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🌱 Why JoJo’s Bar again drew a massive police response Sunday night

Coming up on the Garfield Patch calendar: North Jersey Card Show - The Late Night Show at Wayne PAL

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  • Why JoJo's Bar again drew a massive police response Sunday night

Also on today's calendar: North Jersey Card Show - The Late Night Show at Wayne PAL and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 63 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 69, low: 53.
  • Thursday: Nice with sunshine, with a high of 77 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 30-Person Brawl At Garfield Bar Draws Police From 4 Towns, Police Say (newsbreak.com) — Police from Garfield and three neighboring towns broke up a 30-person brawl outside JoJo's Bar and Grill on Monroe Street early Sunday, leading to four arrests and one minor injury. Officers from Lodi, Wallington, and Saddle Brook assisted, and the incident follows earlier high-profile violent episodes linked to the same Garfield bar.
   

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    Tuesday October 6
  • Dungeons & Dragons Club Grade 6 & older
    Lodi - Conference Room
    6:00 pm
  • Mocktail Mixology
    Lodi - Upstairs, Lodi Memorial Library
    6:00 pm
    • Wednesday October 7
  • How to Use Today's AI Tools to Simplify Life
    Wallington - Meeting Room, Wallington's John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
    6:15 pm
    • Thursday October 8
  • Master the Tiles: Beginner Mahjong
    Lodi - Upstairs, Lodi Memorial Library
    2:00 pm
  • Thursday Night Book Club - Wonder of Lost Causes
    Lodi - Conference Room, Lodi Memorial Library
    6:30 pm
    • Friday October 9
  • Storytime with Miss Emily
    Lodi - Children's Room
    11:00 am
  • Medicare & You: Information Session
    Lodi - Upstairs, Lodi Memorial Library
    1:30 pm
    • Monday October 12
  • Library Closed: Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day
    Lodi - Adult Area, Lodi Memorial Library
  • Library Closed - Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day
    Wallington's John F. Kennedy Memorial Library

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • 84 N.J. boys soccer games that matter most this week, Oct. 5-10 (nj.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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