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🌱 Patch AM: How badly did the nor’easter flood Point Pleasant Beach streets?
And check out Planning Board Meeting on the Point Pleasant Patch calendar

Hey hey Point Pleasant! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How badly did the nor'easter flood Point Pleasant Beach streets?
- How a Point Pleasant Beach hedge turned into a surprise pumpkin patch
Also on today's calendar: Sea Turtle Race - Cold Stun Run and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Sunny and cooler, with a high of 63 and low of 44 degrees.
- Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 70, low: 54.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Flooding, fallen trees leave cleanup work in Point Pleasant Beach (starnewsgroup.com) — Flooding from a weekend nor'easter left several Point Pleasant Beach streets, including Ocean Avenue and Broadway, under water and littered with fallen trees and sand, but crews have largely cleared the damage. Residents were urged to move cars to the train station lot and avoid flooded roads, while power and downed wires near St. Peter Church were repaired within days.
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• Oh my gourd, Charlie Brown! (starnewsgroup.com) — Just over the bridge in Point Pleasant Beach, a homeowner who removed decades-old hedges unexpectedly ended up with a sprawling pumpkin vine where the shrubs once stood. The surprise crop, possibly tied to seeds her son planted as a child, produced several pumpkins that the family now plans to use for Halloween decorations and maybe even a pie.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Point Pleasant
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★ Featured events ★
- Planning Board Meeting →
Courtoom, Borough Hall, 2233 Bridge Avenue, Point Pleasant
7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
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Other local events
- National Walk to School Day
Jenkinson's Aquarium Parking Lot Meet at
7:30 am - Antrim Olympic Night
Antrim Track
6:00 pm - Olympic Night @ Antrim
Bay Head Borough School District Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
6:00 pm - Sea Turtle Race - Cold Stun Run →
Clipper Pavilion, 9 Cherry Ln, West Orange
8:25 am - Fall Special: Half Price Rides! →
Jenkinson's Boardwalk, 300 Ocean Ave, Pt. Pleasant Beach
12:00 pm - Amusement Park Hours 12pm-6pm →
Jenkinson's Boardwalk, 300 Ocean Ave, Pt. Pleasant Beach
12:00 pm - Fall Fireworks →
River Front Park, Point Pleasant
4:00 pm - Sip Show & Supper →
The Church In Brielle, 821 Riverview Dr, Brielle
3:00 pm - Point Pleasant Community Blood Drive →
Woman's Club of Point Pleasant, 513 St Louis Ave, Point Pleasant Beach
12:30 pm - Afternoon Tea →
Farnsworth Hall, 804 Bay Ave, Point Pleasant Beach
12:00 pm - The Woman's Club of Point Pleasant Gift Auction →
Harbor Point, Channel Dr. Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
11:30 am
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
Saturday October 17
Monday October 19
Tuesday October 20
Sunday October 25
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
Bay Head
- In New Jersey, a Shingle-Style District Is Also a Year-Round Beach Town (onlyinyourstate.com)
- State findings: Nor'easter causes major beach, dune erosion along 10 New Jersey beaches (news12.com)
Point Pleasant Beach
- 2 New Jersey Beaches Named Among America's Cleanest (957benfm.com)
- Toms River Welcomes Eight New Police Officers (jerseyshoreonline.com)
- 84 N.J. boys soccer games that matter most this week, Oct. 5-10 (nj.com)
Brick
- Nor'easter Wedding Leaves Brick Couple With Beautiful Memories (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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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