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🌱 Patch AM: Which Fair Lawn streets are getting milled and paved this month?
Be sure to catch Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know on the Fair Lawn Patch calendar

Morning Fair Lawn! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which Fair Lawn streets are getting milled and paved this month?
- What's on the Adelphi Orchestra program in Fair Lawn next week?
- See how Fair Lawn stacks up among America's best small cities.
Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 17 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Rather cloudy and humid, with a high of 75 and low of 65 degrees.
- Friday: An afternoon shower; warmer, 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
1. Paving Work Planned In Fair Lawn: What Drivers Should Know (patch.com) — Expect lane closures and delays around Fair Lawn starting this week as PSE&G and the borough mill and pave more than a dozen neighborhood streets through Oct. 22. Third Street, Campbell Road, Raymond Street, River Road, and several side streets will see staggered work days, so checking the borough's updated paving schedule before commuting or parking on these blocks will help you avoid disruptions.
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2. Adelphia Orchestra to Start 73rd Season: "America @ 250" (newjerseystage.com) — Fair Lawn residents can hear the Adelphi Orchestra open its 73rd season right in town on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. at the Fair Lawn Community Center. The "America @ 250" program features Barber's Adagio for Strings and Violin Concerto with Juilliard soloist Sophia Werner, plus Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, before a second performance in New York City.
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3. These CT Communities Rank Among Nation's Best Small Cities: New Study (dailyvoice.com) — Fair Lawn gets a national shout-out in WalletHub's 2026 ranking of the best small cities, placing in the top 25 nationwide. The study compared more than 1,300 communities on affordability, safety, education, health, and quality of life, putting Fair Lawn alongside well-regarded towns in Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut.
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4. Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: 9/30/2026 (insidernj.com) — Fair Lawn is set to receive a grant to support a historic house, a small but notable win for local preservation efforts. That update appears within a wide-ranging statewide political and policy briefing that also touches on housing, surveillance, coastal damage, and dozens of municipal issues across New Jersey.
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📸 Around Fair Lawn
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fair Lawn
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
Webinar - Online Presentation,
2:30 pm - PRO-WRESTLING: Fair Lawn Fury! →
Knights of Columbus, 16-16 Maple Ave, Fair Lawn
7:00 pm - St. Leo's School Front Lawn Fall Festival →
St. Leo's School, 300 Market St, Elmwood Park
12:00 pm - Harvestfest Craft Show & Antique & Gift Corner, Sun. Oct. 4, 125 Exhibitors, Veterans Pk, Westwood →
Veteran's Memorial Park, 50 Madison Ave, Westwood
9:00 am - Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
11:00 am - Fair Lawn High School PTA Fall Festival →
Fair Lawn High School, 14-00 Berdan Ave, Fair Lawn
11:00 am - MBA Open House at Berkeley College →
Virtual,
7:00 pm - Designer Handbag Bingo →
300 Market St, Elmwood Park
7:00 pm - JTCC Hackensack Culinary Medicine Kitchen →
John Theurer Cancer Center Culinary Medicine Kitchen 92 2nd St, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601,
1:00 pm - Ridgewood Hold 'Em Championship →
Knights of Columbus Hall, 31 S Broad St, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450,
6:00 pm - All For The Paws Animal Rescue 1st Annual Tricky Tray →
Knights of Columbus, 16-16 Maple Ave, Fair Lawn
5:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Wednesday October 21
Thursday October 22
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
- Adelphi Orchestra Opens 73rd Season: American Voice at 250 →
Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th St, Fair Lawn
2:00 pm - Parlance Chamber Concerts Presents the Viano String Quartet →
West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 S Monroe St, Ridgewood
4:00 pm - Ridgewood Actors and Playwright Bring Timely New Play, From America, With Love, to Off-Off Broadway →
28th Street Theatre
5:00 pm - Volunteer this Fall →
Zoom
10:30 am - Buddies of NJ 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration →
Biagio's Ristorante, 299 Paramus Rd, Paramus
9:00 am - 90th Annual St. Leon Food Festival (3 Days!!) →
St. Leon Armenian Apostolic Church, 12-61 Saddle River Rd, Fair Lawn
5:00 pm - Open House at Berkeley College →
New Jersey Campuses
11:00 am - Wayne Valley H.S. Fall Craft Show, Sun. Oct. 18, Over 100 Exhibitors, 551 Valley Rd, Wayne →
Wayne Valley High School, 551 Valley Rd, Wayne
10:00 pm - Women's Entrepreneurship Event at Berkeley College →
3 E 43rd St, New York
11:00 am
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Tuesday October 13
Friday October 16
Sunday October 18
Thursday October 22
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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