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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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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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