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🌱 Patch AM: How a Moorestown hardcore band helped shape modern emo music
Also, don't miss Open House - Come "Check Us Out" on the Moorestown Patch calendar
What's up Moorestown! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Moorestown hardcore band helped shape modern emo music
Also on today's calendar: Open House - Come "Check Us Out" and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Humid with brief showers, temps: high: 86, low: 65.
- Friday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 3 Hardcore Punk Bands From the 80s That Accidentally Created Emo of the 90s and 2000s (vice.com) — Moorestown gets a shout-out in this look at three 1980s hardcore punk bands that helped shape later emo music, including local straight edge group Turning Point. The article traces how their emotional hardcore sound influenced 1990s and 2000s bands like Thursday, Lifetime, and Title Fight, connecting a small-town scene to a global genre shift. 
📸 Around Moorestown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Moorestown
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- Appearance Committee Meeting-CANCELLED →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm - Appearance Committee Meeting →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm - Open Space Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Committee Meeting →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm - Historic Preservation Commission Meeting →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm - Historic Preservation Commission Meeting-CANCELLED →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm - Open House - Come "Check Us Out" →
Red Dragon Canoe Club, 221 Edgewater Ave, Beverly
2:00 pm - Township Council Meeting →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm - Economic Development Advisory Committee →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm - Cyclist, Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee Meeting →
Moorestown Township, NJ Calendar, 111 West Second Street, Moorestown
7:00 pm
Wednesday August 19
Thursday August 20
Sunday August 23
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Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
📣 Moorestown Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Wednesday Morning Yoga
Camden County Parks & Rec Cooper River Park, 5300 North Park Drive, Pennsauken, NJ, 08109, United States
9:00 am - J.C. Stuart ECDC Parent Orientation
J. C. Stuart Early Childhood Development Center 70 Sunset Rd, Willingboro, NJ 08046, USA
10:00 am - Barclay Farmstead Public Tours →
Cherry Hill, NJ Calendar, 209 Barclay Lane (off West Gate Drive), Cherry Hill
12:00 pm - W/R/James Sr. Open House
W. R. James Sr. Elementary School Willingboro, NJ 08046
5:00 pm
Wednesday August 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- PetSmart posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate Full Time in Moorestown. Apply here.
- Rice Industries posted a job opening for Machinist in Moorestown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Moorestown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mount Laurel
- Mt. Laurel FOP Lodge President Elected Sergeant-At-Arms for New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police (tapinto.net)
- A Stray Kitten Survived a 800-Mile Road Trip Stuck in a Car (983thecoast.com)
- Top Banks by Reputation 2026: Customers (americanbanker.com)
Cinnaminson
- Full-Time Pharmacy Tech Certified Sam's (CPhT or ExCPT) (walmart.com)
- Following the money: Nursing home PAC continued giving to key NJ lawmakers in second quarter • Jersey Vindicator (jerseyvindicator.org)
- Who's back for more? Returning All-Conference Girls Volleyball players for 2026 (nj.com)
Ok Moorestown! 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: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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