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In today's newsletter:

• How much screen time will Haddonfield's youngest students now be allowed?
• Are Haddonfield drivers being tracked by new license plate cameras?

Also on today's calendar: New Jersey MasterChorale Hosts Annual Summer Sing-In & Ice Cream Social in Haddonfield and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 81, low: 64.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Haddonfield District's New K-5 Guidance Boosts Print Reading... (theretrospect.com) — Haddonfield families should know the school district is rolling out strict new K-5 guidelines that cap in-class screen time and make printed books and handwriting the default for most reading and early writing. The Board of Education also advanced policies on student internet device use and generative AI, and will keep most elementary Chromebooks at school unless needed for specific assignments.
   

• 'Get the Flock outta Jersey': A N.J. group wants license plate cameras gone (nj.com subscription) — If you drive through Haddonfield, your license plate may be scanned by Flock cameras that local activists say enable mass surveillance across Camden County. A new group, DeFlock South Jersey, is protesting these automated readers at locations from Berlin to Cherry Hill and pushing for towns to cancel contracts and for statewide privacy rules in Trenton.
   

📸 Around Haddonfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Haddonfield

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Monday August 24
• Atlantic & Seventh Playdate at the Park
  Seventh Avenue Elementary School Hoff's Playground
  6:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• JF Tatem Class Assignments posted in Genesis →
  J. Fithian Tatem School Haddonfield, NJ 08033
  4:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Seventh Avenue Elementary School 7th Avenue School
  6:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Toddler Time
  Haddon Heights Public Library 608 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
  10:30 am
Thursday August 27
• Summer Sip & Paint Watercolor with Sharon Ann Smith →
  Markeim Art Center Markeim Arts Center, 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, 08033, United States
  2:30 pm
• New Jersey MasterChorale Hosts Annual Summer Sing-In & Ice Cream Social in Haddonfield →
  Haddonfield United Methodist Church, 29 Warwick Rd, Haddonfield
  7:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Girls Night Out Clay (BYOB!) →
  Markeim Art Center Markeim Arts Center, 104 Walnut Street (Lincoln Ave & Walnut St), Haddonfield, NJ, 08033, United States
  3:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Haddonfield UMC Drama Ministry Holds Auditions for "101 Dalmatians KIDS" & "Peter Pan JR." →
  Haddonfield United Methodist Church, 29 Warwick Rd, Haddonfield
  12:00 pm
Monday September 7
• "Unofficial End of Summer" Labor Day Car Show at Silver Diner →
  Silver Diner, 2131 NJ-38, Cherry Hill Township
  8:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Samaritan Hosts Healing Hearts: A Space for Grieving Children and Families →
  Samaritan, 3906 Church Rd, Mt Laurel Township
  9:00 am
• Haddonfield 65 Club Seeking Donations →
  Haddonfield Flea Market
  9:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Haddonfield UMC Kick Off Sunday →
  Haddonfield United Methodist Church, 29 Warwick Rd, Haddonfield
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

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• WJFL '26 preview: Freedom Division Players to Watch, predictions (courierpostonline.com)
• Brazilian churrasco is expanding across New Jersey with a fourth location on the way to Freehold (wchram.com)
• Synergy3 Home Solutions Announces Dates, Eligibility and Terms for 2026 South Jersey Heating Maintenance Initiative (azcentral.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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