🌱 Patch AM: Manalapan Awarded $255K Grant For Recreation Center Playground

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In today's newsletter:

• Manalapan scores $255K to upgrade its recreation center playground
• See what rare colonial records just arrived in Manalapan's archives.
• What Manalapan needs next to lock up top soccer seeding.

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

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very warm and humid, with a high of 87 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Less humid with some sun, temps: high: 71, low: 54.
• Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 63 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Manalapan Awarded $255K Grant For Recreation Center Playground (patch.com) — Manalapan residents can look forward to improvements at the Manalapan Recreation Center Shelter Playground, thanks to a new $255,500 county grant. The funding, part of Monmouth County's 2026 Municipal Open Space Grant program, will support Phase II upgrades and reflects a broader county effort to enhance local parks and outdoor spaces.
   

• New history documents from Monmouth's colonial era open to public (app.com) — Newly transferred colonial‑era documents, including wills and Revolutionary War‑period records, are now available to the public at the Monmouth County Archives on Symmes Drive in Manalapan. Residents can visit the Manalapan Records Center to view these preserved pieces of local and national history, which officials say will be safeguarded and shared for generations.
   

• A Week to Go: 2026 Boys Soccer Shore Conference Tournament Clinch Scenarios (shoresportsinsider.com) — Manalapan boys soccer has already clinched a Shore Conference Tournament berth and sits atop its group, with first place secured by a win or draw at Toms River South. The article breaks down every remaining clinch scenario, so Manalapan fans can see exactly what results their team and rivals need before seeding is finalized.
   

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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 10
• Ranney School Fall Open House →
  Ranney School, 235 Hope Rd, Tinton Falls
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Outdoor Family Movie Night. Fun and Free →
  Crossroads Assembly of God, 19 Main St, Englishtown
  6:30 pm
• Fun, Free, Family Outdoor Movie Night 🍿 🎥 →
  Crossroads Assembly of God, 19 Main St, Englishtown
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Library After Hours with Chris Pinnella: The Big Band Project →
  Monmouth County Library - Headquarters, 125 Symmes Dr, Manalapan Township
  7:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Community Flu Vaccine Clinic →
  Monmouth County Library - Headquarters, 125 Symmes Dr, Manalapan Township
  1:00 pm
• Global Studies Magnet Program Open House
  Freehold Township High School
  6:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Law Enforcement & Public Safety Magnet Program Open House
  Manalapan High School
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Astronomy is Exciting →
  Monmouth County Library - Headquarters, 125 Symmes Dr, Manalapan Township
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• We are Present and Future Women →
  Monmouth County Library - Headquarters, 125 Symmes Dr, Manalapan Township
  1:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Home, Hope, and Community: How Affordable Housing Shapes Monmouth County →
  Monmouth County Library - Headquarters, 125 Symmes Dr, Manalapan Township
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• 23rd Annual Jim Palser Evening With The Irish →
  St Thomas More-Petri Hall, 186 Gordons Corner Rd, Manalapan Township
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Girls volleyball: Results and recaps for Thursday, Oct. 1 (nj.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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