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šŸŒ± Patch AM: Teen Injured In Huber Woods Park; Family Sues Monmouth County

And on the Middletown Patch calendar - Early SAT and ACT Testing: Preparing for College Admission Success

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Hi Middletown! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Teen's Huber Woods injury sparks complex lawsuit over park safety
  • How Middletown's High Tech High topped every STEM school in America

Also on today's calendar: Early SAT and ACT Testing: Preparing for College Admission Success and 8 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Andrew O.!

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid with clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 69 degrees.
  • Saturday: Humid with rain at times, temps: high: 77, low: 69.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Teen Injured In Huber Woods Park; Family Sues Monmouth County (patch.com) — A Middletown-area family is pursuing an unresolved lawsuit over serious injuries their 15-year-old son suffered in 2022 while playing on forklift equipment left in Huber Woods Park in the Locust section of town. Middletown Township and its departments have been dismissed from the case, but Monmouth County and other agencies remain defendants as a judge weighs whether to add the teen's friend as partially responsible at an August 28 court hearing.
   

• High Technology High School Named No. 1 STEM High School In The Nation (patch.com) — High Technology High School in Middletown's Lincroft section has been ranked the No. 1 STEM high school in the entire country and the top high school in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report. The selective Monmouth County Vocational School District program emphasizes engineering and joins several sister academies that also scored among the state's and nation's best.
   

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  • Seabrook Resident Lou Rivera Wins First Place for Digital Artwork (patch.com)

Holmdel

  • Hazlet Firefighter's Donation Drive Brings Earthquake Relief To Venezuela (patch.com)
  • Incoming Storms Postpone Hazlet Concert: See Details (patch.com)
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Ok Middletown! 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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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