🌱 Patch AM: Could a Fort Lee Starbucks be on this week’s closure list?

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In today's newsletter:

• Could a Fort Lee Starbucks be on this week's closure list?

Also on today's calendar: Living Well with Lung Disease: Webinars for Patients and Families and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two favorite words for a shark to hear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Windy; rain becoming steadier, with a high of 65 and low of 59 degrees.
• Monday: Occasional rain and drizzle, temps: high: 64, low: 58.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 70 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Starbucks To Close 250 Stores This Week: What NJ Customers Need To Know (patch.com) — Fort Lee Starbucks customers could be affected as the company prepares to close about 250 underperforming North American stores this week, though exact locations aren't yet listed. New Jersey has already seen several Starbucks closures this year, including one in Fort Lee, and workers at any newly closed stores may be transferred or receive severance.
   

📸 Around Fort Lee

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Lee

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 29
• Living Well with Lung Disease: Webinars for Patients and Families →
  Virtual,
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• North Bergen Flea & Collectible Market →
  9003 Bergenline Ave, North Bergen
  9:00 am
• Ridgefield Park Street Fair & Food Truck Fest →
  234 Main St, Ridgefield Park
  10:00 am
Wednesday October 7
• 6th Annual Dining Out Jersey Foodie Expo →
  Riverview Ballroom, 700 Palisadium Dr, Cliffside Park
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 28
• Planning Board Meeting →
  Fort Lee Borough, NJ Calendar, 309 Main Street Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Fort Lee
  7:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
• FAFSA Night
  Leonia School District, 570 Grand Ave., Leonia
  6:00 pm
• Understanding the Tax Assessment Revaluation →
  Fort Lee Borough, NJ Calendar, 1500 Stillwell Avenue, Fort Lee
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Networking Breakfast: Meet Our New Members! →
  800 Park Avenue, Fort Lee
• Tea Tasting →
  570 Main Street, Fort Lee
Sunday October 4
• Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
  680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
  11:00 am
• Leonia Chamber Musicians Present "Schubert Fest!" →
  Presbyterian Church in Leonia, 181 Fort Lee Rd, Leonia
  3:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Volunteer this Fall →
  Zoom
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ROOTED IN FLOW
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  It begins at Jinja, Uganda, where a lake becomes a river and a people who have fished its waters for centuries call it something closer to kin than… (Nextdoor Mikky)

• SPECTRUM posted a job opening for Retail Sales Specialist (Bilingual Spanish or Korean) in Fort Lee. Apply here.

🗞 Nearby News

Leonia

• The Players Guild of Leonia to hold auditions for "Steel Magnolias" (newjerseystage.com)

Palisades Park

• In Passaic County boys soccer, the last unbeaten team may surprise you (northjersey.com)

Englewood

• She's 100, Likes Bacon, Chocolate, and 1 Famously Healthy Fruit: 'I Eat a Lot of It. I Love It' (nbcnews.com)
• Resignation, termination, or impeachment: what happens now? (newjerseyglobe.com)
• Clay Aiken Talks New Album 'Rewind", First Solo Tour in 15 Years, American Idol and more (iheart.com)

Ok Fort Lee! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "MAN OVERBOARD!" (Thank you M J. for sending it in!)
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