🌱 Imagine riding a stagecoach straight through 1860s Hillsdale and beyond.

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In today's newsletter:

• Imagine riding a stagecoach straight through 1860s Hillsdale and beyond.
• How hard was Hillsdale's library stamp to finally track down?

Also on today's calendar: Harvestfest Craft Show & Antique & Gift Corner, Sun. Oct. 4, 125 Exhibitors, Veterans Pk, Westwood and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Warmer with variable clouds, with a high of 70 and low of 57 degrees.
• Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 76, low: 62.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and more humid, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• An 1860s trip through the Pascack Valley — Part 2 (thepressgroup.net) — A narrated 1860s stagecoach ride traces the old Pascack Valley route through what are now Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, Westwood, and Emerson on the way to Closter's rail depot. Along the way, it spotlights Hillsdale-area landmarks, early churches, farms, taverns, and mills, inviting today's residents to picture how familiar roads and reservoirs once looked as open countryside and busy wagon paths.
   

• One card, 64 libraries, a summer well spent (thepressgroup.net) — A summer-long Bergen County library scavenger hunt sent one Montvale resident crisscrossing local towns, including Hillsdale, to collect 64 passport stamps before the August deadline. His quest highlighted how easily Hillsdale and neighboring communities can share programs, resources, and ideas through the BCCLS network, from hidden-logo challenges to film events that local libraries may now adapt for their own patrons.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hillsdale

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4
• Harvestfest Craft Show & Antique & Gift Corner, Sun. Oct. 4, 125 Exhibitors, Veterans Pk, Westwood →
  Veteran's Memorial Park, 50 Madison Ave, Westwood
  9:00 am
• FLX Sunday Reset: Pilates, Sound Bath, Brunch & More →
  Hotel Nyack - JDV by Hyatt, 400 High Ave, Nyack
  9:00 am
• Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
  680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
  11:00 am
Thursday October 8
• Resin Board Charcuterie Workshop →
  Cropsey Community Farm, 220 S Little Tor Rd, New City
  6:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Columbus Day Free SAT Event →
  Sylvan Learning of Park Ridge,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday September 30
• Boys Soccer at Montvale (Away)
  Woodcliff Middle School, 134 Woodcliff Avenue, Woodcliff Lake
  4:00 pm
• Girls Soccer vs. Montvale (Home)
  Woodcliff Middle School, 134 Woodcliff Avenue, Woodcliff Lake
  4:00 pm
• Volleyball vs. Montvale (Home)
  Woodcliff Middle School, 134 Woodcliff Avenue, Woodcliff Lake
  4:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Volleyball vs. Cresskill (Home)
  Woodcliff Middle School, 134 Woodcliff Avenue, Woodcliff Lake
  4:00 pm
• Girls Soccer at Cresskill (Away)
  Woodcliff Middle School, 134 Woodcliff Avenue, Woodcliff Lake
  4:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Nyack Famous Street Fair, Sun. Oct. 11, Over 300 Exhibitors, Downtown, Nyack, NY →
  , Nyack
  10:00 am
• Parlance Chamber Concerts Presents the Viano String Quartet →
  West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 S Monroe St, Ridgewood
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Macy's posted a job opening for Retail Fulfillment Associate, Garden State Plaza - Part Time in Paramus. Apply here.
• Target posted a job opening for Specialty Sales (Style, Tech, Beauty) (T2381) in Paramus. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hillsdale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Westwood

• Millburn Deli Opens Second Bergen County Shop in Westwood (wdhafm.com)
• Casual Dining Franchises Face Real Estate Pressures Amid Market Shifts (franchiseherald.com)
• Girls Soccer: Results & recaps for Monday, Sept. 28 (nj.com)

Park Ridge

• Park Ridge Council race gets new challengers (thepressgroup.net)
• Council repeals sign rule amid case; mayor warns, 'We'll regret that' (thepressgroup.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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