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• Where does Middlesex baseball stand heading into this week’s state playoffs?

Also on today's calendar: Bridgewater Spring Carnival and Touch-a-Truck and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: I went into the woods and found it. Once I'd found it, I searched for it. The harder I searched, the less I wanted it. When at last I couldn't find it, I carried it home in my hand. What is it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Warmer with high clouds, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 82, low: 62.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Watchung Hills' win in SCT propels Hustlin' Warriors to top spot in Bellamy & Son Paving Baseball Top Ten (cjsportsradio.com) — Middlesex High’s baseball team holds fifth in the latest regional rankings and opens the state tournament Wednesday as the top seed in Central Jersey Group 1, hosting Highland Park. Several nearby Middlesex County teams, including Edison, Old Bridge, Monroe, and South Plainfield, also get key playoff matchups this week.    

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Sunday May 31

• Bridgewater Spring Carnival and Touch-a-Truck →
  Bridgewater Commons, 400 Commons Way, Bridgewater
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday May 28

• Woodland & VEM Spring Concert
  Von E. Mauger Middle School Middlesex, NJ 08846
  6:00 pm
• Spring Concert
  MHS Peter Diskin Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Sunday June 7

• Life Transformation with Swami Mukundananda →
  Temple Beth El, 67 US-206, Hillsborough Township
  6:45 pm

Sunday June 14

• Central NJ Artist Forum →
  American Legion, 17 Calvin Pl, Metuchen
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday May 26

• Winter/Spring Pep Rally
  Sampson G Smith Intermediate School, 1649 Amwell Rd, Somerset
  7:30 am
• Stories and Songs / Cuentos y Canciones
  North Plainfield branch - Children's Room
  10:30 am
• Municipal Court →
  Warren Township, NJ Calendar, 44 Mountain Blvd, Warren
  11:00 am
• Mini Medical School: Brain Hemisphere Craft
  Watchung branch - 20 Stirling Road, 20 Stirling Road, Watchung
  4:30 pm
• Garden Seeds Storytime
  Bridgewater branch - Story Well
  6:00 pm
• Band & Orchestra Performances
  MacAfee Road School, 53 MacAfee Rd, Somerset
  7:00 pm
• Fire Department Board of Engineers Monthly Meeting →
  South Bound Brook Fire Company, 83 Edgewood Terrace, South Bound Brook
  7:30 pm

Wednesday May 27

• Growing Tree Visit
  North Plainfield branch - Children's Room
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Piscataway

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South Plainfield

• South Plainfield High School's Spring Track and Field Teams Win 2026 Greater Middlesex Conference White Division Championships (tapinto.net)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A splinter. (Thank you Jake M. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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