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🌱 Local Creatives Meetup and 11 more events
Be sure to catch IMPROV: The Ugly Sweater Show on the Rockaway Patch calendar

Good morning to you Rockaway! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- IMPROV: The Ugly Sweater Show at Morristown Masonic Center Museum & Library
- Hibernia Library: Drop-In Craft at Hibernia Branch
- Movie Matinee: The Best Christmas Pagaent Ever at Rockaway Township Library
... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 31 and low of 20 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 44, low: 25.
- Thursday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 43 and low of 39 degrees.
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★ Featured events ★
- IMPROV: The Ugly Sweater Show
Morristown Masonic Center Museum & Library, 39 Maple Ave, Morristown
8:00 pm
Friday December 19
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Other local events
- Hibernia Library: Drop-In Craft
Hibernia Branch
3:15 pm - Movie Matinee: The Best Christmas Pagaent Ever
Rockaway Township Library Main Library
1:30 pm - Local Creatives Meetup
Sweet Vinyl Cafe , 23 Diamond Spring Rd , Denville
6:00 pm - Troubadour Concerts: Holiday Benefit Show
21 Normandy Heights Rd , Morristown
7:30 pm - F’Ugly Sweater Party! W/ UNHINGED!!!
Jessie's Kettle , 1555 US-511 , Hewitt
8:30 pm - Early Dismissal For Students/Staff
Morris Hills High School , 520 West Main Street , Rockaway
8:00 am - Township Council Regular Meeting- Cancelled
Rockaway, NJ Calendar Rockaway, NJ 07866
7:00 pm - Troubadour Concerts: Stephen Kellogg's Old Friends Tour
21 Normandy Heights Rd , Morristown
7:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Tuesday December 23
Friday December 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Yoga as a Holistic Practice - In Person
Denville Public Library , 121 Diamond Spring Road , Denville
9:30 am - 5th-8th Grade Makerspace
Mountain Lakes Public Library , 9 Elm Rd , Mountain Lakes
3:00 pm - Basketball: Boys Freshmen vs. Boonton High School (Home)
Parsippany High School Main Gym Parsippany High School Main Gym
4:00 pm - CMS Girls Basketball Game vs. Mackinnon @ CMS
Rockaway Township School District Hibernia, NJ 07842
4:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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Monday I will call retention if they can’t help me then I’m gonna have to cut my service completely and I can’t believe the attitude they have about… (Nextdoor Rockaway Ave)
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🗞 Nearby News
Denville
- Devoted Mother ID'd As Woman Struck, Killed By Car In Denville (dailyvoice.com)
- Best sledding hills in New Jersey after the first snow (nj1015.com)
- Randolph attorney charged in $500K fraud tied to Sparta real estate deal (spartaindependent.com)
Dover
- Pedestrian struck, killed outside N.J. hospital is ID'd (nj.com)
- Wreaths Across America Tribute (militaryspot.com)
Parsippany
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