🌱 How Governor Livingston students are adapting to New Jersey’s strict phone ban

Coffee in hand, Berkeley Heights? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Governor Livingston students are adapting to New Jersey’s strict phone ban

Also on today's calendar: Garden Concert featuring Sound Bite at Reeves-Reed Arboretum and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 67.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• More States Crack Down on Student Cellphone Use in Schools (usnews.com) — A Governor Livingston High School sophomore in Berkeley Heights shares how classmates try to dodge New Jersey’s strict ‘bell-to-bell’ cellphone ban, from burner phones to hidden AirPods. The story zooms out to compare New Jersey’s approach with other districts nationwide, showing how schools, parents, and students are adapting to tighter device rules and even rediscovering low-tech hallway fun like hacky sack.
   

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📸 Around Berkeley Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Berkeley Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28

• Sixty Miles Down →
  Dingbatz, 620 Van Houten Ave, Clifton
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26

• Garden Concert featuring Sound Bite at Reeves-Reed Arboretum →
  Reeves-Reed Arboretum, 165 Hobart Ave, Summit
  6:00 pm

Thursday August 27

• MKM Meet & Greet - Kindergarten - Grade 2
  Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center MKM Classroom
  2:00 pm
• MKM Meet & Greet - Preschool
  Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center MKM Classroom
  2:15 pm
• MKM PTO Popsicle in the Park
  Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center MKM Playground/Blacktop
  2:30 pm
• Music Room: Flowing River MA
  Chatham United Methodist Church 460 Main Street, Chatham , NJ 07928
  5:00 pm
• Library Board Meeting
  Borough of Chatham 54 Fairmount Avenue, Chatham, NJ 07928
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 29

• Christian Johnson →
  Bananas Comedy Club, 801 Rutherford Ave, Rutherford
  6:00 pm

Monday August 31

• Board of Education Meeting
  New Providence School District New Providence High School, 35 Pioneer Dr, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA
  7:00 pm

Saturday September 12

• Grand Opening of Gina's Tennis World →
  649 Springfield Ave, Berkeley Heights
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 26

• Watchung Library Writers Group
  Watchung Library Watchung branch - 20 Stirling Road
  10:30 am
• Disabilities Social Hour
  North Plainfield Library North Plainfield branch - Main Floor
  10:30 am
• Educational Storytime
  North Plainfield Library North Plainfield branch - Program Room
  2:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Old Tappan High School
  Westfield School District 550 Dorian Road, Westfield New Jersey 07090
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

New Providence

• Explore TAPinto Ownership: Build a Local Business With Community Impact (tapinto.net)
• Phillipsburg, Bridgewater-Raritan begin season at Nos. 1 and 2 in Big Central Preseason Power Rankings (cjsportsradio.com)
• Solo dining is surging. Here's how local eateries are adapting (northjersey.com)

Plainfield

• Connecting Markets (tapinto.net)
• Affordable Housing & the Old Firehouse (tapinto.net)

Westfield

• Union County K9 Unit Receives Donation To Help Protect Kona (patch.com)
• Westfield Mixed-Use Property Sells for $5.9 Million (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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