🌱 Patch AM: Two DWIs, one crash: what happened on Route 15?

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• Two DWIs, one crash: what happened on Route 15?

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📰 News we're reading

• Two Men Charged With DWIs on Same Night in Jefferson Township (tapinto.net) — Police in Jefferson Township arrested two drivers on Sept. 5 after separate suspected DWI incidents along Route 15, including one vehicle traveling the wrong way and another crashing in the Club 15 parking lot. Both men, from Sparta and Mine Hill, were taken into custody after field sobriety tests, highlighting recent impaired driving concerns on a major local roadway.
   

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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
• Eleventh Hour Rescue Par 4 Paws 2026 Golf Outing →
  81 Pleasant Hill Rd, Mt Olive
  1:00 pm
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  Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, 204 Espanong Rd, Jefferson
  5:00 pm

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Friday September 25
• Bolero Block Party with Gym Class Heroes →
  Bolero Snort Brewery and Tasting Room, 316 20th St, Carlstadt
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Star Trek 60th Anniversary Celebration →
  Morris County Library, 30 E Hanover Ave, Hanover
  10:00 am
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  Jefferson Township High School, 1010 Weldon Rd, Oak Ridge
  12:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
  680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
  11:00 am
Wednesday September 30
• Child & Family Resources SHINE Gala Nominations →
  Child & Family Resources, 111 Howard Blvd, Mt Arlington
  9:00 am
• Ryan Nealon: An Evening of Songs Worth Singing →
  The Presbyterian Church in Morristown, 57 E Park Pl, Morristown
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Rummage Sale →
  Berkshire Valley Presbyterian Church, 635 Berkshire Valley Rd, Wharton
  9:00 am
Thursday October 15
• The Blind Boys of Alabama →
  South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), One SOPAC Way, South Orange Village
  7:30 pm

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