🌱 Do you remember shopping at Pleasantville’s long-gone Kmart?

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• Do you remember shopping at Pleasantville’s long-gone Kmart?

Also on today's calendar: Daddy & Me Skyscraper with STEME NJ.

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 36 and low of 22 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 48, low: 20.
• Thursday: Clouds and sun, with a high of 53 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 6 Years Ago This Week, Kmart in Somers Point, NJ, Closed Forever (wpgtalkradio.com) — Pleasantville shoppers may remember when their local Kmart was among several South Jersey locations shuttered as the chain declined. This story looks back on the Somers Point Kmart’s final days six years ago and recalls how once-busy stores in Pleasantville, Rio Grande, and Manahawkin all disappeared from the local retail landscape.
   

📸 Around Pleasantville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pleasantville

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Employment Assistance w/ One Stop Career Center
  New Day Family Success Center, 18 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, Pleasantville
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Daddy & Me Skyscraper with STEME NJ
  18 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , Pleasantville
  9:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Embroidered Holiday Cards
  String Theory , 175 W Absecon Blvd A , Absecon
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Board of Jewish Education: Throwback Thursday Brunch
  Marjorie & Lewis Katz JCC , 501 N Jerome Ave , Margate City
  10:30 am
• Santa Storytime!
  Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield , 241 West Mill Road , Northfield
  11:00 am
• Adult Crafts & Conversation
  Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield , 241 West Mill Road , Northfield
  2:00 pm
• Ventnor City Commission Meeting
  Ventnor City Hall , 6201 Atlantic Ave , Ventnor City
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Santa Visits Ventnor on Fire Truck
  Ventnor City , 6201 Atlantic Ave , Ventnor City
  5:30 pm
• PTO Spaghetti with Santa
  Absecon Public Schools District Absecon, NJ 08201
  5:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Saturday Matinee-Polar Express Movie
  Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield , 241 West Mill Road , Northfield
  12:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Breakfast with Santa
  2000 Shore Rd , Linwood
  2:30 pm

Monday December 22

• Mahjong Madness Mondays
  Ventnor City Branch - Atlantic County Library System , 6500 Atlantic Ave , Ventnor City
  12:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Pleasantville. Apply here.
• Pleasantville Public Schools posted a job opening for Teacher - Special Education (Pre-K) in Pleasantville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pleasantville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Northfield

• Cops hunting for man accused of attempting N.J. bank robbery — but leaving empty-handed (nj.com)
• NJ zoo is doing a VIP tour experience for a limited time (wobm.com)
• 8+ Inches Of Snow Falls, Thousands Lose Power In NJ Storm (patch.com)

Absecon

• ‘We're not afraid of you.' Feds bust NJ twins in threat to shoot ICE officers ‘on sight' (wpst.com)

Atlantic City

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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