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

Also, don't miss Unity Rd. Maywood Grand Opening 🎉 on the Fort Lee Patch calendar

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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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🗓 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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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Wendy's posted a job opening for Team Member in Fort Lee. Apply here.
  • HH Global posted a job opening for Senior Production Manager in Englewood Cliffs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Lee here.

🗞 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)

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: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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