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🌱 Patch AM: Why the former Route 46 Sonic will stay empty for now
You won't want to miss Pocketbook Bingo and Tricky Tray on the Hasbrouck Heights Patch calendar

Morning Hasbrouck Heights! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why the former Route 46 Sonic will stay empty for now
Also on today's calendar: Pocketbook Bingo and Tricky Tray and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 70.
- Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 66 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• What does future hold for once-popular Route 46 Sonic? (northjersey.com) — Drivers from Hasbrouck Heights still have a nearby Sonic on Route 17, but the former Sonic site on Route 46 in Totowa will stay vacant after a planned Starbucks fell through. Totowa officials say the property owner is now seeking new tenants, leaving the once-busy drive-in boarded up and overgrown for the foreseeable future.
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📸 Around Hasbrouck Heights
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hasbrouck Heights
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★ Featured events ★
- Pocketbook Bingo and Tricky Tray →
Boys & Girls Club Of Lodi, 460 Passaic Ave, Lodi
5:00 pm
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Adult Bingo
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Conference Room,
1:30 pm - Township Committee Regular Meeting
Township of South Hackensack Municipal Building, 227 Phillips Ave, South Hackensack, NJ, 07606, United States
7:00 pm - Board of Education Regular Meeting
Little Ferry Public Schools Memorial Middle School Gym unless otherwise noted
7:00 pm - Storytime with Miss Emily
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Children's Room
11:00 am - English Conversation Group
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Conference Room,
4:00 pm - Staff Professional Development Day
Little Ferry Public Schools Little Ferry, NJ 07643
8:00 am - Storytime with Miss Emily
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Children's Room
11:00 am - Dungeons & Dragons Club Grade 6 & older
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Conference Room
6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
📣 Hasbrouck Heights Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- New Staff Orientation
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center 274 Knickerbocker Rd, Englewood, NJ 07631, USA
8:00 am - Movies at the Library - Pressure
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Upstairs,
1:00 pm - Adult Watercolor Class with Peri
Cliffside Park Public Library Online Only
7:00 pm - Teacher Orientation - All Staff/No Students
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center Englewood, NJ 07631
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Advance Auto Parts, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Driver in Lodi. Apply here.
- District Taco posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Passaic. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hasbrouck Heights here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lodi
- HS Football Preview: Wood-Ridge Relying on Freshman QB and 5 Sets of Brothers (tapinto.net)
Hackensack
- What is Week 0 in NJ high school football? Does every team play? (northjersey.com)
- 91 Union St Unit 13A, Lodi, NJ 07644 (redfin.com)
East Rutherford
- Webster Young • For Lady (blogspot.com)
- 70-year-old physician was told hospital staff needed to 'get younger.' Then he was fired, he claims. (nj.com)
- Yard Work Help in Hackensack, NJ (care.com)
Ok Hasbrouck Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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