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In today's newsletter:

  • Luxury cars, big-money scams and a jewelry theft hit Basking Ridge
  • What Bernards police want every Basking Ridge resident to do this month
  • How three Ridge High students turned a backyard concert into 3,200 meals

Also on today's calendar: Shop the Fall Tent Sale at Garden Cottage! and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

1. Stolen Mercedes Benz, $127K Credit Card Scam Reported In Basking Ridge (patch.com) — Residents in Basking Ridge are being warned after a string of September incidents, including two luxury vehicle thefts where keys were left inside, a $127,000 credit card scam, and a $27,000 bank account hack. Bernards Township police also reported shoplifting, multiple warrant arrests, a DWI stop, and a $50,000 jewelry theft, urging locals to secure vehicles and verify any suspicious payment requests.
   

2. Bernards Township Police Report 29 Crashes, Multiple Thefts and Scams in September (TAPinto.net) — Bernards Township police, serving Basking Ridge, handled 29 crashes in September and are investigating several major thefts, including stolen vehicles, a $127,000 credit card scam, and $50,000 in missing gold coins and jewelry. Officers also made multiple arrests on warrants and in connection with a stolen BMW pursuit, while urging residents to lock vehicles and verify any suspicious financial requests.
   

3. Basking Ridge Students Collect 3,200 Pounds of Food in First Foodstock Drive (TAPinto.net) — Basking Ridge students led a monthlong Foodstock drive that collected 3,200 pounds of non-perishable food from local neighborhoods for the Food Bank Network of Somerset County. Ridge High School organizers tied the effort to a backyard music festival and say strong participation shows how residents are responding to food insecurity, especially after the Stop & Shop at Lyons Mall closed.
   

4. Meet of the Week: Scotch Plains-Fanwood Nips Westfield (onnj.com) — Ridge High's gymnastics team in Basking Ridge will host Westfield on Oct. 14, following Westfield's narrow loss to Scotch Plains-Fanwood in a tightly scored meet. The earlier matchup featured standout all-around performances and strong showings on every apparatus, setting up an intriguing contest when Westfield travels to Basking Ridge for its next big test.
   

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