🌱 Sip + Shop Holiday Market and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Sip + Shop Holiday Market at Hotel LBI
• LBI Canasta at Long Beach Island Library
• East Two Three: NYE @ The Arlington at The Arlington

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, with a high of 36 and low of 29 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy with periods of sun, temps: high: 45, low: 28.
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 53 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ship Bottom

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Sip & Shop Holiday Market
  Hotel LBI, 350 W 8th St, Ship Bottom
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Sip + Shop Holiday Market
  Hotel LBI , 350 W 8th St , Ship Bottom
  5:00 pm

Friday December 19

• LBI Canasta
  Long Beach Island Library , 217 S Central Ave , Surf City
  2:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• East Two Three: NYE @ The Arlington
  The Arlington , 1302 Long Beach Blvd , Ship Bottom
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Town Council Meeting
  Stafford Township, NJ Calendar Manahawkin, NJ 08050
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Jay Daniels: Sing-along" show
  Beach Haven Public Library , 219 N Beach Ave , Beach Haven
  1:00 pm
• Jay Daniels
  Beach Haven Public Library , 219 N Beach Ave , Beach Haven
  1:00 pm
• Book of the Month for December, 2025 — Beach Haven Public Library LBI
  Beach Haven Public Library , 219 N Beach Ave , Beach Haven
  2:00 pm
• Elf - The Musical - Beach Haven
  Surflight Theatre , 201 Engleside Ave , Beach Haven
  2:00 pm
• Flower Power
  Long Beach Island Library , 217 S Central Ave , Surf City
  3:30 pm
• Cyanotype Ornaments
  Long Beach Island Library , 217 S Central Ave , Surf City
  6:30 pm
• Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting - MEETING CANCELLED
  Stafford Township, NJ Calendar , 260 East Bay Avenue , Manahawkin
  7:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Ship Bottom PatchAM possible:

• Beach Haven Yacht Club Marina — (704) 231-9786
  2026 Seasonal slips Available

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🗞 Nearby News

Surf City

• Project InVOLve Seeks Volunteer Organizations (thesandpaper.net)

Manahawkin

• Stafford Police and Chick-fil-A Manahawkin Host Successful 'Cookies with a Cop' Event (tapinto.net)
• The must-see, circle-the-calendar dual meets of the 2025-26 wrestling season (nj.com)

Lacey

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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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