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• Why did a costumed "Bongholeo" shut down a Cranford meeting?

Also on today's calendar: Cooking with the Vegetable Garden Bounty and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 66.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NJ Activist Explains Viral Free Speech Protest as Bongholeo in Cranford (headynj.com) — A New Jersey cannabis and free speech activist known as "Bongholeo" is drawing national attention for his costumed protests at Cranford Township Committee meetings, challenging how officials handle public comment and cannabis issues. His appearances, along with fellow advocate Edward "Lefty" Grimes, spotlight debates over home cannabis growing, disability access at dispensaries, and how residents feel treated when they criticize local government.
   

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Tuesday August 25
• Cranford Tuesdays at the Clock: Laurie Vega Trio – Broadway Jazz Comes to Cranford →
  Downtown Cranford, Walnut Ave &, N Union Ave, Cranford
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Wednesday August 26
• Boys Freshman Soccer @ East Side High School - Newark
  Westfield School District 238 Van Buren Street, Newark New Jersey 07105
  4:00 pm
• Girls Freshman Volleyball vs Old Tappan High School
  Westfield School District 301 Clark St., Westfield New Jersey 07090
  4:00 pm
• Boys Varsity Soccer @ East Side High School - Newark
  Westfield School District 238 Van Buren Street, Newark New Jersey 07105
  4:00 pm
• Girls JV Volleyball vs Old Tappan High School
  Westfield School District 550 Dorian Road, Westfield New Jersey 07090
  4:00 pm
• Girls JV Tennis vs Summit High School
  Westfield School District 1101 Lamberts Mill Road, Westfield New Jersey 07090
  4:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Tennis @ Summit High School
  Westfield School District 125 Kent Place Blvd, Summit New Jersey 07901-4799
  4:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Old Tappan High School
  Westfield School District 550 Dorian Road, Westfield New Jersey 07090
  4:00 pm
• Cooking with the Vegetable Garden Bounty →
  Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Ave, Cranford
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Flawless →
  Bauer Boucher Theatre Center, Vaugh-Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Ave, Union
  7:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Flawless →
  Bauer Boucher Theatre Center, Vaugh-Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Ave, Union
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Cranford Fall Blood Drive →
  Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Ave, Cranford
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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Westfield

• Which Westfield Streets Are Being Paved the Week of Aug. 24? (tapinto.net)

Scotch Plains

• Alleged Child Rapist Nabbed In Union County Using Flock Camera System (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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