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Coming up on the calendar:
- 6th Annual Dining Out Jersey Foodie Expo at Riverview Ballroom
- North Jersey Card Show - The Late Night Show at Wayne PAL
- Fall Festival
... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 60 and low of 38 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 65, low: 50.
- Thursday: Nice with plenty of sun, with a high of 75 and low of 48 degrees.
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★ Featured events ★
- 6th Annual Dining Out Jersey Foodie Expo →
Riverview Ballroom, 700 Palisadium Dr, Cliffside Park
7:00 pm - North Jersey Card Show - The Late Night Show at Wayne PAL →
1 Pal Dr, Wayne
5:00 pm - Fall Festival →
335 N Franklin Tpke, Ho-Ho-Kus
12:00 pm - JTCC Hackensack Culinary Medicine Kitchen →
John Theurer Cancer Center Culinary Medicine Kitchen 92 2nd St, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601,
1:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Wednesday October 21
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Other local events
- Come Paint With Us! →
Copper Tree Mall, 350 Ramapo Valley Rd, Oakland
6:45 pm - Poker Tournament at Marine Corps League Lakeland Detachment 744 / American Legion, Oakland Memorial Post 369 →
American Legion, Post 369, Oakland
7:00 pm - History of the Bergen County Courthouse →
Oakland Public Library, 2 Municipal Plaza, Oakland
2:00 pm - The Blind Boys of Alabama →
South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), One SOPAC Way, South Orange Village
7:30 pm - Murder Mystery Dinner →
335 N Franklin Tpke, Ho-Ho-Kus
6:30 pm - Wallisch Homestead Flea & Vintage Marketplace →
65 Lincoln Ave, West Milford
9:00 am - Wayne Valley H.S. Fall Craft Show, Sun. Oct. 18, Over 100 Exhibitors, 551 Valley Rd, Wayne →
Wayne Valley High School, 551 Valley Rd, Wayne
10:00 pm - Oakland Outdoor Market 2026 →
Oakland Public Library, 2 Municipal Plaza, Oakland
3:00 pm
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Sunday October 11
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
Saturday October 24
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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