to pray for Marcin, a father whose ruptured appendix led to fatal complications. A GoFundMe launched for his widow and young son has already raised more than $21,000, as neighbors rally to support the grieving family during an especially difficult time.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hackettstown

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Wednesday December 31

• NYE Cocktails & Countdown Celebration
  Living Spirits Distillery and Cocktail Bar, 300 Valentine St, Hackettstown, NJ, 07840
  10:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 21

• Van Gogh's Blue Vase
  Pinot's Palette , 1885 NJ-57 , Hackettstown
  10:00 am
• Silent Reading Party with the Friends of the Hackettstown Library
  Man Skirt Brewing , 144 Main St , Hackettstown
  2:00 pm
• Fa La La La Llama
  Pinot's Palette , 1885 NJ-57 , Hackettstown
  3:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Indoor Track: Girls Varsity vs. N/A (Home)
  Drew University
  4:30 pm
• Indoor Track: Boys Varsity vs. N/A (Home)
  Drew University
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Boonton High School (Away)
  Boonton High School
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV vs. Boonton High School (Away)
  Boonton High School
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Bunco (Evening)
  Mount Olive Public Library , 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd , Flanders
  6:00 pm
• Galaxy Holiday Tree
  Pinot's Palette , 1885 NJ-57 , Hackettstown
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve - Borough Hall Closed
  Borough of Stanhope , 77 Main St , Stanhope

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day - Borough Hall Closed
  Borough of Stanhope , 77 Main St , Stanhope

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💬 Chatter

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  December 2025 Hello Friends! May your days be full of endless love, peace, and joy. Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year to all! … (Nextdoor Woodfield)
• I hear so many negative things on this website.
  I just wanted to say yesterday I ordered a hot roast beef sandwich from Sub Shack in Hackettstown. It’s the best hot roast beef I’ve had in years… (Nextdoor Panther Valley Hacketts)

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🗞 Nearby News

Mount Olive

• Two charged after Route 46 traffic stop uncovers suspected drugs, stolen items in Mount Olive (wrnjradio.com)
• Mount Olive police warn ice on Budd Lake is unsafe as winter conditions fluctuate (wrnjradio.com)
• Driver charged after Route 46 crash that injured three in Morris County (wrnjradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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