🌱 How an AI conference in Glassboro tackled data centers and local concerns
Glassboro, New Jersey Patch AM: a 3 min readHey there, Glassboro! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How an AI conference in Glassboro tackled data centers and local concerns
- Meet the Glassboro native Princeton just honored for leadership and service
Also on today's calendar: Paws for A Cause with the Jersey Joint Dispensary and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: I went into the woods and found it. Once I'd found it, I searched for it. The harder I searched, the less I wanted it. When at last I couldn't find it, I carried it home in my hand. What is it? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.
- Wednesday: Humid with a few showers, temps: high: 80, low: 66.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• NJ Big Data Conference Explores Potential And Pitfalls Of AI (njurbannews.com) — Rowan University in Glassboro just hosted New Jersey’s Big Data Alliance symposium, drawing tech and academic leaders to debate how to build “accessible and sustainable” AI. Speakers tackled data center impacts, local concerns around a Vineland facility, and even future ideas like space-based data centers, while protesters outside pressed environmental and community questions about AI’s rapid expansion. 
• Students honored for leadership and service at 2026 Class Day (princeton.edu) — A Princeton football player from Glassboro, senior offensive lineman Jaden Wedderburn, earned the Arthur Lane ’34 Award for his leadership and community service work across Trenton and the state. The broader Class Day ceremony honored many 2026 graduates for academic excellence, athletics, and campus service, highlighting how New Jersey students are shaping public service and scholarship beyond their hometowns.
📸 Around Glassboro
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Music & Movement →
Glassboro Public Library, 101 Rowan Blvd, Glassboro
10:30 am
Wednesday May 27
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Other local events
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Paws for A Cause with the Jersey Joint Dispensary →
11 State Street, Glassboro, NJ, 08033
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Wine and Karaoke →
Summit City Farms & Winery, 500 University Blvd, Glassboro
7:00 pm -
Music & Movement →
Glassboro Public Library, 101 Rowan Blvd, Glassboro
10:30 am
Friday June 12
Wednesday June 17
📣 Glassboro Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Wedgwood 5th Grade Career Fair
Grenloch Terrace Early Childhood Center Sewell, NJ 08080
1:30 pm -
DLB: Art Show
Glassboro School District, 560 Joseph Bowe Blvd, Glassboro
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Dance Concert
Williamstown Middle School Williamstown, NJ 08094
7:00 pm -
WMS Dance Concert
Monroe Township Public School District Williamstown, NJ 08094
7:00 pm -
HS Night of the Arts
Clayton High School Clayton, NJ 08312
7:00 pm -
BOE Regular Session
The Eileen Abbott Central Admin Building, 206 E Holly Ave, Sewel
7:30 pm -
WMS Spring Choral Concert
Monroe Township Public School District Williamstown, NJ 08094
5:00 pm -
TJ Art Show/Ice Cream Social Sensory Time
Wedgwood Elementary Sewell, NJ 08080
5:30 pm
Tuesday May 26
Wednesday May 27
Thursday May 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hi does anyone know someone experienced with driveway expansions and related permits.
Trying to see what’s feasible and then the cost for the project. Thanks (Nextdoor South Glassboro)
- ShopRite posted a job opening for ShopRite - Food Service Clerk (Zallie NJ) Salary Range $15.92 - $15.92/hr in Glassboro. Apply here.
- Chipotle posted a job opening for Kitchen Leader in Glassboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Glassboro here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A splinter. (Thank you Jake M. for sending it in!)
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