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Good morning Hasbrouck Heights! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Hasbrouck Heights lemonade stand turned theft into inspiration
  • How did Hasbrouck Heights lose after a halftime lead?
  • Indie mob comedy with AI may soon be filming in Hasbrouck Heights

Also on today's calendar: Garfield's "Everything" Flea & Collectible Monthly Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 68.
  • Friday: Sun and clouds, with a high of 81 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Reaction To Theft From Bergen County Lemonade Stand Inspires Sen. Booker (patch.com) — Two Hasbrouck Heights children had $40 stolen from their lemonade stand last month, prompting a swift response from borough police who used video to track down a suspect. Hundreds of neighbors then turned out to support the kids' next stand, a show of generosity that caught U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's attention and praise. Their mother and the children even wrote a letter forgiving the thief.
   

• HS Girls Soccer: Wood-Ridge Shuts Out Weehawken; Waldwick Beats Hasbrouck Heights (tapinto.net) — Hasbrouck Heights girls soccer fell 4–1 to Waldwick at Hitchcock Field on Tuesday, despite holding a 1–0 halftime lead on a goal from Ella Perrapato. The loss drops the Lady Aviators to 1–2, while Waldwick improves to 3–1. The article also recaps Wood-Ridge's 6–0 shutout of Weehawken in NJIC play.
   

• Rubouts, and robots. AI meets the mob in new film shooting in NJ (northjersey.com) — Hasbrouck Heights is one of several North Jersey towns being scouted as a filming location for "The Don 2.0," a low-budget mob comedy about gangsters using AI tools. Writer-director Alan Del Tufo plans to shoot across the region starting Sept. 22, featuring recognizable local businesses and a cast with TV and film credits. The project explores the ethics of AI in a darkly comic way.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • These 6 North Jersey football teams are off to surprising starts (northjersey.com)
  • NJDOL Posts the Names of Eight Businesses with Outstanding Wage, Benefit and Tax Law Violations to its Workplace Accountability in Labor List (The WALL) (insidernj.com)
  • N.J. weather: Storms drenched state with 5+ inches of rain. See town-by-town rainfall totals. (nj.com)

Hackensack

  • Ruka is Coming Soon to Hackensack (boozyburbs.com)
  • These NJ Children's Hospitals Ranked Among The Nation's Best (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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