🌱 Patch AM: Around Millburn: Medicaid + ICE + Data Centers + Gateway Tunnel

Good morning to you Millburn! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Millburn candidate forum tops a busy week of Essex County headlines
• Why Millburn's Main Street makes this list of picture-perfect downtowns

Also on today's calendar: Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Cooler; a little p.m. rain, with a high of 62 and low of 55 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 70, low: 47.
• Tuesday: Brilliant sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Around Millburn: Medicaid + ICE + Data Centers + Gateway Tunnel (patch.com) — Millburn readers get a quick roundup of major Essex County and New Jersey stories, including a planned 2026 Millburn Town Committee candidate forum and new Medicaid rules affecting local residents. The digest also highlights regional debates over data centers, progress on the Gateway rail tunnel, and other developments in transportation, education, business, and community events that shape daily life in and around Millburn.
   

• 8 Picture-Perfect Main Streets In New Jersey (worldatlas.com) — Millburn's walkable downtown gets spotlighted for the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn Deli, Millburn Standard, and the classic Millburn Diner, all clustered along Millburn Avenue. The piece also points locals and visitors toward nearby South Mountain Reservation and its whimsical Fairy Trail, where hundreds of tiny handmade houses hide along the wooded paths just beyond town.
   

📸 Around Millburn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Millburn

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4
• Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
  680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
  11:00 am
• Design Beautiful Container Gardens and Native Plant Sale →
  Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary, 324 Forest Dr S, Millburn
  2:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Motown comes to Rahway Oct. 24 to Help Our Homeless in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union Counties. →
  Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC), 1601 Irving St, Rahway
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4
• Everybody Eats: A Five Part Educational Series on Food Insecurity, Justice and Connection →
  Wyoming Presbyterian Church, 432 Wyoming Ave, Millburn
  11:30 am
• 10/7 Commemoration and Concert →
  Millburn NJ
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Kill Goofy →
  The Grove Street Theatre, 130 Grove St, Montclair
  8:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Kill Goofy →
  The Grove Street Theatre, 130 Grove St, Montclair
  1:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Big Band Concert →
  South Orange bPerforming Arts Center
  7:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Kill Goofy →
  The Grove Street Theatre, 130 Grove St, Montclair
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Kill Goofy →
  The Grove Street Theatre, 130 Grove St, Montclair
  8:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• Kill Goofy →
  The Grove Street Theatre, 130 Grove St, Montclair
  1:30 pm
• Broadway Comes to Summit!!! →
  70 Maple St, Summit
  4:00 pm

📣 Millburn Shout Outs!

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Millburn PatchAM possible:

• Insurcomm Restoration — (866) 708-5357
• WalkWell Shoes — 9082737979
• HZY Goods Dispensary — (973) 200-3030
• Dharmachakra Kadampa Buddhist Center
• HOTWORX — (973) 494-5736
• The Pool Boss — (973) 823-7007
• All Square Performance Chiropractic and Golf — (908) 998-9194
• PSE&G — (800) 436-7734
• Daryle Pellegrino | Mortgage Loan Originator | NMLS 327220 — 2016796200
• Right at Home of Essex County — (973) 669-1822
• Aaron Zuckerman Private Math Tutor — 9084100442
• No Tomorrow Athletics — 9086711567
• Jersey Sports Finder
• Muller Insurance — (201) 659-2403

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Panera posted a job opening for Catering Lead in Springfield. Apply here.
• Olive Garden posted a job opening for Bartender in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Millburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Short Hills

• Women's Golf Set for Yale Invitational (gocrimson.com)

Maplewood

• Maplewood Village Goes Pink for Girls' Night Out Thursday, October 8 – Pink Party to Benefit Breast Cancer Research (villagegreennj.com)
• Ethical Culture Society Rededicates Its Maplewood Location as the First New Jersey Peace Site (villagegreennj.com)

Livingston

• Around Livingston: Medicaid + ICE + Data Centers + Gateway Tunnel (patch.com)

Ok Millburn! 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: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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