🌱 Which Southampton resident is up for a key state education post?

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• Which Southampton resident is up for a key state education post?

Also on today's calendar: Xmas Crafts Including Gingerbread Houses and 7 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 32 and low of 21 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy and not as cold, temps: high: 45, low: 23.
• Thursday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 53 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Here's What's On The Agenda In Trenton Today (insidernj.com) — A Southampton resident, Carl Gibbs Jr., is up for reappointment today to The College of New Jersey’s Board of Trustees as part of a busy Senate Judiciary Committee agenda in Trenton. Lawmakers are also weighing dozens of statewide bills on issues from medical cannabis and menopause coverage to school safety, charter schools, and election procedures that could indirectly affect local services and policies.
   

📸 Around Southampton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Southampton

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Tuesday December 16

• Swimming: Girls Varsity vs. Moorestown (Away)
  Camden County Technical School - Sicklerville
  8:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Wrestling: Varsity vs. Riverside (Home)
  Cherokee High School , Gym-North (C-165) , Southampton
  4:30 pm
• Wrestling: JV vs. Moorestown (Home)
  Cherokee High School , Gym-North (C-165) , Southampton
  4:30 pm
• Wrestling: Varsity vs. Moorestown (Home)
  Cherokee High School , Gym-North (C-165) , Southampton
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Basketball: Boys JV vs. Willingboro (Home)
  Cherokee High School , Gym-North (C-165) , Southampton
  4:15 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV vs. Southern Regional (Home)
  Shawnee High School , Main Gym , Southampton
  4:15 pm
• Basketball: Girls Freshman vs. Southern Regional (Home)
  Shawnee High School , Back Gym , Southampton
  4:15 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Southern Regional (Home)
  Shawnee High School , Main Gym , Southampton
  5:45 pm

Saturday December 20

• Xmas Crafts Including Gingerbread Houses
  104 Walnut St , Haddonfield
  4:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Celtic Christmas Experience
  Holbein School , 333 Levis Dr , Mt Holly
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Basketball: Boys Freshman vs. Middle Township (Away)
  Middle Township High School
  4:00 pm
• Indoor Track: Girls Varsity vs. Multiple Teams (Home)
  Cherokee High School Gym-South (BB-102/CC-102) '>more..
  4:00 pm
• Indoor Track: Boys Varsity vs. Multiple Teams (Home)
  Cherokee High School Gym-South (BB-102/CC-102) '>more..
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV vs. Cherry Hill West (Home)
  Cherokee High School Gym-North (C-165) Cherokee High School Gym-North (C-165)
  4:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• So beautiful out if not in it.
  Just wrapping and hoping people come around to shovel!! Stay warm. (Nextdoor Leisuretowne)
• Ode to JCP&L
  When it starts to snow, Out our power will go. When it starts to rain, Our power on won’t remain. When the wind begins to blow, Expect the current… (Nextdoor Leisuretowne)

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Stocker 3rd Shift | $19/hr Starting Pay in Lumberton. Apply here.
• Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Food Operations Production Manager in Medford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Southampton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pemberton

• Rockefeller Group Acquires 100-Acre Development Site in Pemberton (njbmagazine.com)
• Burlington County school delayed openings due to snow for Monday (Dec. 15, 2025) (nj.com)
• Burlington County Commissioners Approve Contracts For New Regional Trail Studies (trentonian.com)

Medford

• Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: 12/15/2025 (insidernj.com)

Mount Holly

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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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