🌱 Patch AM: Middletown North falls in overtime thriller despite late comeback push

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• Middletown North falls in overtime thriller despite late comeback push

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Eve Services at 5 pm and 10 pm in the Main Church and 3 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Andrew O.!

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Windy, with a high of 41 and low of 32 degrees.
• Tuesday: A bit of snow and rain, temps: high: 40, low: 35.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 45 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ice Hockey: Cook's Hat Trick Lifts Governor Livingston–New Providence to OT Win Over Middletown North (tapinto.net) — Middletown North’s hockey team dropped a tight 4–3 overtime game to Governor Livingston–New Providence, despite a strong effort in net and a late push. Owen Cook’s hat trick, including the OT winner, spoiled Middletown North’s bid for a comeback and gave the Highlanders their first win of the season.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Middletown

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Tuesday December 23

• Teen Volleyball
  Middletown, NJ Calendar , 900 Leonardville Road , Leonardo
  6:30 pm
• Adult Yoga
  Middletown, NJ Calendar , 900 Leonardville Road , Leonardo
  6:30 pm
• Adult Volleyball
  Middletown, NJ Calendar , 900 Leonardville Road , Leonardo
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Services at 5 pm and 10 pm in the Main Church
  90 Kings Hwy , Middletown Township
  5:00 pm
• Christmas Eve Service 10 pm (Choral Eucharist) in the Main Church
  90 Kings Hwy , Middletown Township
  10:00 pm

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day Service in Historic Christ Church Middletown at 10:00 a.m.
  90 Kings Hwy , Middletown Township
  9:00 am

🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• TOT ROCK - Mixed Ages - (SB - SIDE B)
  Little Rockers - cool kids music classes & parties , 166 Patterson Ave 1 AppleJams , Shrewsbury
  9:30 am
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Manalapan (Away)
  Manalapan High School
  4:00 pm
• Swimming: Boys Varsity vs. Manasquan (Home)
  South Amboy YMCA
  4:30 pm
• Swimming: Girls Varsity vs. Manasquan (Home)
  South Amboy YMCA
  4:30 pm
• Fencing: Girls Varsity vs. Governor Livingston (Home)
  Holmdel High School New Gym Holmdel High School New Gym
  5:00 pm
• Boys Basketball v Bayshore @ Thompson
  Thompson Middle School , 1001 Middletown-Lincroft Road , Middletown
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A second alarm fire with two life safety officers is reported at 128 Therese Ave in Keyport, Monmouth.
  10:37AM on Dec 20: Box alarm transmitted for heavy smoke from a two-story dwelling at 128 Therese Ave in Monmouth-Keyport. (Nextdoor )
• Greenskeepers Lawn Care is over at the Middletown Sports Complex tonight for the Titans game!
  If you are looking for a local company to handle your mosquito & tick control, fertilizer and weed control, or weekly lawn care reach out at any time… (Nextdoor Village at Chapel Hill)

• Kohl's Corporation posted a job opening for Seasonal Beauty Advisor - Sephora in Middletown. Apply here.
• Williams-Sonoma, Inc. posted a job opening for Stock Associate, Holiday Seasonal, Red Bank- West Elm in Red Bank. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middletown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fair Haven

• Celebrate with a Walk Down Memory Lane (tworivertimes.com)
• Bears fall to Rhode Island College in final game of 2025 (newenglandnewspress.com)
• Beverly Blanchet Reiss (themonmouthjournaleastern.com)

Lincroft

• Carmela Garthwait (themonmouthjournaleastern.com)
• No. 11 Rutgers Prep defeats No. 7 Don Bosco Prep in Big Jersey Showcase (nj.com)

Shrewsbury

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