🌱 Defensive Driving Class and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Simple Gifts Handbell Holiday Concert at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran

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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 23 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy with periods of sun, temps: high: 43, low: 27.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 50 and low of 45 degrees.

📸 Around Ridge

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ridge

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Simple Gifts Handbell Holiday Concert
  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, 716 NY-25A, Rocky Point
  7:00 pm

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📣 Ridge Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Defensive Driving Class
  Brookhaven, NY Calendar , 1 Independence Hill , Farmingville
  9:00 am
• Gentle Toning and Muscle Strengthening on Zoom (Center Moriches)
  Center Moriches Free Public Library , 235 Main Street , Brookhaven
  11:00 am
• Senior Fit Chair Workout
  Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library , 407 William Floyd Pkwy , Shirley
  1:00 pm
• Snowman Tea Light Craft
  Brookhaven, NY Calendar
  1:00 pm
• Senior Strength, Stretch and Balance
  Medford Athletic Complex
  1:00 pm
• Public Auction for 303 Washington Ave, Brentwood, NY 11717
  1 Independence Hill , Farmingville
  1:00 pm
• Paper Pointsettias (Center Moriches)
  Center Moriches Free Public Library , 235 Main Street , Brookhaven
  2:00 pm
• Books & Bites (Grades 3-6)
  Longwood Public Library , 800 Middle Country Rd , Middle Island
  6:30 pm
• ORE-Grades 7/8 Winter Concert
  High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm
• Board Game Club
  Longwood Public Library , 800 Middle Country Rd , Middle Island
  7:00 pm
• SO-Grade 6 Winter Concert
  Saxton Middle School Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• William Floyd was born 291 years ago today, December 17, 1734.
  William Floyd Learning Center Shirley, NY 11967

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

• The Morency Organization Inc: Nail Lovers — (631) 560-1935
  “Empowering Beauty, Inspiring Wellness”

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Miller Place. Apply here.
• Associated Medical Professionals of NY posted a job opening for Billing Specialist in Brookhaven. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rocky Point

• A decade of the Southern Pine Beetle leaves Pine Barrens primed for fire (greaterlongisland.com)

Middle Island

• 21 best things we ate on Long Island in 2025 (newsday.com)

Patchogue

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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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