🌱 Patch AM: NYE Cocktails & Countdown Celebration and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• NYE Cocktails & Countdown Celebration at Living Spirits Distillery and Cocktail Bar, 300 Valentine St, Hackettstown, NJ, 07840

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 38 and low of 27 degrees.
• Tuesday: A bit of snow and rain, temps: high: 36, low: 33.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 26 degrees.

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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

Monday December 22

• Indoor Track: Boys Varsity vs. N/A (Home)
  Drew University
  4:30 pm
• Indoor Track: Girls 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

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

Friday December 26

• Happy Kwanzaa
  Borough of Stanhope , 77 Main St , Stanhope
• Garbage Collection
  Borough of Stanhope , 77 Main St , Stanhope
  5:00 am
• Learn in Reel Time
  Warren County Library - Northeast Branch , 40 US-46 , Hackettstown
  1:00 pm

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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)
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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)

Washington

• West Morris Girls Basketball Holds Off Morris Knolls (tapinto.net)

Blairstown

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