🌱 Patch AM: How a Bernardsville first responder earned decades-in-the-making recognition

Hello Bernardsville! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Bernardsville first responder earned decades-in-the-making recognition

Also on today's calendar: Barn & Rummage Sale and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a shower in spots, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
• Friday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 83, low: 54.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 73 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Basking Ridge's John Orfan Honored For Decades Of Service (patch.com) — A longtime volunteer with Bernardsville Fire Company No. 1 & First Aid Squad has been honored for more than three decades of service, including leadership roles and major emergency responses. Basking Ridge resident and 9/11 response volunteer John Orfan was named a "Senior of Distinction" by Rep. Tom Kean Jr., recognizing his ongoing commitment to Bernardsville and Somerset County neighbors.
   

📸 Around Bernardsville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bernardsville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Barn & Rummage Sale →
  St Lawrence the Martyr Roman Catholic Church, 375 Main St, Chester
  9:00 am
• A Garden Conservancy Open Garden Day! →
  130 Stevens Ln, Far Hills
  10:00 am
• Warren County Hot Air Balloons, Fun & Games Festival →
  Warren County Community College, 475 NJ-57, Washington
  1:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• ACEing Autism Tennis Clinic Begins →
  Green Knoll Tennis Center, 587 Garretson Rd, Bridgewater
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Finch Writing Club Fall Workshops! →
  26 Church St, Bernards
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 19
• Treasures of the Swamp Scavenger Hunt 9/19 & 9/20 →
  Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, 32 Pleasant Plains Rd
  10:00 am
• Kid's Zentangle Art Workshop →
  Clarence Dillon Public Library, 2336 Lamington Rd, Bedminster
  10:30 am
• NJ Audubon Digital Photography Workshop: Understanding Your Digital Camera →
  New Jersey Audubon's Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary, 11 Hardscrabble Rd, Bernardsville
  1:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Pitch, Please It's Trivia Night →
  Living Waters Lutheran Church, 11 Old York Rd, Raritan Township
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• NJ Audubon: Rutgers University Ecological Preserve Birder's Walk →
  Rutgers University Ecological Preserve, 83 Rockafeller Rd, Piscataway
  8:00 am
• SHEF30 Community Festival →
  Seney Drive Campus, Seney Dr, Bernardsville, NJ, 07924
  3:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Chester Lions Oktoberfest Weekend & Car Show →
  Chubb Park, 290 W Main St, Chester
  12:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• NJ Audubon Bernardsville Hawk Watch - Multiple Dates →
  New Jersey Audubon's Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary, 11 Hardscrabble Rd, Bernardsville
  1:00 pm

📣 Bernardsville Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Bedminster Township Committee - Colin Hickey and Rich Costa —Barbara Baumann Read on Patch

• First Energy Corporation posted a job opening for Clerk II - IJ-0794 - NJ Distribution Operations - Morristown Gen. Office in Morristown. Apply here.
• Staff Management Group posted a job opening for Reach Truck Operator in Randolph. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bernardsville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Basking Ridge

• Bernards Township to Host Blood Drive on Oct. 1 (tapinto.net)
• Senator Jon Bramnick to Narrate Copland's 'Lincoln Portrait' at NJFO Season Opener (tapinto.net)

Mendham

• Mendham Man Tried To Have Sex With Children, Cops Say (patch.com)

Ok Bernardsville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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