🌱 Patch AM: How Fort Lee’s 1776 collapse reshaped life across Bergen County farms.

Good day Fort Lee! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Fort Lee's 1776 collapse reshaped life across Bergen County farms.
• How a Fort Lee search helped crack NYC's biggest cocaine bust.

Also on today's calendar: Unity Rd. Maywood Grand Opening 🎉 and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunshine and less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
• Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 70.
• Monday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 82 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 1776 list shows items stolen from Bergen homes by troops in Revolution (northjersey.com) — Fort Lee's fall during the Revolutionary War set off a wave of raids and property losses across what is now Bergen County, documented in detailed 18th-century damage claims. A local minister's inventory and other residents' accounts show how both British and American troops seized livestock, food, fences, and even books. Several homes tied to these stories still stand in nearby towns today.
   

• NYPD seizes 580 pounds of cocaine in Queens, its biggest bust in more than a decade (gothamist.com) — Fort Lee briefly enters this major New York City drug investigation, where a DEA search in the borough uncovered cash, cocaine, and a firearm tied to a larger trafficking probe. The main bust happened at a Queens storage facility, where authorities seized 580 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $10 million. Investigators say the case traces back to a cartel and more arrests are expected.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Lee

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Unity Rd. Maywood Grand Opening 🎉 →
  105 Essex St, New York
  9:00 am
Saturday September 5
• North Bergen Flea & Collectible Market →
  9003 Bergenline Ave, North Bergen
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 3
• Mayor and Council Work Session Meeting →
  Fort Lee Borough, NJ Calendar, 309 Main Street Executive Conf Room, 2nd Floor, Fort Lee
  6:30 pm
Saturday September 5
• Candlelight - Vivaldis Four Seasons →
  Barrymore Film Center, 1 Park Ave, Fort Lee
  4:15 pm
• Candlelight : hommage à Coldplay →
  Barrymore Film Center, 1 Park Ave, Fort Lee
  6:45 pm
• Candlelight - Tribute to Coldplay →
  Barrymore Film Center, 1 Park Ave, Fort Lee
  6:45 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Volunteer this Fall →
  Zoom
  10:30 am
Saturday September 19
• Candlelight : hommage à Adele →
  Barrymore Film Center, 1 Park Ave, Fort Lee
  4:15 pm
• Candlelight - Tribute to Adele →
  Barrymore Film Center, 1 Park Ave, Fort Lee
  4:15 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• MHII Summer BBQ
  Mott Hall Ii Mott Hall II, 220 W 121st St, New York, NY 10027, USA
  1:00 pm
• Musical Storytelling - Uncle Joe and Fiddlin' Renee
  General Grant National Park This performance will take place on the front plaza of the mausoleum by the flagpole flying the American flag.
  1:00 pm
• Mayor's Annual Walk
  Township of Saddle Brook 93 Market Street, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
  1:00 pm
• Town Picnic
  Township of Saddle Brook 93 Market Street, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
  4:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• French Practice Conversation Group
  Englewood Public Library Englewood - Online,
  1:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Team Member in Fort Lee. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Palisades Park

• Medita Kitchen Launches Fresh High-Protein Mediterranean Meal Prep for NY and NJ Customers (businessinsider.com)

Englewood

• Englewood-based My Home Delivery brings on-demand big & bulky logistics to Catonsville, Maryland (binje.com)
• Officers Assaulted By Trespasser At Abandoned Englewood Building: Police (dailyvoice.com)
• $10 million worth of cocaine confiscated in NYPD's largest seizure in at least a decade, officials say (cbsnews.com)

Secaucus

• Secaucus Town Hospital Celebrates 50 Years With Festival, And A Cocktail Party (patch.com)
• Stargaze In The Meadowlands On Wednesday Nights This Fall (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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