🌱 Patch AM: How a Long Branch hospital helped spark a statewide recovery network

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Long Branch hospital helped spark a statewide recovery network
• Which Shore Conference football games are happening near Long Branch?
• How a Long Branch man's dump truck got tied to illegal dumping

Also on today's calendar: Bugs, Birds and Beyond Free Children's Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sun and some clouds, with a high of 84 and low of 62 degrees.
• Saturday: Sunny intervals; less humid, temps: high: 70, low: 64.
• Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How RWJBarnabas built a systemwide peer recovery program (beckersbehavioralhealth.com) — Long Branch's Monmouth Medical Center was the launch site for RWJBarnabas Health's Peer Recovery Program, which began in 2016 helping overdose patients in the emergency department. The initiative has since expanded across all 12 system hospitals, adding All Recovery meetings and naloxone distribution, and has now supported 150,000 patient referrals for substance use recovery services.
   

• SEABREEZE Ford/The Jeep Store Week 3 Shore Conference Football Scoreboard (shoresportsinsider.com) — Local football fans can catch Monmouth visiting Long Branch for a 6 p.m. kickoff in this week's Shore Conference slate. The full Week 3 scoreboard lists matchups across Monmouth and Ocean counties, helping you plan which nearby rivalries to watch on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
   

• Long Branch Man Charged After Dump Truck Linked to Illegal Dumping in Wall (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A Long Branch resident has been charged after Wall Township police linked his dump truck to five illegal dumping incidents on Campus Parkway that left a property owner with more than $2,000 in cleanup costs. The investigation stretched between Wall and Long Branch, with officers ultimately impounding the truck and filing multiple criminal and dumping-related charges, while emphasizing that the defendant is presumed innocent.
   

📸 Around Long Branch

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Long Branch

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Bugs, Birds and Beyond Free Children's Festival →
  4000 Kozloski Road, Freehold,
  12:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Living Well with Lung Disease: Webinars for Patients and Families →
  Virtual,
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 18
• Eatontown Community Blood Drive →
  St. Dorothea Church, 240 Broad St, Eatontown
  12:30 pm
• DJ Greg G 3rd Fridays →
  Nip N Tuck Bar & Grill, 23 Norwood Avenue, Long Branch
  8:00 pm
• DJ Greg G 3rd Fridays Live →
  Nip N Tuck Bar & Grill, 23 Norwood Avenue, Long Branch
  8:00 pm
• DJ Greg G 3rd Fridays LIVE AT NIP-N-TUCK BAR & GRILL →
  Nip N Tuck Bar & Grill, 23 Norwood Avenue, Long Branch
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Cross of Glory's 25th Annual Fall Yard Sale, Bake Sale, and Snacky Shack BBQ! →
  Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, 95 Cambridge Dr, Aberdeen Township
  9:00 am
Sunday September 20
• Boozy Brunch Bingo - Back To School Theme! →
  Nip n Tuck Bar & Package Goods, 23 Norwood Avenue, Long Branch
• Jetty Surf Club →
  jetty, 80 Ocean Avenue N, Long Branch
  8:00 am
Friday September 25
• YMCA Counseling & Social Services Passport to Wellness Open House →
  166 Main St, Matawan
  10:00 am
• Karaoke with Giuseppe at Max's in Long Branch →
  Max's Bar & Grill, 25 Matilda Terrace, Long Branch
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Sunday Funday Karaoke at Nip-N-Tuck in Long Branch →
  Nip n Tuck Bar & Grill, 23 Norwood Ave, Long Branch
  2:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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• Aramark posted a job opening for Food Service Worker Lead - West Long Branch School District in West Long Branch. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

West Long Branch

• UAlbany football looking at Monmouth matchup as barometer game (news10.com)

Oceanport

• Latest on NBC4 helicopter crash, Estuardo Mazariegos on CD-9, history of sports betting and more (laist.com)

Eatontown

• CAVA opens new location at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown (news12.com)
• Meet of the Week: No. 1 Lancers Charge Past Rebels in Top-10 Battle (onnj.com)
• New Hackensack Meridian Health Center Opens In Freehold (dailyvoice.com)

Ok Long Branch! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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