🌱 Can Mount Olive wrestling build on its historic county title run?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Mount Olive wrestling build on its historic county title run?

Also on today's calendar: Eleventh Hour Rescue Winter Wonderland 2025 and 8 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, windy and cold, with a high of 31 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Some sun, then clouds; chilly, temps: high: 31, low: 22.
• Saturday: Low clouds and chilly, with a high of 34 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2025-26 Morris/Sussex wrestling team-by-team preview capsules (dailyrecord.com) — Mount Olive High School’s veteran wrestling squad is expected to stay highly competitive this winter after last season’s Morris County Tournament title and North 1, Group 4 finals run. A deep lineup of returning letter-winners anchors a broad Morris/Sussex preview that also sizes up rival programs the Marauders will see on the mat.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Olive

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

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

Tuesday December 16

• Impact100 Garden State to host Meet & Mingle info sessions in Morristown and Mendham
  Windswept Boutique, 4 E Main St, Mendham
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Tots & Blocks
  Mount Olive Public Library , 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd , Flanders
  11:00 am
• Jewelry Making- Adult
  Mount Olive Public Library , 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd , Flanders
  2:00 pm
• Jewelry Making for Adults
  Mount Olive Public Library , 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd , Flanders
  2:00 pm
• Dover Boys Varsity Basketball @ Mount Olive
  Mount Olive High School , 18 Corey Rd , Flanders
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Dover High School (Home)
  Mount Olive High School Main Gym
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Freshmen vs. Dover High School (Home)
  Mount Olive High School Aux Gym
  4:00 pm
• Winter Formal Dance -Rutherfurd Hall
  Allamuchy Township School District Allamuchy, NJ 07820
  6:00 pm
• SSS Strings - Project Self Sufficiency
  Stone Soup Symphony , 298 Main St , Hackettstown
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Live Nativity, join in the excitement of the True meaning of Christmas.
  Gethsemane Lutheran Church , 409 E Baldwin St , Hackettstown
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Friends of the Hackettstown Library Holiday Mini-Bazaar
  Hackettstown Free Public Library , 110 Church St , Hackettstown
  9:00 am
• Crochet with Mama J: Intermediate/Advanced- Adult
  Mount Olive Public Library , 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd , Flanders
  11:00 am
• Library Fun
  Mount Olive Public Library , 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd , Flanders
  11:00 am
• Walking Talking Book Club
  Roxbury Public Library -
  1:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Mount Olive PatchAM possible:

• Taphouse grille — (908) 651-5995
  New menu coming soon. New ownership/ New Chef/ rebrand soon.
• TerpTaxi Delivery NJ — (973) 936-3577
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🗞 Nearby News

Roxbury

• New Owner Takes Toxic Fenimore Site for $650K in Bankruptcy Sale; Roxbury Gets $62,500 (tapinto.net)
• Man injured after spare tire on dump truck rolls over him in Morris County (wrnjradio.com)
• WINTER GRIME 101: Why Salt, Slush and Ice Melt Are Tough on Your Home's Exterior (tapinto.net)

Chester

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

Long Valley

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