🌱 Kit & Caboodle Book Club and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Eleventh Hour Rescue Winter Wonderland 2025
• Kit & Caboodle Book Club
• Gather & Graze Charcuterie workshop at The Laughing Goat at Lafayette House

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A snow shower this afternoon, with a high of 32 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 34, low: 19.
• Saturday: Some brightening, with a high of 35 and low of 24 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lafayette

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Eleventh Hour Rescue Winter Wonderland 2025
  37 Plains Rd, Frankford
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• Kit & Caboodle Book Club
  The Laughing Goat Coffee Bar & Cakery , 75 NJ-15 , Lafayette Township
  2:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Gather & Graze Charcuterie workshop at The Laughing Goat
  Lafayette House , Intersection of 75 Route 15 , 100 NJ-94 and , Lafayette Township
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• FARMER/ARTISAN MARKET 2025
  The Shoppes At Lafayette , 75 NJ-15 , Lafayette Township
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Gentle Yoga (In-Person-BRANCHVILLE)
  83 Phillips Rd , Branchville
  9:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Skylands Stadium Light Show & Christmas Village
  Skylands Stadium , 94 Championship Place , Augusta
  4:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Fire Flow (In-Person-BRANCHVILLE)
  83 Phillips Rd , Branchville
  2:30 pm
• Rustic Jolly Christmas - Santa
  Painting with a Twist , 440 Main Rd , Towaco
  6:30 pm

Monday December 15

• Monday Mountaineers - Lake Ashroe to Red Maple - Ladder - AT
  Stokes State Forest , 1 Coursen Rd , Branchville
  9:00 am
• Happy Together
  Stillwater Community Center/Stillwater Park , 931 Swartswood Road , Newton
  6:00 pm
• Town Council Meeting - In-person and via Zoom
  Municipal Building , 39 Trinity St. , Newton
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Historic Preservation Advisory Commission
  Municipal Building , 39 Trinity St. , Newton
  7:00 pm
• CANCELED - Historic Preservation Advisory Commission
  Municipal Building , 39 Trinity St. , Newton
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• As part of the Judiciary’s statewide Adoption Day celebration, Alba Cuevas from Passaic County formally adopted three of her grandchildren after adopting their two older siblings a few years earlier.
  The adoption, marked by tears of joy, highlights the courage to build new beginnings and the strength of family ties. Watch the video here: https:/… (Nextdoor )
• Openings this week Wednesday-Sunday
  Full service Sapphire & Silk Nail Suite Manicure Gel Manicure Hard Gel Acrylic Pedicures Dip nails 100 Dip colors 300 Polish colors All prices… (Nextdoor Beaver Run)

• Complete Care at Barn Hill posted a job opening for Housekeeper for LTC in Newton. Apply here.
• Winter4Kids posted a job opening for WINTER: Athletics Coach/Race Coach in Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lafayette here.

🗞 Nearby News

Franklin

• FHS Madrigals Receive Council Commendation For Rockefeller Center Performance (franklinreporter.com)
• Myles Cherette Selected as 2026 YoungArts Award Winner With Distinction (broadwayworld.com)
• Gloucester County Launches Holiday Drive Sober Initiative (snjtoday.com)

Sparta

• Sparta Resident Reports Illegal Truck Parking Business on West Mountain Road Farm to Township Council (tapinto.net)
• Girls wrestling preview: Returning state place-winners back for more in 2025-26 (nj.com)
• SCCC Culinary Students Prepare Hundreds of Holiday Meals for Local Residents (tapinto.net)

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