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In today's newsletter:

• Want pesticide credits at a hands-on Holmdel Park training walk?
• What Holmdel's new data center ban could mean for Bell Works

Also on today's calendar: Moving Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 85, low: 67.
• Saturday: Less humid with some sun, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Credits Approved! Landscape IPM Walk at the David C. Shaw Arboretum in Holmdel Park (rutgers.edu) — A hands-on landscape IPM training is coming to Holmdel Park's David C. Shaw Arboretum on September 3, offering pesticide recertification credits for nursery growers and landscapers. Rutgers Extension experts will lead a walking tour focused on scouting, pest ID, and safer pesticide use among the arboretum's ornamental plantings. Space is limited and pre-registration with a $25 fee is required.
   

• New Jersey roster of data center bans adds 4 more NJ towns this week (nj1015.com) — Holmdel's recent decision to ban new data centers could still face legal challenges because a Bell Works–related proposal was already in the pipeline, putting the town squarely in a growing statewide fight over AI data center projects. The story explains how Jackson, Stafford, North Brunswick, East Brunswick and others are also restricting data centers amid worries about electric bills, environmental impacts, and redevelopment tactics that can sideline residents.
   

📸 Around Holmdel

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Holmdel

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30
• Moving Sale →
  7 Cecilia Court, 7 Cecilia Ct, Howell Township
  11:00 am
Friday September 11
• Beautiful Estrangement: One Man Musical Journey →
  The Navesink Library, 149 Monmouth Ave, Atlantic Highlands
  7:00 pm
Monday September 28
• Golf for a Great Cause →
  Eagle Oaks Golf & Country Club, 20 Shore Oaks Dr, Farmingdale
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Wednesday September 2
• Empire of the Sun →
  PNC Bank Arts Center, 116 Garden State Pkwy, Holmdel
  5:00 pm
Sunday September 6
• Breaking Benjamin →
  PNC Bank Arts Center, 116 Garden State Pkwy, Holmdel
  9:30 am
Wednesday September 9
• Holmdel Community Blood Drive - Honor. Give. Remember. Shirt for donors →
  Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
  9:00 am
Friday September 11
• Come From Away →
  Bell Theater at Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival →
  County Road 530, County Rd 530
  11:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• HYAA V- Ball Tryouts →
  Holmdel High School, 36 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Los Straitjackets →
  PNC Bank Arts Center, 116 Garden State Pkwy, Holmdel
  6:00 pm
• Come From Away →
  Bell Theater at Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• Dan + Shay - Holmdel →
  PNC Bank Arts Center, 116 Garden State Pkwy, Holmdel
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Bell Works Data Center Issue List —Prakash Santhana Read on Patch
• Guest Column —YMCA of the Jersey Shore Read on Patch
• Holmdel BOE Must Refocus on Students, Fiscal Responsibility and Professionalism —Peter Hayden Read on Patch

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Holmdel. Apply here.
• Turning Point USA posted a job opening for Busser Server Assistant Daytime Only in Holmdel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Holmdel here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hazlet

• Beloved Keansburg coach who died in 2024 honored with 5K, scholarship (northjersey.com)
• NJ public high schools rank among America's best; state's top 20 (wobm.com)
• Brookdale Performing Arts Center Announces Auditions for 2026–2027 Season (wrat.com)

Lincroft

• Shore Conference Football 2026 Preseason Top 12 Rankings (shoresportsinsider.com)

Middletown

• BF Auction: 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SL (barnfinds.com)
• The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center to Hold Auditions for "Gypsy" (newjerseystage.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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