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• How new drone training could change Hopatcong police work

Also on today's calendar: Viva Italia Festival Sparta UNICO and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Cloudy and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cloudy with a little rain, temps: high: 63, low: 48.
• Wednesday: Sun, then clouds, with a high of 62 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• First Energy Provides Grant to Support Drone Training for Police and Educators (ridgeviewecho.com) — Hopatcong police officers are among those gaining access to grant-funded drone training at Warren County Community College, helping local law enforcement learn modern search-and-rescue and investigation tools. A $55,000 FirstEnergy Foundation grant supports exam prep and hands-on flying for regional STEM teachers and officers, with another course scheduled this November and open to additional New Jersey school districts.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopatcong

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 26
• Viva Italia Festival Sparta UNICO →
  The Shoppes at Lafayette, 75 NJ-15, Lafayette Township
  11:00 am
Saturday October 3
• Annual Bets For Our Vets Casino Night →
  American Legion Post 278, 119 NJ-183, Stanhope
  6:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Annual Tricky Tray →
  Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, 204 Espanong Rd, Jefferson
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 23
• Sparta Camera Club Welcomes Nick Palmieri →
  Sparta Ambulance Squad, 14 Sparta Ave N, Sparta
  7:30 pm
Thursday September 24
• Welcome Back My Friends - An Evening With Emerson, Lake & Palmer →
  The Newton Theatre, 234 Spring St, Newton
  7:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Boonton at Hopatcong →
  Hopatcong High School, 2 Windsor Ave, Hopatcong
  6:00 pm
• Hollywood Nights - The Bob Seger Experience →
  The Newton Theatre, 234 Spring St, Newton
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Fall Market at Madonna Hall in Stockholm →
  Madonna Hall, 2821 NJ-23, Hardyston
  10:00 am
• Fall Fest →
  Mountain Creek Resort, 200 NJ-94, Vernon Township
  11:00 am
Sunday September 27
• Hopatcong Monthly Market →
  Department of Public Works, 120 River Styx Rd, Hopatcong
  11:00 am
• Happy Birthday America - 250 years →
  Van Kirk Homestead Museum, 336 Main St, Sparta
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• Stryper Live in Concert →
  The Newton Theatre, 234 Spring St, Newton
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Howmet Aerospace posted a job opening for Production Worker (Metal Workcell Operator - 3rd Shift) in Dover. Apply here.
• Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Succasunna. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopatcong here.

🗞 Nearby News

Roxbury

• Beautiful Weather, Great Attendance at Roxbury's Olde Suckasunny Day (tapinto.net)
• Roxbury Eyes Digital Overhaul to 'Stop the Bleeding' on Paper Problem (tapinto.net)
• Power & Politics: Voter registration hearing; New poll on NJ's 7th Congressional District; ICE accused of using Roxbury warehouse (news12.com)

Sparta

• With the Lopez Family, Sparta Township Council Proclaims Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (tapinto.net)
• Two Men Charged With DWIs on Same Night in Jefferson Township (tapinto.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Beef Tips (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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