🌱 How to enter ACUA’s recycled art contest from Pleasantville library

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In today's newsletter:

• How to enter ACUA's recycled art contest from Pleasantville library
• How Pleasantville firefighters helped during the motel flood rescues

Also on today's calendar: The Race Of Gentlemen Oct. 3 & 4 Sat. & Sun..

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Warmer with variable clouds, with a high of 74 and low of 59 degrees.
• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 77, low: 61.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Get creative with waste in ACUA recycled art contest (pressofatlanticcity.com) — Atlantic County residents, including those in Pleasantville, are invited to turn household trash and recyclables into art for ACUA's 12th Annual Recycled Art Contest, with entries accepted at the Pleasantville library branch October 1–31. Open to all ages, the contest offers cash prizes and a showcase during America Recycles Day at the ACUA Recycling Center in Egg Harbor Township.
   

• Nine people, dog rescued from South Jersey motels during nor'easter (thedailyjournal.com) — Pleasantville firefighters were among the first responders checking on guests at two flooded West Atlantic City motels during this weekend's nor'easter, where tidal waters reached up to three feet in first-floor rooms. Nine adults and a dog were ultimately rescued by Egg Harbor Township crews and taken to a warming center, with no injuries reported and replacement lodging arranged upstairs.
   

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Tuesday September 29
• Sam Adams Stein Hoisting Competition →
  Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
  8:00 am
Wednesday September 30
• Wine Wednesdays →
  Resorts Casino Hotel, 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
• Pop-Up Advising- Atlantic City →
  Atlantic City Campus - 1st Floor Lobby, Atlantic City
  10:00 am
• Kickin' With Kim Line Dancing!
  Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield, 241 West Mill Road, Northfield
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• 2026 Halloween Events in Atlantic City →
  Resorts Casino Hotel, 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
• 7X Tier Points →
  Resorts Casino Hotel, 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
  6:00 am
• Toy Story 5 Movie
  Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield, 241 West Mill Road, Northfield
  5:30 pm
• District 16 & 17 Monthly Meeting →
  Intergroup Office, 707 E WHITE HORSE PIKE, UNIT E3, Absecon
  6:30 pm
Friday October 2
• Big Shrimp: Phish AC After-Parties at Tennessee Ave. Beer Hall →
  Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall, 133 South Tennessee Avenue, Atlantic City
• 10X Tier Points →
  Casino Floor, 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
  6:00 am
• Reality Check Experiment - Phish Post-Concert Performance →
  Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
  8:00 am
• Lost Sailors at Villain & Saint - Ocean Casino →
  Villain & Saint - Ocean Casino, 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for someone interested in metal I have in my yard.
  Its a pile of scraps metal roofing just miscellaneous metal I was goign to scrap myself just no time (Nextdoor Black Horse Pike - Franklin)

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Pleasantville. Apply here.
• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Northfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pleasantville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Northfield

• Atlantic County supervisor admits to stealing fuel from taxpayers (courierpostonline.com)

Absecon

• South Jersey Wing Lovers Will Want to See This List (catcountry1073.com)
• Dangerous Jersey Shore flooding prompts major travel warnings, road closures Saturday night (nj.com)
• Atlantic City is betting on its future. One landmark sale could shape what comes next. (nj.com)

Galloway

• 1 Killed In Drunken ATV Crash In South Jersey: Police (patch.com)
• Galloway Man Pleads Guilty In 3 Separate Cases (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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