🌱 Which new family-friendly play could become Netcong’s next full production?
Netcong, New Jersey Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Netcong! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which new family-friendly play could become Netcong’s next full production?
Also on today's calendar: Unemployed? Obtain a Free Training Grant for Top Certifications and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Warmer with plenty of sun, with a high of 82 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 55. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• The Growing Stage presents round 2 of the 2026 New Play Reading Festival on June 13th (newjerseystage.com) — Netcong’s Growing Stage is hosting Round 2 of its 2026 New Play Reading Festival on Friday, June 13 at 4:00pm, featuring four new Theatre for Young Audiences scripts. Audience members can hear professional and amateur actors read the plays, then join a post-reading discussion that helps decide which script becomes a fully staged production in the 2026–2027 season. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Unemployed? Obtain a Free Training Grant for Top Certifications →
2:00 pm -
Discover Rhapsody in Blue →
Alexander Kasser Theater, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair
2:45 pm
Friday June 5
Sunday June 14
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Other local events
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Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting
Borough of Stanhope 77 Main St, Stanhope, NJ 07874
6:30 pm -
Garbage Collection →
Borough of Stanhope 77 Main St, Stanhope, NJ 07874
5:00 am -
250th Celebrate America Event
Borough of Stanhope 77 Main St, Stanhope, NJ 07874
3:00 pm -
Land Use Board Meeting →
Borough of Stanhope Borough Hall, 77 Main Street, Stanhope, NJ, 07874, United States
7:00 pm -
Forest Lakes Beach Party
Byram Intermediate School Stanhope, NJ 07874
5:00 pm -
Mayor & Council Work Session/Agenda Meeting
Borough of Stanhope 77 Main St, Stanhope, NJ 07874
7:00 pm -
Forest Lake Beach party rain date
Byram Intermediate School Stanhope, NJ 07874
5:00 pm -
Board of Health
Borough of Stanhope 77 Main St, Stanhope, NJ 07874
7:00 pm
Wednesday June 3
Thursday June 4
Sunday June 7
Monday June 8
Tuesday June 9
Wednesday June 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Wednesday Story Time
Hackettstown Free Public Library Hackettstown Public Library, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ, 07840, United States
10:00 am -
Crochet with Mama J : Beginner- Adult
Mount Olive Public Library 202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd, Flanders, NJ 07836
11:00 am -
Literary Horizons
Roxbury Township Public Library Roxbury Public Library - Talmage Quiet Room
12:00 pm -
Steve Redan Memorial Author Series - Mary Savig
Roxbury Township Public Library Roxbury Public Library -
2:00 pm
Wednesday June 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ShopRite posted a job opening for ShopRite - Night Crew Clerk (RoNetco NJ) Salary Range $17.50 - $19.00/hr in Netcong. Apply here.
- ShopRite Supermarkets posted a job opening for ShopRite - Produce Clerk (RoNetco NJ) Salary Range $15.92 - $17.00/hr in Stanhope. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Netcong here.
🗞 Nearby News
Roxbury
- Ledgewood's Schulz Wins Roxbury 5K (tapinto.net)
- Huge cache of condoms found at Roxbury spa in prostitution probe (nj1015.com)
- North Jersey cafe, Barstool pizza destination heavily damaged by fire (dailyrecord.com)
Mount Olive
- Non-Public sectional semifinals baseball preview: Who will rise to the occasion? (nj.com)
Wharton
- Wharton Community Players present "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (newjerseystage.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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