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🌱 Patch AM: 7th Annual Bishop Janes UMC Golf Outing and 14 more events
Also check out Haunted Hallways on the Basking Ridge Patch calendar

Good morning Basking Ridge! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Haunted Hallways at Ridge High School
- 7th Annual Bishop Janes UMC Golf Outing at Basking Ridge Country Club
- Board of Education Meeting at Ridge High School PAC
... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Warmer, with a high of 73 and low of 52 degrees.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 78, low: 59.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 55 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Basking Ridge
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★ Featured events ★
- Haunted Hallways →
Ridge High School, 268 S Finley Ave, Bernards
11:00 am
Sunday October 18
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Other local events
- 7th Annual Bishop Janes UMC Golf Outing →
Basking Ridge Country Club, 185 Madisonville Rd, Bernards
10:00 am - Board of Education Meeting
Ridge High School PAC, 268 S Finley Ave, Basking Ridge
7:00 pm - Convert Your Memories to Digital with the Library of Things! →
Bernards Township Library, 32 S Maple Ave, Bernards
11:00 am - Ladies of History "Annis Boudinot Stockton" - a one-woman show →
Bernards Township Library, 32 S Maple Ave, Bernards
7:00 pm - Township Committee Meeting
Bernards Township Meetings, 1 Collyer Lane, Basking Ridge
7:30 pm - Mah Jongg At Somerset Hills YMCA! →
Somerset Hills YMCA, 138 Mount Airy Rd, Basking Ridge
10:30 am - Be the Change Community Service →
The Community Hub, 9 Church St, Bernardsville
6:30 pm - A Celebration of Star Trek - 60th anniversary →
Bernards Township Library, 32 S Maple Ave, Bernards
7:00 pm - Unlocking Your Family History: Master BTL's Genealogy Databases →
Bernards Township Library, 32 S Maple Ave, Bernards
6:00 pm - VIRTUAL How to Look: Impressionism, with Art Historian Jay Schuck →
BernardsLibrary.org
7:00 pm - Friday Night at the Opera: Gounod's Romeo et Juliette →
Bernards Township Library, 32 S Maple Ave, Bernards
7:30 pm
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Thursday October 15
Friday October 16
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- McCarthy and Bannan: Collaborative Governance Focused on Local Issues That Matter —Anna F Read on Patch
- Td Waterhouse posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager - Liberty Corner in Basking Ridge. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Bernardsville
- For a Democrat in a traditionally red NJ district, how to woo Republican voters (gothamist.com)
- Somerset Hills Board of Education Welcomes New Member (TAPinto.net)
Watchung
- Watchung Hills Boys Soccer Holds Off Franklin, Caps Three-Win Week (TAPinto.net)
Bedminster
- Trump's 'Camp Donald' grift is designed to outlast his presidency (salon.com)
- Melania Trump Under Scrutiny As Claims Surface She Doesn't Live 'Side By Side' With Husband Donald And Isn't 'Supporting' His Work (theblast.com)
- NJ town reportedly blew opioid settlement money on pricey police cruisers and Flock cameras: 'It's a joke' (nypost.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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