🌱 Patch AM: How Asbury Park responded after swastikas defaced a local food pantry

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In today's newsletter:

• How Asbury Park responded after swastikas defaced a local food pantry

Also on today's calendar: Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Periods of sun; less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 64 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 70.
• Monday: An afternoon shower; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Arrest in swastika graffiti vandalism (starnewsgroup.com) — Swastikas were spray‑painted on four locations in Asbury Park, including the Mercy Center food pantry and sites along Main Street and Memorial Drive, before police arrested a Point Pleasant man on criminal mischief and bias intimidation charges. Mercy Center's leader stresses that such hate symbols have no place in the city and vows the nonprofit will keep serving vulnerable neighbors despite the intimidation.
   

📸 Around Asbury Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Asbury Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale →
  Grand Avenue, Grand Ave, North Brunswick Township
  9:30 am
Sunday August 30
• Moving Sale →
  7 Cecilia Court, 7 Cecilia Ct, Howell Township
  11:00 am
Friday September 4
• Allcare Therapy Services Ribbon Cutting Ceremony →
  Allcare Therapy Services, LLC, 2130 NJ-35, Sea Girt
  4:00 pm
Monday September 28
• Golf for a Great Cause →
  Eagle Oaks Golf & Country Club, 20 Shore Oaks Dr, Farmingdale
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Sunset Lake Commission →
  City of Asbury Park City Council Chambers - City Hall 1 Municipal Plaza Asbury Park NJ
  5:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Parking Committee →
  City of Asbury Park City Council Chambers - City Hall 1 Municipal Plaza Asbury Park NJ
  5:30 pm
Friday September 4
• First Fridays: Art & Sound at Press Plaza →
  City of Asbury Park Press Plaza - Cookman & Emory Ave Asbury Park NJ 07712
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Free Community Farm Stand (Rain Date Sunday) →
  City of Asbury Park Community Farm Stand - Corner of Bangs and Memorial Avenues
  9:00 am
• The E Street Shuffle →
  Wonder Bar, 1213 Ocean Ave N, Asbury Park
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Jersey Shore Ride For Food Justice →
  Trinity Church, 503 Asbury Ave, Asbury Park
  7:00 am
• 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival →
  County Road 530, County Rd 530
  11:00 am
Monday September 14
• GOTCC's Golfing Fore Heroes Returns September 14 to Benefit Local First Responders →
  Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Rd, Neptune Township
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• NJ E-Bike Law & Safety Webinar for parents, guardians, and school leaders — Tuesday, September 1 at 7pm.
  Learn about e-bike laws and safety tips. Free virtual event hosted by EZ Ride. RSVP: gqr.sh/CQFS (Nextdoor )

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Neptune. Apply here.
• Edgewood Properties posted a job opening for Maintenance Tech III -Neptune in Neptune. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Asbury Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ocean Grove

• 3 Monmouth County towns among prettiest small towns in New Jersey (app.com)
• Joy to the world: Ronald Naldi makes history as he performs with a jazz trio in the Great Auditorium. Re-post from 2021. (blogfinger.net)
• See the 50+ restaurants that opened at the Jersey Shore this summer (app.com)

Ocean

• 50+ restaurants that have opened at the Shore this summer (app.com)
• Board of education holds annual retreat (starnewsgroup.com)
• Fall festivals brighten season (starnewsgroup.com)

Long Branch

• Monmouth SPCA Invites Seniors To Snuggle Pets, Plus Pet Loss Support Group (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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