🌱 How Bernards’ football move could shake up Bound Brook’s future schedules.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Bernards' football move could shake up Bound Brook's future schedules.

Also on today's calendar: This Weekend Step Out of Your House — Step Into 1776 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 68 and low of 50 degrees.
• Friday: Breezy with variable clouds, temps: high: 70, low: 53.
• Saturday: Rain and drizzle possible, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Powerhouse Somerset County football program to leave Big Central Conf. (mycentraljersey.com) — Bernards High School's powerhouse football program plans to leave the Big Central Conference in 2028, a move that could reshape schedules for familiar opponents like Bound Brook and Manville. Local schools joined Skyland Conference together in 2006, and Bernards' push to shift leagues highlights ongoing concerns about travel, school size, and competitive balance that may ripple across Somerset County programs.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bound Brook

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 27
• This Weekend Step Out of Your House — Step Into 1776 →
  East Amwell Historical Society Museum and Gallery, 1053 Old York Rd, East Amwell Township
  2:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Become a NJ Real Estate Agent * IN PERSON or ONLINE * SUNDAY Class →
  Montclair School of Real Estate, 89 Walnut St, Montclair, NJ 07042,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday September 27
• Silent Movie Day 2026 | Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin | Classic Movies at the Brook →
  10 Hamilton St, Bound Brook
  6:30 pm
Monday September 28
• Annual Golf Outing FORE Our Youth →
  Basking Ridge Country Club, 185 Madisonville Rd, Bernards
  9:00 am
• Flu Shot Clinic - Bound Brook →
  Bound Brook NJ
  2:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• SCEA Pizza and Postcards/LAT meeting →
  Chimney Rock Inn, 800 N. Thompson Ave., Bound Brook
  4:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Motown Tribute featuring The TeeTones Live at the Brook Arts Center →
  Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook
  7:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Cannabis Certified Starting October 5th! →
  Raritan Valley Community College On ZOOM
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Free Silent Film Night with Live Organ at the Brook Arts Center →
  Brook Arts Center, 10 Hamilton St, Bound Brook
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• NJ Big Flea Antiques Event →
  The New Jersey Convention And Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave, Edison
  4:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• SCEA ESP Caucus / Job Protections Workshop →
  Chimney Rock Inn, 800 N. Thompson Ave., Bound Brook
  5:00 pm
• Manville at Bound Brook →
  Bound Brook High School, 111 W Union Ave, Bound Brook
  6:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Somerville Public School District posted a job opening for Assistant Wrestling Coach in Somerville. Apply here.
• Sherwin-Williams posted a job opening for Customer Service Specialist in Somerville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bound Brook here.

🗞 Nearby News

Manville

• Library Roof Ordinance Pulled (manville.today)

Somerville

• Longtime Historian at Wallace House/OldDutch Parsonage in Somerville Moves to Rockingham in Rocky Hill, Replaced by Colleague from Twin Towers Lighthouse in Atlantic Highlands (tapinto.net)
• Somerville may get museum celebrating its history, hometown legends (mycentraljersey.com)
• Elizabeth nets back-to-back Bellamy & Son Paving Player of the Week honors, as Qua'Yon Williams scores every which way vs. St. Joe's (cjsportsradio.com)

Bridgewater

• Bridgewater Storage Plan Makes More Revisions To Keep Melick Farm Stand At Route 28 Site (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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