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🌱 Patch AM: How close is the Clark Reservoir dredging to being finished?
Coming up: New Yacht City - The Yacht Rock Tribute on the Clark Patch calendar
Cheers Clark! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
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!)
- 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. 
📸 Around Clark
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Clark
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- New Yacht City - The Yacht Rock Tribute →
Crossroads, 78 North Ave, Garwood
8:00 pm - 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 - 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
Friday August 21
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
📣 Clark Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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
Thursday August 20
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- Fairways at Cranford — (908) 913-8138
- Springfield Collectibles — (973) 715-6543
- Keta Medical Center — (201) 730-4515
- Cranford Performance Institute — 9089340055
- Orange Mattress — (732) 428-4125
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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.
- Target posted a job opening for Guest Advocate (Cashier or Front of Store Attendant/Cart Attendant) (T1467) in Clark. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Clark here.
🗞 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)
Ok Clark! 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: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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