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🌱 Why a North Brunswick Buddhist center is booking up months ahead

And check out Sounds of the Season: Winter Concert on the North Brunswick Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why a North Brunswick Buddhist center is booking up months ahead
  • Which New Jersey bowlers are already rolling perfect 300 games?

Also on today's calendar: Sounds of the Season: Winter Concert and 8 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Partly sunny; windy, colder, with a high of 35 and low of 24 degrees.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 37, low: 25.
  • Saturday: Some brightening, with a high of 40 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• This NJ silent retreat is booked for months. Why interest is soaring (northjersey.com) — North Brunswick’s Mahamevnawa Buddhist Meditation Center is seeing rising demand from residents and visitors seeking quiet, structured retreats to escape daily stress. Alongside a busy Jesuit retreat house in Morristown, the center offers Buddhist-based mindfulness programs and “Meditate with a Monk” sessions that draw mostly women in their 30s to 50s who want practical tools to reduce anxiety and find peace.
   

• Boys & Girls Bowling: Four perfect games highlight first week of the 2025-26 season (nj.com subscription) — North Brunswick gets a brief spotlight as the site of February’s NJSIAA girls individual bowling championships at Bowlero, one of several major tournaments shaping New Jersey’s 2025-26 high school season. Around the state, four bowlers rolled perfect 300 games, powerhouse programs like St. Joseph (Met.) and Woodbridge clashed, and teams from Brick Township, Holy Angels, Toms River South and others staked early claims as contenders.
   

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    • Wednesday December 17
  • Read and Play
    New Brunswick Free Public Library , 60 Livingston Ave , New Brunswick
    11:00 am
    • Wednesday December 24
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    New Brunswick Free Public Library , 60 Livingston Ave , New Brunswick
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