🌱 Patch AM: How could a new West Side waste hub affect your block?

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In today's newsletter:

• How could a new West Side waste hub affect your block?

Also on today's calendar: An Evening of Mentalism, Mindreading, and Mystery Featuring Mentalist Judah Mantell and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A little morning rain, with a high of 56 and low of 47 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, warmer, temps: high: 75, low: 52.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 62 and low of 47 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Residents Invited to Weigh In on Proposed Jersey City Waste Transfer Station (tapinto.net) — Jersey City residents will soon get a chance to speak out on a proposed waste transfer and recycling facility planned for the West Side near St. Paul’s and Tonnelle avenues. A state public hearing on April 28 will gather testimony, amid concerns about truck traffic, air quality, and environmental justice in already overburdened neighborhoods.    

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📸 Around Jersey City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jersey City

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday April 22

• An Evening of Mentalism, Mindreading, and Mystery Featuring Mentalist Judah Mantell
  1400 Clinton St, Hoboken
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 25

• Tu Casa Empieza Aquí
  1300 Avenue At Port, Weehawken Township
  1:00 pm
• Manos que Construyen Futuro
  1300 Avenue at Port, Weehawken Township
  3:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Earth Day Celebration & Music Festival
  770 Jackson St, Hoboken

Thursday April 30

• Learn ways to teach your child how to ride e-bikes safely
  Virtual,
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday April 24

• Office Hours: Real Estate and Career Coach Sessions
  Kọ Cafe (Ko Cafe) , 722 Grand St , Jersey City
  11:00 am

Friday May 1

• Friday Night Flicks
  411 Monmouth St , Jersey City
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Earn Extra Cash - Survey's & Market Research - Live Workshop - Saturday May 2, 2026 at 11:00am
  Online
  11:00 am
• Intertwined: 2026 NJCU BFA Thesis Exhibition Group B
  New Jersey City University Visual Arts Gallery , 100 Culver Ave , Jersey City
  3:00 pm

Wednesday May 6

• Preschool Fair 2026
  Léman Ballroom , 41 Broad St , New York
  5:30 pm

Thursday May 7

• Know Your Rights: Tenants
  Zoom
  3:00 pm
• Know Your Rights: Tenants
  Zoom
  3:00 pm
• Know Your Rights: Tenants
  Zoom
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I have a lot of stuff that I want to donate like toiletries, overnight packs that you get on flights… I have tried but cannot find anyone to take them.
  It is weird as I stockpile them to give to shelters, but haven’t had luck finding a place that will accept them. Does anyone know of any places in… (Nextdoor Van Vorst Park)
• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog!
  FOUND on April 20, 2026 in Jersey City, NJ 07302 near Congress and north Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the finder… (Nextdoor Riverview North)

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🗞 Nearby News

Hoboken

• Hoboken Condo Sells For Nearly $5M, Setting Record (patch.com)
• Community Meeting Set for Phase 1 of Hoboken Housing Authority Redevelopment Plan (tapinto.net)
• Hoboken Police to Host Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25 (tapinto.net)

Kearny

• Secaucus Police Blotter, April 13 (patch.com)

Secaucus

• Hear Sydney Millevoi's Latest Single, 'Eyes On Me' (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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