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🌱 Where can Aberdeen residents celebrate New Year’s Eve and Day locally?
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In today's newsletter:
- Where can Aberdeen residents celebrate New Year’s Eve and Day locally?
- How an Aberdeen driver ended up crashing into a state trooper
- Aberdeen and Hoquiam remember the life of Rita Joan Frey
Also on today's calendar: Festival of Lights - Party at the Library! and 5 more events.
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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Occasional rain, with a high of 52 and low of 49 degrees.
- Friday: Cloudy with occasional rain, temps: high: 57, low: 43.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 54 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. 2026 New Year's Eve Events in Grays Harbor County (graysharbortalk.com) — Aberdeen golfers can kick off 2026 at the New Year Mulligan Tournament on January 1 at Grays Harbor Country Club on Central Park Drive. Across the county, residents will find bar crawls, casino nights, fireworks, clam digs, and a big bash in Ocean Shores to celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Be sure to confirm times and any tentative clam-dig dates before heading out. 
2. Olympia man injured after driver crashes into trooper's vehicle in GHC (thedailyworld.com) — An Aberdeen driver is accused of failing to yield and crashing into a Washington State Patrol vehicle on state Route 107 near the Chehalis River, injuring a trooper from Olympia. A Cosmopolis woman riding with the Aberdeen man was hurt but declined hospital treatment, while another Aberdeen passenger and the trooper cadet were uninjured. The injured trooper was taken to Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma.
3. Rita Joan Frey (columbiabasinherald.com) — Rita Joan Frey, who helped raise a large family in Hoquiam and Aberdeen after moving there with her husband Gary, has died at 89. She was known locally for her home décor shop, musical theater work with Driftwood Players, and fundraising performances for Grays Harbor Hospital. A memorial service is planned for April 24, 2026, in Moses Lake.
4. Girls Prep Wrestling Roundup: Multiple Twin Harbors prep teams open season at weekend tournaments (bellinghamherald.com) — Aberdeen High School’s girls wrestlers opened their season strong at the Lady Jag Kickoff in Puyallup, with freshman Xela Kowoosh and several Bobcats earning podium finishes. Twin Harbors programs from Hoquiam, Ocosta, Raymond-South Bend, North Beach, Elma, and Montesano also turned in impressive results at multiple weekend tournaments, highlighting a deep field of local talent on the mats.
5. Major floods sweep Western WA; Skagit River set to shatter record (bellinghamherald.com) — Western Washington is facing major flooding, and Grays Harbor officials report a dam near Lake Sylvia State Park, just east of Aberdeen, is under increasing stress after heavy rains. While the dam has not failed, continued storms could worsen conditions, and the county remains under flood warnings as rivers and roads across the region strain under record-breaking rainfall.
📸 Around Aberdeen
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Aberdeen
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★ Featured events ★
- Comedy at Messy Jessy's with Rodger Lizaola
Messy Jessy's Bar and Grill, 212 S I St, Aberdeen
9:00 pm
Friday December 12
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Other local events
- Live music with Kevin Case
Corks & Taps , 130 Oyhut Bay Blvd SW, #101 , Ocean Shores
6:00 pm - Festival of Lights Craft Fair
Whitney's Detail Shop Montesano, WA
9:00 am - Santa Claus is Coming to Oyhut Bay
Oyhut Bay Seaside Resort Ocean Shores, WA
12:45 pm - Festival of Lights - Party at the Library!
Montesano Timberland Library - W. H. Abel Memorial Library , 125 S Main St , Montesano
2:30 pm - Shaun Beebe at Oyhut Bay Grill
Oyhut Bay Grill , 404 Salmonberry Lane SW , Ocean Shores
6:00 pm - Nauti Sea Glass Tree
Westport Winery Garden Resort , 1 S Arbor Rd , Aberdeen
1:00 pm - Bingo at Corks & Taps
Corks & Taps , 130 Oyhut Bay Blvd. SW, #101 , Ocean Shores
6:00 pm
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
Sunday December 14
Tuesday December 16
📣 Aberdeen Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Coed 7/8th Wrestling @ George Bush Middle School
Simpson Avenue Elementary , 2120 83RD Avenue SW , Tumwater
5:00 pm - Boys C-Team Basketball @ Shelton High School
Montesano Jr-Sr High , 3301 North Shelton Springs Road , Shelton
5:30 pm - Hoquiam Grizzlies vs Aberdeen Bobcats
Hoquiam High School , 501 W Emerson Ave , Hoquiam
5:30 pm - Boys JV Basketball @ Shelton High School
Montesano Jr-Sr High , 3737 N Shelton Springs Rd , Shelton
5:30 pm
Thursday December 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- There's lots of water over roads right now and some cities and counties may not be able to get road closed signs up fast enough.
First, if you see a road closed sign, don't go around it. It's there for your protection. A flooded road may have hidden dangers such as washed out… (Nextdoor ) - Our partners at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently reported an invasive Chinese mitten crab caught in the Willamette River near Portland.
This is the second mitten crab detected in 2025 in Oregon portions of the Lower Columbia River watershed. WDFW and the Washington Invasive Species… (Nextdoor )
- Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Aberdeen. Apply here.
- Papa Murphy's Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Crew Member in Aberdeen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Aberdeen here.
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