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🌱 Patch AM: Long Valley BOE Eyes 4 New Buses, Utilities Presentation Planned
Happening soon: 17th Annual Oktoberfest At Forest Lodge on the Long Valley Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- School board to weigh new buses and hear utilities update
- Planning a fall weekend? See what's new at Two Sisters Farm.
Also on today's calendar: 17th Annual Oktoberfest At Forest Lodge and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 60 and low of 35 degrees.
- Wednesday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 66, low: 47.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 73 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Long Valley BOE Eyes 4 New Buses, Utilities Presentation Planned (patch.com) — Long Valley residents can weigh in as the Washington Township Board of Education meets Tuesday night at Long Valley Middle School to consider leasing four new 54-passenger school buses and renting out two existing buses. The board will also hear the district's 2025-26 audit, a presentation from the Municipal Utilities Authority, and review the school self-assessment under New Jersey's Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, with time set aside for public comment. 
• Two Sisters Farm Opens on Schooley's Mountain in Long Valley, NJ (thelocalgirl.com) — A new family-friendly pumpkin patch, Two Sisters Farm on Schooley's Mountain, is now open weekends at 26 Pleasant Grove Road in Long Valley with free admission and wagon rides. Visitors can pick pumpkins by the pound, enjoy mountain views, and sample cider, doughnuts, and other seasonal treats, with leashed dogs also welcome during the farm's inaugural fall season.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Long Valley
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★ Featured events ★
- 17th Annual Oktoberfest At Forest Lodge →
Forest Lodge, 11 Reinman Rd, Warren
10:00 am - Blessing Of The Animals →
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 409 East Baldwin Street, Hackettstown
11:00 am - Bighearted 5K →
66 Ford Rd., 66 Ford Rd, Denville
9:00 am
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
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Other local events
- Periwinkle Skies Pop-Up and Workshop →
Ethos Farm to Health, 177 West Mill Road, Long Valley
9:00 am - Periwinkle Skies Pop-Up →
Ethos Farm to Health, 177 West Mill Road, Long Valley
9:00 am - Natural Plant Dyes with Periwinkle Skies! →
Ethos Farm to Health, 177 West Mill Road, Long Valley
12:00 pm - Root to Rise Yoga with Kimberly at Ethos Farm to Health →
Ethos Farm Organic Market, 177 W Mill Rd, Washington Township
10:00 am - WT Democratic Committee's Monthly Food Pantry Drive →
Washington Twp Public Library, 37 E Springtown Rd, Washington Township
10:00 am - Celebrate the Colors of Fall & Sounds of Brass Roots →
Taphouse Grille, 1930 NJ-57, Hackettstown
8:30 pm - AppleFest 2026 - Looking for Vendors →
Tree Licious Orchards, 135 Karrville Rd, Mansfield Township
9:00 am - Puppy Kindergarten Class →
My Dog's Got Class, 1271 US-22, Lebanon
8:30 am - Morning Meditation October →
Ethos Farm Organic Market, 177 W Mill Rd, Washington Township
10:00 am
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Saturday October 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- PARAKEET/BUDGIE FOUND- trying to catch it!!
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- CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Chester. Apply here.
- ABB posted a job opening for Assembler in Hackettstown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Long Valley here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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