🌱 Patch AM: Annual Mahwah Day Festival To Bring Fireworks, Petting Zoo, Music This Weekend

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In today's newsletter:

• Mahwah Day returns with fireworks, food trucks, and a tribute band
• How Ramapo's Mahwah campus got 126 students ready to vote

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 74 and low of 64 degrees.
• Friday: Warmer with clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 55.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 70 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Annual Mahwah Day Festival To Bring Fireworks, Petting Zoo, Music This Weekend (patch.com) — Mahwah residents can look forward to this weekend's Mahwah Day celebration at Commodore Perry Field, featuring a parade, rides, dog portraits, and a lively beer garden. Families will find food vendors all afternoon, capped by evening food trucks, live Billy Joel tribute music, and fireworks that highlight the town's community spirit.
   

• Election Day Ready: Roadrunners Pledge to Vote (ramapo.edu) — Ramapo College students on the Mahwah campus recently ran a National Voter Registration Day drive outside the Havemeyer Arch, helping 126 people register or pledge to vote. Organizers stressed how local, state, and national elections all shape students' daily lives, and highlighted Ramapo's growing recognition for strong student voter engagement.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mahwah

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Grand Opening! Vintage Store and Art Workshops! →
  1222 NJ-23, Wantage
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Harvestfest Craft Show & Antique & Gift Corner, Sun. Oct. 4, 125 Exhibitors, Veterans Pk, Westwood →
  Veteran's Memorial Park, 50 Madison Ave, Westwood
  9:00 am
• Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
  680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 1
• Evening Bereavement Support Group →
  100 Ridge Rd, Mahwah
  6:00 pm
• Teen Watercolor with Libby: Howling Wolf →
  100 Ridge Rd, Mahwah
  7:00 pm
• Meet the Candidates for the Town Council →
  100 Ridge Rd, Mahwah
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Skill Builders: The ABCs of Sports and Play →
  100 Ridge Rd, Mahwah
  10:30 am
• Teen Room Fun →
  100 Ridge Rd, Mahwah
  2:30 pm
• Rachel Feinstein →
  Berrie Center, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Jamtoberfest 2026: A Full Day of Live Jam Bands, Food, and Community →
  Swim & Sport Club, 272 Emmans Rd, Roxbury Township
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• "Revolutionary Roads of Ramapo" with Joe Carey →
  201 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah
  8:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Girls volleyball: Results and recaps for Wednesday, Sept. 30 (nj.com)

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• Franklin Lakes violinist makes history, then returns to seventh grade (northjersey.com)
• Indexing Primer Modules Market Outlook to 2035 (indexbox.io)

Wyckoff

• Challenging a Political Monopoly (splicetoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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