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Greetings Clifton! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Could this $1.90 ride change how Clifton gets around?
  • How a fake gun led to late-night Clifton car burglary arrests
  • Why 30 Clifton residents joined a lawsuit over mosque expansion

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 14 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 75 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Friday: An afternoon shower, temps: high: 85, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Not as warm with some sun, with a high of 73 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Paterson next for county's low-cost ride program. See how to use it (northjersey.com) — Passaic County's MOVE ride service, already logging over 108,000 trips in Clifton and Passaic, is expanding next to Paterson while continuing local operations through May 2027. For Clifton residents, the $1.90 on-demand vans connect riders to work, medical appointments, NJ Transit and key spots like the Clifton train station and St. Mary's Hospital, with weekday service and wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
   

• Loose Change, Fake Gun: Two Charged in Clifton Car Burglaries (thecliftontimes.com) — Police say two men from Passaic were caught breaking into cars in a Clifton commercial lot on East Madison Avenue, allegedly taking only loose change and dropping what turned out to be a fake handgun. Officers also reported finding knives, drug paraphernalia and suspected pills, and both men now face multiple burglary, weapons and drug-related charges while presumed innocent.
   

• N.J. town faces federal lawsuit over denied mosque. Residents say it's discrimination. (nj.com subscription) — A federal lawsuit over a denied mosque in Marlboro is drawing attention to what advocates call a broader pattern of discrimination in New Jersey land-use decisions involving Muslim communities. Clifton residents are part of that picture, with 30 locals suing over rejected plans to significantly expand the Islamic Center of Passaic County, raising questions about equal treatment for religious institutions across the state.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Passaic

  • Halls of Justice: Historic Passaic County Courthouse Rededicated Following $11.2 Million Restoration (tapinto.net)
  • Gold Award Girl Scout Inspires Teens with New Book on Finding Joy (tapinto.net)
  • North Jersey Super 20 girls volleyball rankings after first month (northjersey.com)

Little Falls

  • CytoDyn Announces 2026 Virtual Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement Filing (kalkinemedia.com)

Paterson

  • Paterson 4K gang members get 7 to 9 years for shooting up rival van (northjersey.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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