🌱 How a Phillipsburg grad helped North Warren students honor 70 veterans

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• How a Phillipsburg grad helped North Warren students honor 70 veterans

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 30 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, temps: high: 44, low: 19.
• Thursday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 45 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Veterans Honored by North Warren Students (ridgeviewecho.com) — A retired Air Force colonel who graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1961 returned to the area as keynote speaker for North Warren Regional High School’s Voices of Veterans program. More than 70 veterans were honored with student escorts, ceremonies, music, and classroom conversations that left many guests moved by the students’ respect and gratitude.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Phillipsburg

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Land Use Board Meeting 7:00 PM 310 Firth Street Phillipsburg NJ
  Phillipsburg Senior Center Inc, 310 Firth St, Phillipsburg
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Town Council Meeting December 17, 2025
  Phillipsburg Senior Center , 310 Firth Street , Phillipsburg
  6:00 pm
• Everyday Art
  Phillipsburg Free Public Library , 200 Broubalow Way , Phillipsburg
  6:30 pm
• MS Winter Concert
  Lopatcong Township School District Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Basketball: Girls JV vs. Montgomery (Home)
  Phillipsburg High School PHS GYM
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Montgomery (Home)
  Phillipsburg High School PHS GYM
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Spaghetti w/ Santa Snow Date
  Lopatcong Township School District Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
  5:00 pm
• Winter Ball Dance
  Pohatcong Township School Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Electronics Recycling
  321 Greenwich St , Stewartsville
  1:00 pm
• Town Council Meeting December 17, 2025
  Phillipsburg Senior Center , 310 Firth Street , Phillipsburg
  6:00 pm
• MS Winter Concert
  Lopatcong Township School District Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Basketball: Girls JV vs. Montgomery (Home)
  Phillipsburg High School , PHS GYM , Phillipsburg
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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  Looks like a neighbor on 627 in Finesville received our package addressed to Thomas Goodman. Thanks! (Nextdoor Pohatcong)

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🗞 Nearby News

Asbury

• Springsteen brings holiday cheer to WhyHunger benefit at Stone Pony (app.com)
• Asbury Carbons Announces Name Change to Asbury Advanced Materials, Building on 130 Years of Technical Excellence (businesswire.com)
• Middlesex County home sales for the week of Dec. 14, 2025 (mycentraljersey.com)

Belvidere

• Drunken NJ Driver Crashed Into Home, Killing Passenger, Injuring Residents, Jury Finds (patch.com)
• As Jews celebrate Hanukkah, America's Jewish community is on edge in wake of antisemitic attack in Australia (news8000.com)

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