🌱 How Helmetta’s new cleanup grant could change your next community clean-up
Helmetta, New Jersey Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Helmetta! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Helmetta’s new cleanup grant could change your next community clean-up
Also on today's calendar: Spring Health & Wellness Expo.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Rather cloudy and breezy, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.
- Thursday: A shower in places, temps: high: 66, low: 51.
- Friday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 71 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Milltown, Spotswood and Helmetta Receive Clean Communities Grant for Litter Cleanup (tapinto.net) — Helmetta has been awarded $6,022 in state Clean Communities funding to support local litter cleanups, equipment, education, and enforcement. Alongside Spotswood and Milltown, the borough can use this money to bolster its annual spring and fall cleanup events and join broader statewide efforts like Adopt-a-Highway and Adopt-a-Beach to keep neighborhoods cleaner and greener. 
📸 Around Helmetta
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Spring Health & Wellness Expo →
Palmeras Entertainment, 1031 NJ-18, East Brunswick
12:00 pm
Sunday May 17
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Other local events
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NJ | Speed Dating | Sapphic & Lesbian | Singles 25 - 44 | SOMERVILLE →
Bliss Coffee Lounge, 14 E Main St, Somerville
6:00 pm
Friday May 15
📣 Helmetta Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Lacrosse: Boys Red-Varsity (Date Changed to 05-12-26) vs. Sayreville Public School (Away)
South Brunswick High School
4:00 pm -
Softball: Red-Varsity vs. East Brunswick (Away)
East Brunswick High School
4:15 pm -
Wednesday Club Run
Raritan Valley Road Runners Johnson Park - Grove 5, Johnson Dr, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
6:30 pm -
Wednesday Group Meditation – Monroe, NJ →
Heartfulness Meditation Center, 45 Wycoff Mills Rd, Monroe Township
7:00 pm -
HS Piano Recital
Monroe Township Public Schools MTHS Auditorium
7:00 pm -
Water Lilies in Mod →
Pinot's Palette, 647G NJ-18, East Brunswick
7:00 pm -
Board of Education Meeting
Applegarth Elementary School MTHS
7:15 pm -
My Lord, What A Night →
George Street Playhouse, Performing Arts Center, 9 Livingston Avenue at the, New Brunswick
7:30 pm -
Spotswood JV Baseball @ South River →
South River High School, 11 Montgomery St, South River
4:00 pm -
Tennis: Boys Red-Varsity vs. East Brunswick (Away)
South Brunswick High School Sports East Brunswick High School
4:15 pm -
63rd Annual New Jersey Concrete Awards Dinner →
The Heldrich, 10 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick
5:30 pm
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- GardaWorld posted a job opening for Surveillance Security Officer Part-Time in Dayton. Apply here.
- Restaurant Depot posted a job opening for Porter in Dayton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Helmetta here.
🗞 Nearby News
Spotswood
- Don't Miss the Friends of the Spotswood Public Library's Upcoming Events in May (tapinto.net)
- Chargers Varsity Baseball Shut out by Metuchen in First Round of Greater Middlesex County Tournament (tapinto.net)
- Ex-mayor sues NJ town, claims smear campaign over police reforms (mycentraljersey.com)
East Brunswick
- East Brunswick High School Student Represents NJ At National Competition (patch.com)
Monroe
- Weekend Recap: RG Portimão International Tournament and Gdynia Rhythmic Stars, T&T Elite Challenge • USA Gymnastics (usagym.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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