10 Stories To Know From This Week In Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook

Happy weekend to you, Fair Lawn and Saddle Brook. It's been a tough couple of weeks, what with incessant flooding, COVID's continual presence and, for area students, a return to school. (The latter being good or bad, depending on your perspective.)

It's also a somber day, with the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks upon us.

But there's some good within the bad. Sports have returned, fall weather seems to be closing in, and entertainment options are available.

In this digest, which will publish on Saturday morning's moving forward, we've got you covered on the news from the last week in the area. Here are 10 stories to know.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 74 Low: 55.

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Here are the top stories today in Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook:

1. Remembering Fair Lawn 9/11 Victims 20 Years Later (Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook Patch)
2. Sorry, Class of 2023: NJ's high school graduation test returns (New Jersey 101.5 FM)
3. Meet the 1st-year N.J. football coaches making their debuts in 2021 (nj.com)
4. Fair Lawn is now a Main Street NJ town (just like Montclair). Here's what that means (NorthJersey.com)
5. Top 50 daily boys soccer stat leaders for Thursday, Sept. 9 (nj.com)
6. Fair Lawn over West Milford - Girls soccer recap (nj.com)
7. Hasbrouck Heights ties Saddle Brook - Boys soccer recap (nj.com)
8. Complete 2021 HS football preview with every preseason post (nj.com)
9. A glance at N.J. entertainment this weekend (Sept. 10-12) (NJ.com)
10. Fair Lawn Dad Charged After Child Ingests Narcotics: Prosecutor (Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook Patch)

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This week in Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook:

• First Full Day for Students - Long Memorial Elementary School (12:00 AM)
• Spirit Day Dress Down for Students - Saddle Brook High School and Middle School (12:00 AM)

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Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook Patch Notebook

• Fair Lawn Police Department: "Missing Juvenile: "Haadi Abdul-Ghaffar" a 16 y/o male, left his residence at 0755 hours and has not returned since. He was last seen wearing a green t-shirt with an aviation logo, black adidas pants, green and black sneakers and a green ..." (Facebook)
• Fair Lawn Police Department: "Three years ago today we lost an amazing officer, P.O. Edward Egan #174 There is not a day that goes by that we don't think of him. P.O. Egan served as a PBA Delegate for 16 years. Please keep his family, friends and all who are missing ..." (Facebook)
• Fair Lawn Public School District: "Sept. 8, 2021 - In today's Bergen Record: http://ow.ly/fUtS50G6y6w" (Facebook)
• Fair Lawn Police Department: "The Fair Lawn Police has added a new police chaplain! Today Mayor Peluso swore-in Deric Taylor, who has served as the pastor for Our Savior Lutheran Church, 22-15 Broadway for the past 11 years! He was sworn into the volunteer position a..." (Facebook)
• Saddle Brook Township: "TOWNSHIP COUNCIL RESOLUTION OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING THOMAS VAN WINKLE AS TOWNSHIP PHOTOGRAPHER PRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN ANDREW CIMILUCA: WHEREAS, Thomas Van Winkle has diligently and faithfully taken on the responsibility of taking photogr..." (Facebook)
• Bergen County The Magazine: "The list is out and it's STILL GROWING! Join Bergen County's largest celebration of everything delicious - safely outdoors! Check out all these great restaurants and more at the @bcfoodandwine THIS SUNDAY, 12-6 outside of @gsplaza! You..." (Instagram)
• Fair Lawn Public School District: "Sept. 9, 2021 - Gallery of photos from the first day of school, Friday, Sept. 3 at Forrest School. Sorry for the delay! 😊 #FLPS" (Facebook)
• CTC Academy: "Just like we promised! This week we are welcoming back students to our Fair Lawn and Oakland Campuses! We were so excited to see all their bright faces at morning drop off. We can already see that it is going to be a great year!" (Facebook)
• Fair Lawn Public Library: "We have had many contests over the years here at our library, but never one as CUTE as this one! We are pleased to announce the winners of the "Cutest Pet Ever Photo Contest"! The competition was fierce, but the winners are: First Place ..." (Facebook)
• Saddle Brook Township: "SADDLE BROOK IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR RED CROSS TO COME TO TOWN TO DISTRIBUTE THE CLEANUP KITS. WILL POST DATE, TIME AND LOCATIONS WHEN AVAILABLE." (Facebook)
• Fair Lawn Rescue Squad: "Join us this Saturday September 11th at 7:30pm" (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop. Hope you all have a great weekend, and I'll see you back in your inbox next Saturday. If you're feeling these newsletters, consider inviting some of your friends and neighbors to follow along. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— Montana Samuels

About me: Montana Samuels is a multimedia journalist from Lawrence, Kansas. For Patch.com, he covers the New Jersey communities of Mahwah, Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Wyckoff, Wayne, Fair Lawn, Paramus, Teaneck, Saddle Brook, Westwood and Hillsdale. His prior stops in the news industry include Creative Loafing Atlanta, SouthCoast Media Group in New Bedford, Massachusetts and GateHouse Media Illinois, where he was based in Peoria. Get in touch with Montana by emailing him at montana.samuels@patch.com. Follow him on Twitter @montanasamuels

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