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🌱 Police investigate shot fired into Madison Street home

Linden, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Linden! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Police investigate shot fired into Madison Street home
  • After delays, Linden preschoolers settle into their new school
  • NTSB identifies cause of fatal crash involving Linden aircraft owner

Also on today's calendar: New Jersey Department of Corrections Recruitment Open House – Essex County College in Newark (11/19) and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the fallen horse say? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Some sun, then clouds; breezy, with a high of 48 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 49, low: 36.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 53 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Bullet Fired Through Window Of Union County Home (patch.com) — A bullet went through a window of a Madison Street home in Linden shortly after midnight Friday, police said. No injuries were reported, and detectives say they do not believe the shooting was random or poses a known public threat. Anyone with information can contact Detective Maria Mercado at 908-474-8536.
   

2. A Superhero Leads the Way as Linden's New Preschool Academy Opens Its Doors (TAPinto Linden) — Linden's youngest students finally have their new preschool home after construction delays kept them at School No. 9 this fall. The Dr. Rocco G. Tomazic Preschool Academy in Winfield Park opened Nov. 9 with roughly 57 children, keeping familiar teachers and support staff as students settled into five classrooms.
   

3. Water In Fuel Caused Fatal Plane Crash On I-684 At NY, CT Border, NTSB Says (newsbreak.com) — Water-contaminated fuel caused the 2024 plane crash that seriously injured Linden aircraft owner Kalmen Goldberger and killed safety pilot Jacob Yankele Friedman, federal investigators concluded. The flight departed Linden for Albany. The NTSB found leaking fuel caps and said an inadequate preflight inspection failed to detect the contamination.
   

4. New Jersey AG releases findings on Linden car crash that critically injured a family of 3 (news12.com) — State investigators say a Linden officer followed a driver before his Jeep struck a family's car head-on on East Linden Avenue last month, critically injuring two parents and their infant. Authorities have not released vehicle speeds, leaving relatives' questions about the pursuit unanswered as the investigation continues.
   

5. Sophia's Shelves (timeforkids.com) — Thirty-six Linden students received 288 books for summer reading through Sophia's Book Stand, a program run by 13-year-old New Jersey student Sophia Parekh. She's given away more than 8,000 books since age 7, matching selections to children's ages and interests, and earned a Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes in September.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What did the fallen horse say?" — I can’t giddy up… (Thank you Kathy J. for sending it in!)
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