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What's up Long Valley! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Senior Resource Center Festival of Trees @ The Highlands Ridge Barn in Chester at HIGHLANDS RIDGE BARN, 100 North Rd, Chester, NJ, 07930
• Christmas Festival of Lights
• Eleventh Hour Rescue Winter Wonderland 2025

... and check out 7 more events 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 in the p.m., with a high of 31 and low of 20 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 32, low: 22.
• Saturday: Low clouds, with a high of 35 and low of 23 degrees.

📸 Around Long Valley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Long Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Senior Resource Center Festival of Trees @ The Highlands Ridge Barn in Chester
  HIGHLANDS RIDGE BARN, 100 North Rd, Chester, NJ, 07930,
  12:00 pm
• Christmas Festival of Lights
  674 Mountain View Rd E, Washington Twp
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 13

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

Wednesday December 17

• Chester Menorah Lighting and Celebration!
  Municipal Field, 155 Main St, Chester
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Puppy Kindergarten Class
  My Dog's Got Class , 1271 US-22 , Lebanon
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• WT Democratic Committee is Collecting Donations for the Local Food Pantry
  Washington Twp Public Library , 37 E Springtown Rd , Washington Township
  10:00 am

Sunday December 14

• Holiday Harmonies with Hickory Tree Chorus
  Long Hill Township Library , 917 Valley Rd , Gillette
  3:00 pm
• Hannukah Lighting
  Chesapeake Tavern , 1 W Mill Rd , Washington Township
  5:15 pm

Monday December 15

• Mommy & Me @ Ort Farms
  Ort Farms , 25 Bartley Rd , Long Valley
  10:00 am
• Ruth Asawa: Sculptor, Educator, Arts Activist (via Zoom)
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Moss & mingle at Pasta Grill Mansfield
  Pasta Grill Mansfield , 1916 NJ-57 , Hackettstown
  6:00 pm

Friday December 12

• SSS Strings - Project Self Sufficiency
  Stone Soup Symphony , 298 Main St , Hackettstown
  6:00 pm
• Winter Formal Dance -Rutherfurd Hall
  Rutherfurd Hall Allamuchy, NJ 07820
  6:00 pm
• A Snowy Slumber
  Pinot's Palette , 1885 NJ-57 , Hackettstown
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Brunch with Santa
  Alstede Farms , 1 Alstede Farms Ln , Chester
  10:00 am
• Holiday Concert
  Stone Soup Symphony , 298 Main St , Hackettstown
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Long Valley Scout Troop 236 24th Annual Wreath Hanging community service project —Gil Haas Read on Patch

• Im excited how this commissipn pet portrait is coming together.
  This 9x12 drawing is of someone Doberman that past away recently in Germany. I guess I'm an international artist now. 9x12 Portraits are only $100. (Nextdoor Long Valley)
• Our Williams and Sonoma pots were delivered to the wrong house.
  The tracking on our phone showed the box of pots were delivered to “a house” at 8:00 PM last evening-Dec. 8. When we called, the representative of… (Nextdoor Old Farmers / Parker Road)

• ABB Group posted a job opening for Mold Set Up Technician - 2nd Shift in Hackettstown. Apply here.
• QuickChek Fresh Convenience posted a job opening for Team Member - Part Time in Hackettstown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Long Valley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Chester

• Make Lasting Holiday Memories With These 5 Volunteer Opportunities In Mendham/Chester (patch.com)

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• JLL arranges $27.9M sale of Gardens Portfolio retail complex in Mount Olive Township (wrnjradio.com)
• 2025-26 Morris/Sussex wrestling team-by-team preview capsules (dailyrecord.com)

Roxbury

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