🌱 Patch AM: Swatting Phone Calls Prompt Widespread Response At Howell Schools, Police Say

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In today's newsletter:

• Swatting calls trigger rapid police response at all Howell schools
• Can Howell boys soccer turn recent big wins into a deep run?

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunny and delightful, with a high of 75 and low of 48 degrees.
• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 68, low: 54.
• Sunday: Some rain in the p.m.; cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Swatting Phone Calls Prompt Widespread Response At Howell Schools, Police Say (patch.com) — Parents and residents in Howell should know that all township schools briefly sheltered in place Tuesday after swatting calls triggered a rapid, heavy police response. Officers were inside schools within minutes, secured the buildings, and worked with the Howell Board of Education on a controlled dismissal, while similar non-credible threats were reported in nearby Wall and Brick.
   

• The Shore's Top 10 boys soccer teams ahead of the Shore Conference Tournament (app.com) — Howell High's boys soccer team is entering the Shore Conference Tournament as a dangerous dark horse, coming off big wins over Ocean Township and Freehold Township despite an up‑and‑down season. A new Shore-area top 10 ranking breaks down where Howell and other contenders stand, and which recent results suggest who might surge once postseason play begins.
   

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Friday October 9
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
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Saturday October 10
• Our First Open Farm of the Year at Cedar Lane Alpacas →
  CEDAR LANE ALPACAS, 67 Victory Rd, Howell Township, NJ, 07731,
  11:00 am
Sunday October 11
• Sundays are for the market 🌿 →
  Echo Lake Park, 1205 Maxim Southard Rd, Howell Township
  10:00 am
Saturday October 24
• Harvest Victorian Afternoon Tea →
  Mathis House a Victorian Bed & Breakfast and Tea Room, 600 Main St, Toms River
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Monmouth Writers Group →
  Monmouth County Library - Howell Township Branch, 318 Old Tavern Rd, Howell Township
  9:30 am
• 19th Annual Gift Auction →
  Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 434 Aldrich Rd, Howell Township
  12:00 pm
• 19th Annual Gift Auction →
  434 Aldrich Rd, Howell Township
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Build a Rain Barrel Workshop →
  Echo Lake Park, 1205 Maxim Southard Rd, Howell Township
  1:00 pm
Monday October 19
• Howell Book Club: The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post →
  Monmouth County Library - Howell Township Branch, 318 Old Tavern Rd, Howell Township
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 21
• Recycled Papermaking with Botanicals →
  Monmouth County Library - Howell Township Branch, 318 Old Tavern Rd, Howell Township
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Kelly's Knit and Crochet Circle →
  Monmouth County Library - Howell Township Branch, 318 Old Tavern Rd, Howell Township
  11:00 am
• The Wag's Halloween Spectacular →
  Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Ave, Lakewood
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Wall master plan study eyes influx of new housing (starnewsgroup.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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