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🌱 Can Liberty slow down Pickens’ high-scoring Blue Flame on Monday?
Also check out Ed Harrison Memorial Celtic Christmas on the Pickens Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- Can Liberty slow down Pickens’ high-scoring Blue Flame on Monday?
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Pickens? Post it to Pickens photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Find out what's happening in Pickensfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Pickensfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 55 and low of 30 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 58, low: 38.
- Thursday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 56 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Basketball Recap: Landrum Wins Going Away Against Liberty (maxpreps.com) — Pickens High’s Blue Flame girls are set to host Liberty’s Red Devils in a holiday matchup Monday at 6 p.m., facing a winless Liberty squad that just fell to Landrum. Pickens comes in averaging just over 50 points per game, so local fans can expect an up-tempo contest and a strong offensive showing at home.
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📸 Around Pickens
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🗓 Events Nearby
- BINGO THURSDAYS (1)
The Market at the Mill , 225 Pumpkintown Hwy , Pickens
11:30 am - International Ballet Stars - The Nutcracker
Pickens County Performing Arts Center , 314 W Main St , Liberty
7:00 pm - The Nutcracker: International Ballet Stars in Liberty, SC!
Pickens County Performing Arts Center , 314 W Main St , Liberty
7:00 pm - Upstate Holiday Light Show – Biggest interactive LED light show in the Upstate
Upstate Holiday Light Show , 148 Crumpton Ln , Easley
6:00 pm - Buddy and the Elves must save Christmas
Pickens County Performing Arts Center , 314 W Main St , Liberty
7:30 pm - Buddy and the Elves must save Christmas!
Pickens County Performing Arts Center , 314 W Main St , Liberty
7:30 pm - Wrap and Yap
Pickens County Library System - Sarlin Library - Liberty , 15 S Palmetto St , Liberty
11:00 am - A Christmas Carol: A Story Of Forgiveness
Foothills Playhouse , 201 S 5th St , Easley
2:00 pm - Suminagashi-Japanese Marbling
Pickens County Library System - Sarlin Library - Liberty , 15 S Palmetto St , Liberty
4:00 pm - Gentle Yoga and Meditation
Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library , 304 Biltmore Rd , Easley
1:30 pm - The Carol Burnett Show
Pickens County Performing Arts Center , 314 W Main St , Liberty
7:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Monday December 22
Tuesday December 23
Friday February 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- This sweet little girl is looking for her furever home she belongs to an elderly lady who is in bad health and she just doesn't have the time to give this little girl and she needs someone who can sit and hold her and love her and be with her
hopefully an older person. If you're interested just private message me and I'll connect you with the lady. She lives in Easley. Please someone help… (Nextdoor Brevard Hwy) - Grooming Granny grooming has 3 openings this week.
Let me know if your dog needs a groom!! 864-517-0177 (Nextdoor Brevard Hwy)
- PACS posted a job opening for Housekeeping, Part-time in Pickens. Apply here.
- Bell American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Overnight Shift Leader in Pickens. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pickens here.
🗞 Nearby News
Easley
- Man found along Upstate roadway died after crash, coroner says (wyff4.com)
- Le'Asia Morgan Game Report: @ Easley (maxpreps.com)
Powdersville
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