🌱 Spring Truck Fest and 10 more events

Cheers Independence! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Luminescence at Pinot's Palette
• Spring Truck Fest at Island Dragway
• Mother's Day Plant Swap at Hackettstown Free Public Library

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A brief afternoon shower, with a high of 60 and low of 45 degrees.
• Saturday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., temps: high: 58, low: 46.
• Sunday: Warmer; a shower in the p.m., with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.

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📸 Around Independence

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Independence

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★ Featured events ★

Friday May 8

• Luminescence →
  Pinot's Palette, 1885 NJ-57, Hackettstown
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday May 9

• Spring Truck Fest →
  Island Dragway, 20 Island Rd, Great Meadows
  9:00 am
• Mother's Day Plant Swap
  Hackettstown Free Public Library Hackettstown Public Library, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ, 07840, United States
  10:30 am
• Spring Vegetables with Kate Munning
  Hackettstown Free Public Library Hackettstown Public Library, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ, 07840, United States
  12:00 pm
• Live Music: Mike Frank & Friends →
  Czig Meister Brewing, 106 Valentine St, Hackettstown
  6:30 pm
• Free Public Astronomy Program - May 9th →
  United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey, 333 State Park Rd, Great Meadows
  8:00 pm

Sunday May 10

• Roses in Glass →
  Pinot's Palette, 1885 NJ-57, Hackettstown
  10:00 am
• Monet’s Whispering Willow →
  Pinot's Palette, 1885 NJ-57, Hackettstown
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday May 8

• Just Made Bakery Market →
  Just Made Bakery, 1875 NJ-57, Hackettstown
  9:00 am
• Preschool Pals Storytime →
  Warren County Library - Northeast Branch, 40 US-46, Hackettstown
  10:30 am
• Scrabble Club
  Hackettstown Free Public Library Hackettstown Public Library, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ, 07840, United States
  10:30 am
• Mother's Day Flower Pots
  Hackettstown Free Public Library Hackettstown Public Library, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ, 07840, United States
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Hackettstown

• Five Atlantic Health hospitals earn top patient safety grades from Leapfrog Group (wrnjradio.com)
• A Decade of Dedication: Amy Cochran Celebrates 10 Years on the Hackettstown Board of Education (tapinto.net)
• Centenary University honors EOP students inducted into Chi Alpha Epsilon honor society (wrnjradio.com)

Long Valley

• Girl Scouts Replace Washington Twp. Library's Stolen Picnic Table (patch.com)

Blairstown

• Blairstown Elementary Ends School Year With One New Budget and Several Celebrations (ridgeviewecho.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Steve H. for sending it in!)
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