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🌱 Why a Park Ridge political sticker case was just tossed.

Also check out Free Firdays - Reading & Math Assessments Grades K-8 on the Park Ridge Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why a Park Ridge political sticker case was just tossed.

Also on today's calendar: Free Firdays - Reading & Math Assessments Grades K-8 and 9 more events.

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

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  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 70, low: 48.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: 10/7/2026 (insidernj.com) — A recent court decision in Park Ridge ended a dispute over political stickers, a small but notable local First Amendment skirmish. That item appears within a broader statewide political and policy roundup, touching on issues from data centers and school funding to transit delays and local government actions across New Jersey.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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Hillsdale

  • Kings Food Markets To Close 2 New Jersey Stores, Cutting Up to 122 Jobs (wdhafm.com)

Ridgewood

  • Ridgewood Students Perform at 69th Monterey Jazz Festival Alongside NJ Peers (TAPinto.net)
  • Ridgewood BOE Weighs Priorities For Aging School Facilities, Possible Referendum (TAPinto.net)

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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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