🌱 Patch AM: How close is the Clark Reservoir dredging to being finished?

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In today's newsletter:

• How close is the Clark Reservoir dredging to being finished?

Also on today's calendar: New Yacht City - The Yacht Rock Tribute and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 85, low: 67.
• Saturday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 78 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Township Updates Residents on Clark Reservoir Project (tapinto.net) — Clark Township is updating residents on the ongoing Clark Reservoir Improvement Project, confirming dredging is largely on schedule with 90,000 of 155,000 cubic yards of sediment already removed. Center Lake dredging is about 90 percent complete and expected to finish after Labor Day, with weather cited as the main challenge but no formal delays reported yet.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Clark

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Friday August 21
• New Yacht City - The Yacht Rock Tribute →
  Crossroads, 78 North Ave, Garwood
  8:00 pm
Monday August 24
• Social Justice Commission Monthly Meeting →
  City of Rahway Boards & Commissions Rahway Rec Center Room 110 - 275 E. Milton Ave Rahway NJ 0
  7:00 pm
• Zoning Board Regular Meeting →
  Clark Township, NJ Calendar, Council Chambers 315 Westfield Avenue, Clark
  7:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Board of Education Monthly Meeting →
  City of Rahway Boards & Commissions Rahway High School Performing Arts Center - 1012 Madison Av
  6:00 pm
• Planning Board Monthly Meeting →
  City of Rahway Boards & Commissions Council Chambers - 1 City Hall Plaza Council Chambers Rahwa
  7:00 pm
• Library Board Monthly Meeting →
  City of Rahway Boards & Commissions Virtual Meeting via Zoom -
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Post Partum Support Group
  Westfield Memorial Library Meeting Room
  12:00 pm
• UCC Laugh for Charity Gala and Casino Night 2026 →
  Galloping Hill Golf Course, 3 Golf Dr, Kenilworth
  6:00 pm
• Regular Meeting of the Linden Board of Education
  Linden Public School District School 1, 728 N Wood Ave, Linden, NJ, 07036
  6:00 pm
• Roselle Board of Education Workshop Meeting
  Roselle Public Schools Roselle, NJ 07203
  6:00 pm
• Planning Board Special Meeting 8/20/26 →
  Kenilworth, NJ Calendar Kenilworth, NJ 07033
  7:00 pm
• SEVEN STONE CONCERT →
  Woodbridge Township, NJ Calendar, Ferry St., Perth Amboy
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kerry Ingredients & Flavours, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Manager in Clark. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Rahway

• COWABUNGA!: Rahway's UCPAC to Host Special 35MM Screening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Featuring Live Q&A with Makeup Artist Jeff Goodwin on Sept. 17 (tapinto.net)
• Rahway Students Take Leadership Beyond the Classroom Through S.O.A.R. International Internship (tapinto.net)
• Obsidian Rising LLC Named an OpenAI Select Partner (tapinto.net)

Cranford

• Familiar Face, New Role: Jen Burns Joins Cranford Fire Department (tapinto.net)

Westfield

• Man Tampers With Flock Camera, Charged In Westfield: Blotter (patch.com)
• Westfield To Hold Annual 9/11 Ceremony At North Avenue Memorial (patch.com)
• Driver Runs Red Light, Injures Pedestrian In Westfield, Police Say (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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