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In today's newsletter:

• How could flood buyouts reshape New Milford's riverfront neighborhoods?

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 3 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and nice, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 71, low: 52.
• Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Blue Acres Landscape Designs New Milford and Pleasantville (rutgers.edu) — New Milford Borough is being used as a model for Blue Acres buyout planning, with designers creating detailed landscape renderings to show how flood-prone properties could become new public green spaces. The project aims to help residents visualize benefits beyond reduced flooding, including recreation, ecosystem services, and better quality of life along the Hackensack River.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Milford

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Sunday October 11
• The Ultimate Breakfast →
  New Milford Elks Lodge, 1 Patrolman Ray Woods Dr, New Milford
  9:00 am
• Nyack Famous Street Fair, Sun. Oct. 11, Over 300 Exhibitors, Downtown, Nyack, NY →
  Nyack
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Breast Cancer Awareness Expo →
  VFW Post 4290, 267 Madison Avenue, New Milford
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Story Time on The Farm →
  Fresh & Fancy Farms, 575 River Road, New Milford
  10:00 am
• Farm Kids Cooking Class | Flower Cookies →
  Fresh & Fancy Farms, 575 River Road, New Milford
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• Virtual Senior Zumba
  YWCA Bergen County, 214 State Street, Hackensack
  9:00 am
• Senior Fitness Zumba (East Rutherford)
  YWCA Bergen County, 147 Hackensack Street, East Rutherford
  9:00 am
• Playtime with Mr Jon
  Closter Public Library Kids and Teens Programs, 280 High Street, Closter
  10:00 am
• Talk to the Social Work Intern
  Bergenfield - Conference Room (2nd Floor)
  10:00 am
• Zoo Babies: Reptiles →
  Bergen County Zoo, 216 Forest Avenue, Paramus
  10:30 am
• 10/8 Zoo Babies: Reptiles →
  Bergen County Zoo, 216 Forest Avenue, Paramus
  10:30 am
• THE MET, ART STORY
  Cresskill - Program Room, Cresskill Public Library
  10:30 am
• Senior Fitness Zumba (Bergenfield)
  YWCA Bergen County, 293 Murray Hill Terrace, Bergenfield
  12:30 pm
• Virtual Author Talk: Smithsonian Curator Carolyn Russo
  Bergenfield Public Library
  2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Bergenfield

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Paramus

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Ridgewood

• Police Stop Teen From Stealing 14 Tons Of Shrimp And Salmon In Bergen County: Cops (patch.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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