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Also on today's calendar: Tremendous Office Furniture Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 11 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)
• NJ Transit's Gladstone Branch Weekend Trains Replaced By Buses Through Oct. 10 (patch.com) — Weekend riders from Basking Ridge on NJ Transit's Gladstone Branch will need to catch substitute Lakeland buses through October 10, with boarding on North Finley Avenue at Ridge Street. The temporary change supports tree trimming, station roof repairs, and electrical upgrades, and riders are urged to check adjusted bus times, which may run earlier than regular trains.
• Bernards Township Schools Adopt Three Goals for 2026-27 School Year (tapinto.net) — Bernards Township schools, based in Basking Ridge, have set three major goals for 2026–27: gathering broad community input on district values, strengthening student support systems, and crafting a 10‑year capital plan without raising debt service. Residents will be invited into listening sessions, including a BT Connect meeting, to help shape facilities priorities and long‑range funding decisions.
• Basking Ridge Author, Former NFL Kicker Reflects On Loss, Family In New Memoir (patch.com) — A longtime Basking Ridge resident and former NFL kicker, Moe Lajterman, has published "23 A Memoir," sharing his family's immigration story and the loss of his brother in the 1970 Marshall University plane crash. He hopes local readers connect with its themes of family, grief, and resilience, and plans book signings while working on Kindle and audiobook editions.
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