The free Stillwater Community Christmas Dinner serves hundreds of residents every year, and this year should be no different.
The dinner will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 25 at the Stillwater Community Center at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Duck Street.
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