🌱 Patch AM: Are you recycling your Christmas tree and batteries the safe way?

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In today's newsletter:

• Are you recycling your Christmas tree and batteries the safe way?

Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Low clouds, temps: high: 68, low: 59.
• Monday: Cloudy, showers around; windy, with a high of 68 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ICYMI: Lexington County Solid Waste Management shares holiday recycling tips, services (coladaily.com) — Lexington County is rolling out detailed guidance on how to handle your post-holiday trash, from where to drop off live and artificial Christmas trees to how to safely recycle cooking oil and lithium-ion batteries. Residents in and around Lexington can use 11 collection centers, special landfill rules, and upcoming hazardous waste events to recycle more and avoid curbside mistakes.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 27

• 2025 Cold Winter's Day 5k
  First Citizens Bank , 4801 Forest Dr Suite B , Columbia
  10:00 am
• Jon Michaels — 518 Smokehouse
  518 Smokehouse , 673 Chapin Rd , Chapin
  7:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Monday Night Group Dance Classes
  Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce , 103 Legion Plaza Rd. , Columbia
  6:15 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Book Club: Book Buzz & Beyond
  Gaston Branch Library , 214 S Main St , Gaston
  1:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Year's Day
  Indian Waters Council - Boy Scouts of America , 715 Betsy Dr # B6 , Columbia
• Muscogee Lodge - Renew Annual Dues or Pass
  Indian Waters Council - Boy Scouts of America , 715 Betsy Dr # B6 , Columbia
• Rotary Club of Chapin Sunrise
  Crooked Creek Park Chapin, SC 29036
  7:30 am
• Sandhills District Meeting & Roundtable
  Rembert Area Community Center , 6785 Bradley St , Rembert
  6:00 pm
• Chicora Roundtable
  Horry Georgetown Technical College , 2050 US 501 East , Conway
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Official South Carolina Boating Education Class
  Zion Lutheran Church , 226 Corley Mill Rd , Lexington
  9:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• Estate Planning 101 Workshop hosted in Lexington, SC
  Lexington Chamber & Visitors Center , 311 W Main St , Lexington
  6:30 pm

Thursday January 29

• Painting with Palette Knife and Vibrant Color with Trish Weeks
  Crooked Creek Park , 1098 Old Lexington Hwy , Chapin
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Made Christmas dinner a 10lb spiral ham, mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, pineapple and a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.
  I will be sharing my Christmas dinner with 2 of my older neighbors since they have no place to go due to both have a hard time driving both during… (Nextdoor Calks ferry and two notch)
• Please, we are looking for our cat.
  His name is Pickles. He's an indoor/outdoor cat, but typically doesn't venture far off or for very long. He went out yesterday (12/24) morning and we… (Nextdoor Pleasant Hill)

• Planet Fitness Inc. posted a job opening for Overnight Custodian in Lexington. Apply here.
• South Carolina Staffing posted a job opening for Toddler Teacher in Lexington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lexington here.

🗞 Nearby News

West Columbia

• Augusta Road and Jarvis Klapman Boulevard repaved in West Columbia, what's next? (westmetronews.com)
• Lexington School District 2 Annual Teacher Job Fair scheduled for Jan. 27 (westmetronews.com)
• Orlando City sign Brazilian teenager Luis Otavio (thestate.com)

Cayce

• 2 people die in Christmas Eve collision on Platt Springs Road in Lexington County (westmetronews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I have no idea. I didn’t even know sheep could knit.
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