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🌱 A look back at Ridgefield and Bergen County in 1970

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  • A look back at Ridgefield and Bergen County in 1970

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

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 63 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Thursday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 59, low: 43.
  • Friday: Cooler with rain, with a high of 45 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• What was life like in Bergen County in 1970? Take a look (northjersey.com) — A 1970 photograph of Ridgefield’s Bergen Generating Station, facing Overpeck Creek beside the New Jersey Turnpike, is among the images in a newly published Bergen County retrospective. The Record’s archive collection captures the county’s everyday routines and changing landscape, from school projects and early recycling drives to factories and railroad stations.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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