🌱 How Garfield’s last-second two-point gamble decided the NJIC championship.
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In today's newsletter:
- How Garfield’s last-second two-point gamble decided the NJIC championship.
Also on today's calendar: Jubilee Park "Everything" Flea & Collectible Market and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: Why was the skeleton lonely? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 49 degrees.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 61, low: 41.
- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 59 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Waldwick/Midland Park Football Stuns Garfield, Steals NJIC Championship in Overtime Thriller (onnj.com) — Garfield High School’s Boilermakers narrowly lost the NJIC football championship at home, falling 35-34 in overtime after a bold two-point conversion try was stopped on the final play. The game featured a huge night from Garfield star running back Jorheny Rodriguez and a dramatic Warriors comeback from a 14-point deficit, setting both teams up as dangerous contenders for the upcoming NJSIAA playoffs. 
📸 Around Garfield
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Jubilee Park "Everything" Flea & Collectible Market →
936 Allwood Rd, Clifton
9:00 am
Sunday November 1
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Other local events
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Storytime with Miss Emily
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Children's Room
11:00 am -
Trunk or Treat 4:00pm-5:30pm
Christopher Columbus School #8 Garfield, NJ 07026
4:00 pm -
Maternal Wellness Circle
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Conference Room, Lodi - Upstairs,
10:00 am -
Monster Mash Music Class
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Children's Room
11:00 am -
Movies at the Library - Power Ballad
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Upstairs,
1:00 pm -
Julian & Dominique at Goodfellas →
Goodfellas, 661 Midland Ave, Garfield
6:30 pm -
Adult Bingo
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Conference Room,
1:00 pm -
Trunk or Treat
Helen I Smith Elementary School, 30 Cambridge Avenue, Saddle Brook
6:30 pm -
Festa e Flamurit at AAIC →
Garfield NJ -
Main Memorial Park "Everything" Flea & Collectible Market →
1400 Main Ave, Clifton
9:00 am
Tuesday October 27
Wednesday October 28
Thursday October 29
Sunday November 1
Saturday November 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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CPR/FA- Spanish 8:50am →
NJ- Saddle Brook, 160 Pehle Avenue, Suite 203, Saddle Brook
8:50 am -
Dancing Work Out →
CMDE, 84 Euclid Ave, Hackensack
9:30 am -
Little Seeds Story Time
Glen Ridge Free Public Library - Meeting Room Glen Ridge - Meeting Room, Glen Ridge Free Public Library
9:30 am
Monday October 26
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🗞 Nearby News
Lodi
- Double OT goal by senior duo lifts Lodi boys soccer over Lyndhurst in BIT Silver final (nj.com)
Elmwood Park
- The 10 Best North Jersey Sports Bars (bestofnj.com)
- Driver attempting to avoid pedestrian crashes SUV into Elmwood Park gas station (news12.com)
Hasbrouck Heights
- HS Girls Soccer: Hasbrouck Heights Defeats Rutherford on Senior Night (TAPinto Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge/Teterboro)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the skeleton lonely?" — He had no body to play with. (Thank you Margie S. for sending it in!)
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