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🌱 Patch AM: Fall Shopping Extravaganza With Crafts, Vendors Coming To Hopatcong
Also check out Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know on the Hopatcong Patch calendar
Hello Hopatcong! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Celebrate Fall with local vendors at St. Jude Parish Center
Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: A morning shower; humid, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
- Friday: A passing afternoon shower, temps: high: 81, low: 53.
- Saturday: Sunshine and not as warm, with a high of 70 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fall Shopping Extravaganza With Crafts, Vendors Coming To Hopatcong (patch.com) — Hopatcong residents can enjoy a free Celebrate Fall Shopping Extravaganza at St. Jude Parish Center on Maxim Drive this Saturday, featuring local crafters, artisans, food vendors and small businesses. With vendor spots already full and a waiting list started, organizers encourage shoppers to check the event's Facebook page for the latest updates before heading out. 
📸 Around Hopatcong
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hopatcong
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
Webinar - Online Presentation,
2:30 pm - Annual Tricky Tray →
Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, 204 Espanong Rd, Jefferson
5:00 pm
Friday October 2
Friday October 16
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Other local events
- Stryper Live in Concert →
The Newton Theatre, 234 Spring St, Newton
8:00 pm - The Outlaws →
The Newton Theatre, 234 Spring St, Newton
8:00 am - Jamtoberfest '26 - All Day Concert & Festival →
1:00 pm - Annual Bets For Our Vets Casino Night →
American Legion Post 278, 119 NJ-183, Stanhope
6:00 pm - Sparta Community Blood Drive - In Loving Memory of Gary Letizia →
Sparta Volunteer Ambulance Squad, 14 S Sparta Ave, Sparta
9:00 am - Hopatcong Monthly Market - NEW DATE Sunday 10/4 →
Department of Public Works, 120 River Styx Rd, Hopatcong
11:00 am - Indian Hills JV Football @ Hopatcong →
Hopatcong High School, 2A Windsor Ave, Hopatcong
4:00 pm - Blessing of the Animals at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church →
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran, 246 Woodport Rd, Sparta
10:00 am - Celebrate Fall, a Shopping Extravaganza in Hopatcong →
Saint Jude Roman Catholic Church, 40 Maxim Dr, Hopatcong
10:00 am - Parsippany JV Football @ Hopatcong →
Hopatcong High School, 2A Windsor Ave, Hopatcong
4:00 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Innovative Career & Health Fair Coming in October —Project Self-Sufficiency Read on Patch
- Annual Harvest Shoot Raises Funds for Project Self-Sufficiency —Project Self-Sufficiency Read on Patch
- New Jersey Blood Services Call for Donors After Nor'easter Causes Drive Cancellations —Shauna Lynch Read on Patch
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- Arcfield posted a job opening for Model-Based Systems Engineer in Wharton. Apply here.
- Premium Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser - Walmart in Newton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hopatcong here.
🗞 Nearby News
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- Autumn Harvest Shoot at The Hudson Farm Club (iheart.com)
Roxbury
- Kean Now Says He Opposes Proposed ICE Facility in Roxbury (tapinto.net)
- Federal Auditors Say Immigrant Detention Plan for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Did Not Advance (centraljersey.com)
- Police rescue trapped dog, help contain Roxbury house fire (news12.com)
Sparta
- Beyond Vinyl-Wrapped Machines & Developer Dreams: (tapinto.net)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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