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Also on today's calendar: 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Spring Freeze Cancels Pick-Your-Own Apples At Battleview Orchards (patch.com) — If you usually head to Battleview Orchards in Freehold for pick-your-own apples, be aware that a damaging spring freeze wiped out most of their fruit crop, so there'll be no apple picking this fall. The farm is still offering apples sourced from New York, fresh cider, donuts, baked goods, and will open its sunflower field, pumpkin picking, and hayrides later in September.
2. Center Players presents a reading of "You've Got Hate Mail" on September 14th (newjerseystage.com) — Center Players is hosting a staged reading of the comedy "You've Got Hate Mail" at The American Hotel on East Main Street in Freehold on Monday, September 14 at 7 p.m. With just a suggested $5 donation, it's an easy night out supporting local theater, and more readings are planned there in October and November.
3. Corrections Officer Sentenced For Fatal Drunk Driving Old Bridge Crash (patch.com) — A Freehold Township man has been sentenced to five years in prison, without early release, for driving drunk and killing a pedestrian on Route 9 in Old Bridge in 2022. Local readers should note the case also brings a nine-year license suspension after his guilty plea to vehicular manslaughter.
4. Red Bank man fled 97th floor on 9/11: 'I felt the heat of the blast' (app.com) — A longtime Red Bank resident who survived escaping the South Tower on 9/11 now works as a carpenter at the Monmouth County Courthouse in Freehold and still carries vivid memories of that day. He shares how the experience reshaped his outlook, his family life, and his ongoing visits to the 9/11 Memorial to honor lost colleagues.
5. From NJ to Louisiana and back: One Elizabeth woman's path through ICE detention • New Jersey Monitor (newjerseymonitor.com) — Freehold appears as one of several New Jersey communities where immigration advocates track ICE activity, including protests outside the Monmouth County Courthouse. Through one Elizabeth woman's detention journey from New Jersey to Louisiana and back, the story explores how stepped-up federal immigration enforcement and limited access to lawyers are affecting undocumented residents across the state.
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