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🌱 Patch AM: How a Holmdel playoff win reshaped this year’s WJFL outlook
And on the Holmdel Patch calendar - Early SAT and ACT Testing: Preparing for College Admission Success

What's up Holmdel! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Holmdel playoff win reshaped this year's WJFL outlook
Also on today's calendar: Early SAT and ACT Testing: Preparing for College Admission Success and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.
- Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 80, low: 63.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• WJFL '26 preview: Freedom Division Players to Watch, predictions (thedailyjournal.com) — Holmdel football gets a brief nod here as the playoff opponent that ended Cinnaminson's season in last year's Central Jersey Group 3 first round. The main focus is a detailed preview of the revamped WJFL Freedom Division, highlighting returning standouts, key matchups, and predicted order of finish for Camden Eastside, Gloucester, Cherry Hill West, Moorestown, Triton, and Cinnaminson.
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📸 Around Holmdel
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Holmdel
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★ Featured events ★
- Early SAT and ACT Testing: Preparing for College Admission Success →
2:00 pm - Beautiful Estrangement: One Man Musical Journey →
The Navesink Library, 149 Monmouth Ave, Atlantic Highlands
7:00 pm - Golf for a Great Cause →
Eagle Oaks Golf & Country Club, 20 Shore Oaks Dr, Farmingdale
9:30 am
Tuesday August 25
Friday September 11
Monday September 28
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Other local events
- Hazlet Community Blood Drive - Blood for a Brew →
Hazlet Ems & N. Centerville Vol. Fire Co #1, 372 Middle Rd, Hazlet
12:30 pm - Board of Education Meeting
Holmdel Township Public Schools High School Media Center
6:00 pm - Empire of the Sun →
PNC Bank Arts Center, 116 Garden State Pkwy, Holmdel
5:00 pm - Breaking Benjamin →
PNC Bank Arts Center, 116 Garden State Pkwy, Holmdel
9:30 am - Holmdel Community Blood Drive - Honor. Give. Remember. Shirt for donors →
Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
9:00 am - Come From Away →
Bell Theater at Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
7:00 pm - 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival →
County Road 530, County Rd 530
11:00 am - 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
Monday August 24
Wednesday August 26
Wednesday September 2
Sunday September 6
Wednesday September 9
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Friday September 18
📣 Holmdel Shout Outs!
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- Huntington Learning Center — (732) 671-0200
- Brookdale Community College — (732) 224-1857
- The Pool Boss — (973) 823-7007
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Data Center Hysteria —Patrick Trischitta Read on Patch
- Political Circus Coming to the Community Near You —Prakash Santhana Read on Patch
- Bell Works Data Center: Things that Can go Wrong —Sid Nag Read on Patch
- If you need a driver, do not hesitate!
David is unbelievable. He is a great communicator-polite-friendly and reliable! His car is super clean and comfortable. He provides snacks, water and… (Nextdoor The Orchards at Holmdel) - So getting back to my question about Marlboro psychiatric hospital land.
In response to my question, I heard about everybody else's land, but what's going on with the land that's next to the psychiatric hospital. It's not… (Nextdoor Holmdel)
- Hackensack Meridian Health posted a job opening for Distribution Associate - Full Time - Day in Holmdel. Apply here.
- Keyport Board of Education posted a job opening for Custodian in Keyport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Holmdel here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lincroft
- New Jersey Supreme Court Reprimands Attorney David L. Chapman (alabnews.com)
Middletown
- Middletown South 2026 Football Preview (tapinto.net)
Red Bank
- Alix Earle Set To Open Up Family's $4.1 Million New Jersey Mansion in New Kardashians-Style Netflix Series (beaumontenterprise.com)
Ok Holmdel! 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: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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