🌱 Patch AM: Can the surging Sabres stretch their win streak to nine tonight?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can the surging Sabres stretch their win streak to nine tonight?

Also on today's calendar: Candlelight: Christmas Classics and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Winds becoming strong, with a high of 39 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Tuesday: A snow shower; windy, colder, temps: high: 25, low: 23.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, snow showers; breezy, with a high of 27 and low of 10 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sabres carry 8-game winning streak into road clash vs. Blues (statenews.net) — Buffalo Sabres fans have plenty to cheer about as the team rides an eight-game winning streak into a road matchup with the St. Louis Blues. With captain Rasmus Dahlin expected back and Mattias Samuelsson surging, the Sabres’ deeper, healthier lineup is turning internal competition into consistent wins.
   

📸 Around Buffalo

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Buffalo

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Sunday December 28

• Candlelight: Christmas Classics
  FORBES THEATER , 512 Pearl St , Buffalo
  8:30 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Civil Service Committee - Council Committee Meeting
  Buffalo, NY Calendar , 13Th Floor City Hall , Buffalo
  9:45 am
• Finance Committee - Council Committee Meeting
  Buffalo, NY Calendar , 13Th Floor City Hall , Buffalo
  10:00 am
• Legislation Committee - Council Committee Meeting
  Buffalo, NY Calendar , 13Th Floor City Hall , Buffalo
  1:00 pm
• Community Development Committee - Council Committee Meeting
  Buffalo, NY Calendar , 13Th Floor City Hall , Buffalo
  2:00 pm
• Spanish Level Two | FRC West Zone | Free Programing
  PS 93 Southside Elementary , 370 Lafayette Ave , Buffalo
  4:00 pm
• Crochet | FRC South Zone | Free Programing
  PS 93 Southside Elementary , 150 Southside Pkwy , Buffalo
  4:30 pm
• Open Chess Hour
  Crane Branch
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• 38th Annual New Years Eve Ball Drop
  Roosevelt Plaza/Electric Tower - Buffalo NY
  10:00 am

Saturday January 3

• The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - Buffalo, NY
  Hilton Garden Inn Buffalo Downtown , 10 Lafayette Square , Buffalo
  6:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons
  The Show at Shea's Seneca , 2188 Seneca St , Buffalo
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 29

• PM - Polar Express Winter Break Camp - EAST AMHERST
  Stutelage Innovations , 6725 Transit Rd , East Amherst
  12:30 pm
• Handicraft Club
  West Seneca Public Library , 1300 Union Rd , West Seneca
  1:30 pm
• West Seneca Public Library Book Club
  West Seneca Public Library , 1300 Union Rd , West Seneca
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Pokemon Polar Party Winter School Break Camp - EAST AMHERST
  Stutelage Innovations , 6725 Transit Rd , East Amherst
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• When we came home at 9:00 from family gathering on Christmas Eve night, there was no heat in our home.
  If it was just adults we might have waited, but we had an 18 month old with us. At 10:00 pm we called Zenner & Ritter who installed our furnace 8… (Nextdoor Smallwood)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray cat!
  FOUND on December 25, 2025 in Buffalo, NY 14222 near Behind 245 Elmwood Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the finder,… (Nextdoor Niagara Grant)

• Please be advised that the Skyway (State Route 5) in the City of Buffalo, Erie County, will be closed in both directions beginning at 6. on... (X: NYSDOT)
• Western New York’s latest winter storm has prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul to issue an advisory to caution commuters to stay off the roads and work from... (X: news4buffalo)

• Aimbridge Hospitality posted a job opening for Hyatt Regency Buffalo - Night Auditor in Buffalo. Apply here.
• US Foods posted a job opening for Master Meat Cutter in Buffalo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Buffalo here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kenmore

• Weekend Section V Hockey Wrap: Carmody tallies four points for Aquinas; Splain scores two for Webster Schroeder (pickinsplinters.com)

Cheektowaga

• ‘He's resting in Jesus' arms': West Seneca mourns teen struck and killed by car last week (wkbw.com)

Tonawanda

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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