🌱 Overnight Ridgefield Park fire damages three homes and injures two firefighters.

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In today's newsletter:

• Overnight Ridgefield Park fire damages three homes and injures two firefighters.

Also on today's calendar: Hand & Wrist Pain: HSS Free Webinar! and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a polar bear in the jungle ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Pleasant; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 74 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 65, low: 46.
• Saturday: Cooler with rain beginning, with a high of 51 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• House Fire Damages Three NJ Homes, Injures Two Firefighters (fireengineering.com) — An early-morning house fire on Brinkerhoff Street in Ridgefield Park damaged three homes, burned nearby vehicles, and left two firefighters with minor injuries. Multiple neighboring departments helped local crews evacuate residents and contain the blaze, which spared occupants from harm. Ridgefield Park’s Bureau of Fire Prevention is now investigating what caused the fire.
   

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📸 Around Ridgefield Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ridgefield Park

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday April 26

• JCW 2026 Home Opener - Anniversary Edition
  The Mecca, 106 Bergen Ave, Ridgefield Park
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

• ACS Spring Gala
  Anne C Scott Elementary School , 100 Highland St , Leonia
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Hand & Wrist Pain: HSS Free Webinar!
  10:30 am

Friday May 1

• The Linda Ronstadt Experience
  Shea Center for Performing Arts , 300 Pompton Rd , Wayne
  8:00 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Junior High Spring Concert
  Ridgefield Park Junior Senior High School , One Ozzie Nelson Drive , Ridgefield Park
  6:30 pm

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📣 Ridgefield Park Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• Mother Goose Group Storytime | Ages 13 mos. – 3 years
  Edgewater Public Library , 4 Main St Suite N , Edgewater
  10:15 am
• Intermediate Adult Watercolor Art Class (Main Conference Room)
  Cliffside Park Public Library , 505 Palisade Ave , Cliffside Park
  12:00 pm
• Creative Writing Club: Quest Narrative
  Lodi Memorial Library , Conference Room , Lodi
  1:00 pm
• Intermediate Adult Calligraphy Class (Main Conference Room)
  Cliffside Park Public Library , 505 Palisade Ave , Cliffside Park
  1:30 pm
• Baseball: JV vs. Wallington (Away)
  Wallington High School
  4:00 pm
• Tennis: Boys Varsity vs. Hasbrouck Heights (Away)
  Hasbrouck Heights High School
  4:00 pm
• Tennis: Boys Varsity vs. Secaucus (Home)
  Rutherford High School Memorial Tennis Courts Rutherford High School Memorial Tennis Courts - Rutherford HS
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Englewood. Apply here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Palisades Park

• Former NJ Police Captain Attacked Victim During 'Dispute': Prosecutor (patch.com)
• Cancer cases spark alarm near Monmouth landfill (nj1015.com)
• Meet the N.J. HS track and field alums set to compete at the 2026 Penn Relays (nj.com)

Teaneck

• Police Chase Teaneck Intruder Over Fence And Into Next Town: PD (patch.com)
• Bergen County's Jewish community rallies for Israel Independence Day (northjersey.com)

Paramus

• Overturned Dump Truck Spills Dirt Across Route 17, Closing Lanes: Police (patch.com)
• Man Smashed And Stole From NJ Pizza Restaurant 'Multiple' Times: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: LOST (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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