🌱 Why Mount Olive police are ticketing some riders—and rewarding others.

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Mount Olive police are ticketing some riders—and rewarding others.
• What sentence did the driver in Mount Olive's fatal Route 206 crash receive?

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

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 40.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 68 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mount Olive police step up dirt bike enforcement, reward riders who follow law (wrnjradio.com) — Mount Olive police just ran a targeted crackdown on illegal dirt bike riding, impounding three unregistered, uninsured bikes and issuing summonses after complaints, especially from Budd Lake. At the same time, officers are rolling out a "Positive Ticket Program," handing out gift cards to riders they see following the rules, while warning that eluding police or riding illegally can bring serious charges.
   

• Morris County Prosecutor Announces Sentencing of Texas Man in Fatal Mount Olive Crash (TAPinto.net) — A Texas driver has been sentenced for the February Route 206 crash in Mount Olive's Flanders section that fatally injured a 22-year-old Hopatcong woman. He received probation, community service, and a lengthy license suspension after admitting he crossed the centerline and struck her car head-on, with both drivers initially hospitalized at Morristown Medical Center.
   

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Friday October 9
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
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Saturday October 10
• 17th Annual Oktoberfest At Forest Lodge →
  Forest Lodge, 11 Reinman Rd, Warren
  10:00 am
• Blessing Of The Animals →
  Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 409 East Baldwin Street, Hackettstown
  11:00 am
• Taste of Italy Italian Festival →
  Firemens Field, 10 Baker St, Mine Hill Township
  11:00 am
Sunday October 11
• Bighearted 5K →
  66 Ford Rd., 66 Ford Rd, Denville
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Starry Story Time
  Hackettstown Free Public Library, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown
  5:30 pm
• Painting with Lynn
  Mount Olive Public Library, 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd, Flanders
  6:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Intermediate / Advanced English as a Second Language Conversation Class - Adult
  Mount Olive Public Library, 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd, Flanders
  10:00 am
• Scrabble Club
  Hackettstown Free Public Library, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown
  10:30 am
• Gr 5/6 Theater Week Performance
  Hackettstown Middle School, 500 Washington Street, Hackettstown
  6:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Eleventh Hour Rescue Par 4 Paws 2026 Golf Outing →
  81 Pleasant Hill Rd, Mt Olive
  1:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Cider Pressing at Ralston Cider Mill Museum →
  336 Mendham Rd W, Mendham Township
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Hackettstown

• Free Rabies Clinic Coming To Hackettstown: What To Know (patch.com)
• 3-Year-Old Pit Bull Abandoned In Warren Co., Police Demand Answers (patch.com)

Roxbury

• 235 Acres of Hercules Property in Kenvil Slated for Permanent Preservation (TAPinto.net)
• Mount Olive milestone, plus Morris/Sussex boys soccer Super 10 (dailyrecord.com)
• Deja Vu All over Again with Evacuating Kean (insidernj.com)

Chester

• Best apple cider donuts in NJ 2026: North, Central and South (973espn.com)
• Hess and Hercules Settlements Give New Jersey $24 Million and 600 Acres of Preserved Land (thesunpapers.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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