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🌱 Patch AM: Mail-In Ballots Now Available For Monmouth County Voters
Be sure to catch Living Well with Lung Disease: Webinars for Patients and Families on the Freehold Patch calendar

Good morning Freehold! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Freehold voters can now request mail-in ballots for November
- Former gymnastics coach convicted; how the Monmouth case reached verdict.
Also on today's calendar: Living Well with Lung Disease: Webinars for Patients and Families and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 70 and low of 61 degrees.
- Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 74, low: 59.
- Monday: A shower possible, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mail-In Ballots Now Available For Monmouth County Voters (patch.com) — Freehold-area voters can now request and pick up mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 General Election at the Clerk of Elections Office on Halls Mill Road. Residents are walked through options to apply online, by mail, or in person, along with key deadlines and resources to ensure their ballot is completed and returned correctly.
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• Manchester Gymnastics Coach Convicted of Sexual Assault Against Former Athletes (memesita.com) — A former youth gymnastics coach from Manchester has been convicted in Monmouth County Superior Court of sexually assaulting three teenage athletes in the 1990s and 2000s, and is being held at the county correctional facility in Freehold. The jury's verdict follows a multi-agency investigation involving Manchester and Shrewsbury police, with sentencing set for December as the judge weighs how long he will remain behind bars.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Freehold
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★ Featured events ★
- Living Well with Lung Disease: Webinars for Patients and Families →
Virtual,
5:30 pm - In door garage sale →
Silvermead, 100 Cardinal Way, Freehold
8:00 am
Tuesday September 29
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- Cross of Glory's 25th Annual Fall Yard Sale, Bake Sale, and Snack Shack BBQ Spectacular! →
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, 95 Cambridge Dr, Aberdeen Township
9:00 am - Bugs, Birds and Beyond Free Children's Festival →
4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold
12:00 pm - Rich Boland →
Downtown Freehold Gazebo, Outside Federici's and the Metropolitan Cafe, Freehold
7:00 pm - Undisputed →
The Cabin Restaurant, 984 New Jersey 33, Freehold
8:30 pm - Run For Cover →
Moore's Tavern & Sports Bar, 402 West Main Street, Freehold
9:00 pm - YMCA of the Jersey Shore Counseling & Social Services Passport to Wellness Open House →
166 Main St, Matawan
10:00 am - Freehold Community Blood Drive →
St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 61 Georgia Rd, Freehold
12:30 pm - Hey Freehold... Let's Go Line Dancing! →
Dave & Buster's Freehold, 3710 US-9, Freehold
7:00 pm - 🍂 Community Farmers Market Coming To Freehold! 🍂 →
New Horizons in Autism, Inc., 906 NJ-33, Freehold
10:00 am - Cornhole and more! →
2800 Lakewood-Allenwood Rd, Howell Township
10:00 am
Saturday September 19
Friday September 25
Saturday September 26
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- $5 Cookout, $10 Contest: Razi Invites Neighbors to Freehold Fall Fundraiser —Thomas Gabriel Read on Patch
- US Supreme Court Blocks Postal Service From Restricting Mail Ballots —Marianne Kligman Read on Patch
- ShopRite posted a job opening for ShopRite - Bagger (Saker NJ) Salary Range $15.92 - $15.92/hr in Freehold. Apply here.
- American Eagle Outfitters posted a job opening for Aerie - Stock Associate in Freehold. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Freehold here.
🗞 Nearby News
Manalapan
- Brady Williams' Five-Touchdown Night Powers No. 4 RFH Past No. 9 Wall (shoresportsinsider.com)
- SBOANJ elections to take place Nov. 18 – U.S. Trotting News (ustrottingnews.com)
Marlboro
- Shore football schedule, scoreboard, results for Week 3 games (app.com)
- Costco Motor Oil Limits: When Repetition Looks Like a Crisis (jobbersworld.com)
- Parents in Marlboro balk at bus unsafe school bus stops (news12.com)
Howell
- Music, Games, And Fireworks At Howell Day And Green Fair (patch.com)
Ok Freehold! 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: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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