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🌱 How falling vaccine rates could affect young kids from Fair Haven
Spotted on the Fair Haven calendar: Parking Sticker Application for Seniors
Hello Fair Haven! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How falling vaccine rates could affect young kids from Fair Haven
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.
- Friday: Humid with periods of sun, temps: high: 79, low: 69.
- Saturday: Humid with a few showers, with a high of 77 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• US kindergarten vaccine coverage continues downward trend (fredericksburg.com) — A Fair Haven infant's checkup at a Red Bank pediatric office is used to illustrate new CDC data showing U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates slipping again in 2025–26. The piece explains the small but steady national decline, why public health officials are concerned, and how policy decisions and misinformation are influencing parents' choices about routine childhood shots. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Parking Sticker Application for Seniors
Middletown High School North 63 Tindall Road, Middletown, NJ 07758
8:00 am - Mad Science Camp →
Middletown, NJ Calendar, 900 Leonardville Road, Port Monmouth
9:00 am - Snapology Camp →
Middletown, NJ Calendar, 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown
9:00 am - Multi-Sports Camp →
Middletown, NJ Calendar, 900 Leonardville Road, Port Monmouth
9:00 am - Municipal Court →
Little Silver, NJ Calendar, 480 Prospect Ave., Little Silver
9:00 am - Big Brother Training @ Benilde Hall
Henderson Theatre 850 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ 07738
12:00 pm - Traffic Advisory & Complete Streets Meeting →
Eatontown Borough, NJ Calendar, 47 Broad St, Eatontown
6:00 pm - Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting →
Red Bank Borough, NJ Calendar
6:30 pm - Jazz in the Park - Kal Ferretti Quintet →
Red Bank Borough, NJ Calendar, Riverside Gardens Park, Red Bank
7:00 pm - Ben Bankas Red Bank →
Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth St, Red Bank
7:00 pm - Shade Tree Meeting →
Eatontown Borough, NJ Calendar, 47 Broad St, Eatontown
7:00 pm - Complete and Green Streets Committee →
Red Bank Borough, NJ Calendar, 90 Monmouth Street Council Chambers, Red Bank
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Red Bank
- TONIGHT! Last Class, Wednesday, August 19! Red Bank Borough and YMCA Team Up for Free Outdoor Zumba at Riverside Gardens Park (tapinto.net)
- Navesink Garden Club Announces Lineup Of Fall 2026 Events (patch.com)
Rumson
- The Design Hack When Your Home Feels Too Formal, Cold or Flat (mansionglobal.com)
Middletown
- Monmouth County Just Added New Hikes For Kids (patch.com)
- County Will Spray For Mosquitoes Thursday In Middletown (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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