🌱 Winooski High grad’s long journey to U.S. citizenship reaches joyful finish

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• Winooski High grad’s long journey to U.S. citizenship reaches joyful finish

Also on today's calendar: Make your own Holiday Cards - at Specs Cafe and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Colder with snow showers, with a high of 27 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 27, low: 17.
• Saturday: A little afternoon snow, with a high of 30 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Amid an Immigration Crackdown, 23 New Vermonters Become Citizens (sevendaysvt.com) — A Winooski High School graduate who arrived as a Bosnian refugee is among 23 Vermonters recently sworn in as new U.S. citizens in a Burlington federal courtroom. The ceremony, held amid a national immigration crackdown, highlights the long journeys of refugees from around the world who now call Vermont home and are eager to vote, work, and fully participate in civic life.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winooski

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Untapped: A Night of Drag and Burly-Q — Green Mountain Cabaret
  Monkey House, 30 Main St, Winooski
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 14

• Make your own Holiday Cards - at Specs Cafe
  Standing Stone Wines , 33 Main St , Winooski
  1:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Community Meal – Winooski
  Winooski Senior Center , 123 Barlow St , Winooski
  11:30 am

Thursday December 18

• OPEN MIC NIGHT — specs
  specs café-bar , 7 W Canal St # 1 , Winooski
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Community Meal – Winooski
  Winooski Senior Center , 123 Barlow St , Winooski
  11:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• City Council Meeting - Budget Retreat
  South Burlington, VT Calendar , 180 Market Street , South Burlington
  9:00 am
• Tai Chi: Beginning Tai Chi- Colchester
  Colchester Recreation Center , 80 Dick Mazza Dr , Colchester
  10:00 am
• Champlain Islands Fiber Bees
  North Hero Methodist Church , 3671 US-2 , North Hero
  11:00 am
• Boys Basketball @ Vergennes A First
  Vergennes Union High School , 50 Monkton Rd , Vergennes
  4:30 pm
• Winter Band Concert
  CHS Performing Arts Center
  7:00 pm
• Zach Zimmerman
  Vermont Comedy Club , 101 Main St , Burlington
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Baby Storytime
  Burnham Memorial Library > Children's Area , 898 Main St. , Colchester
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• City of Winooski, VT posted a job opening for Part-Time, On Call Firefighter in Winooski. Apply here.
• University of Vermont posted a job opening for Dean of the Grossman School of Business (GSB) in Burlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Winooski here.

🗞 Nearby News

Burlington

• Time running out to weigh in on Burlington's overdose prevention center (wcax.com)
• Burlington-based sock drive benefits unhoused Vermonters (mychamplainvalley.com)
• Burlington businesses give out winter gear, warm meals during snowy weather (mynbc5.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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