🌱 How a speeding truck ended up in a Washington bedroom
Good day Washington! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a speeding truck ended up in a Washington bedroom
Also on today's calendar: Christmas Festival of Lights.
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 30 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, temps: high: 43, low: 19.
- Thursday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 45 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Drunken NJ Driver Crashed Into Home, Killing Passenger, Injuring Residents, Jury Finds (patch.com) — A Washington man has been convicted of causing a high‑speed pickup crash that slammed into the second floor of a Washington home, killing his passenger and injuring residents inside. Jurors found him guilty of aggravated manslaughter and related charges, and he now faces up to 60 years in prison, with sentencing still to be scheduled. 
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Christmas Festival of Lights
674 Mountain View Rd E , Washington Twp
5:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Christmas at The Playhouse
Hunterdon Hills Playhouse , 88 NJ-173 , Hampton
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Fencing: Girls Varsity vs. North Hunterdon High School (Home)
Voorhees High School Mall
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Basketball: Boys JV vs. Delaware Valley Regional (Home)
Voorhees High School Main Gym
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Fencing: Boys Varsity vs. North Hunterdon High School (Home)
Voorhees High School Main Cafeteria
4:00 pm -
Christmas Novena for Families
674 Mountain View Rd E , Asbury
4:30 pm -
Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Delaware Valley Regional (Home)
Voorhees High School Main Gym
5:30 pm -
CONLEY WINTER CONCERT (snow date - Dec. 17)
Conley School Gym
6:00 pm -
Holiday Centerpieve
Well-Sweep Herb Farm , 205 Mt Bethel Rd , Port Murray
6:00 pm -
Basketball: Girls JV vs. North Hunterdon High School (Home)
Voorhees High School Main Gym Voorhees High School Main Gym
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North Hunterdon Girls Varsity Basketball @ Voorhees
Voorhees High School , 256 County Rd 513 , Glen Gardner
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Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. North Hunterdon High School (Home)
Voorhees High School Main Gym Voorhees High School Main Gym
5:30 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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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
- How much snow fell around NJ over this wintry December weekend? (nj1015.com)
- Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: 12/15/2025 (insidernj.com)
Hackettstown
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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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