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🌱 What’s planned for Ridgefield Park’s big Main Street Music Fest?

And check out Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know on the Ridgefield Park Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • What's planned for Ridgefield Park's big Main Street Music Fest?

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 76 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Friday: An afternoon shower in spots, temps: high: 85, low: 59.
  • Saturday: Not as warm with some sun, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NJIB's Guide to 15+ New Jersey October Street Fairs 2026 (newjerseyisntboring.com) — Ridgefield Park's Main Street turns into a huge block party on October 3, with live bands, DJs, food trucks, rides, and a big kids' zone from Park Street to Cedar Street. The free Music Fest Street Fair, presented by the Ridgefield Park Board of Commissioners, is expected to draw thousands and offers crafts, local merchants, and family-friendly entertainment all day.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ridgefield Park

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Other local events
    Thursday October 1
  • Planning Board Meeting
    Municipal Building, 227 Phillips Ave, South Hackensack
    7:30 pm
    • Saturday October 3
  • Annual Field Day
    Veterans Park, Phillips Ave, South Hackensack
    1:00 pm
    • Thursday October 8
  • Ridgefield Park Elks →
    Ridgefield Park NJ
    • Tuesday October 13
  • Volunteer this Fall →
    Zoom
    10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday October 1
  • Virtual Senior Zumba
    YWCA Bergen County, 214 State Street, Hackensack
    9:00 am
  • Senior Fitness Zumba (East Rutherford)
    YWCA Bergen County, 147 Hackensack Street, East Rutherford
    9:00 am
  • Little Bookworms →
    Cliffside Park Public Library, 742 Anderson Ave, Cliffside Park
    9:30 am
  • Talk to the Social Work Intern
    Bergenfield - Conference Room (2nd Floor)
    10:00 am
  • Senior Fitness Zumba (Bergenfield)
    YWCA Bergen County, 293 Murray Hill Terrace, Bergenfield
    12:30 pm
  • Master the Tiles: Beginner Mahjong
    Lodi - Upstairs, Lodi Memorial Library
    2:00 pm
  • Zumba with Mini
    Bergenfield - Friends Meeting Room (Lower Level), Bergenfield Pub
    5:30 pm
  • 2026 Township Council Work Session
    Township of Saddle Brook, 93 Market Street, Saddle Brook
    5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • 4over, LLC posted a job opening for Cutting Operator - 1st shift - in Moonachie. Apply here.
  • Albertsons Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Fresh Cut Produce Clerk in Fort Lee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ridgefield Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Leonia

  • Big North Conference boys soccer Players of the Week for Sept. 29 (nj.com)
  • Snowflake Data Engineer (efinancialcareers.com)
  • Reviewing Phibro Animal Health (NASDAQ:PAHC) and Harmony Biosciences (NASDAQ:HRMY) (defenseworld.net)

Hackensack

  • Giant puppets, beer and art to take over Hackensack on Oct. 3 (northjersey.com)

Secaucus

  • Man In Secaucus SWAT Standoff Was Wanted For Parole Violation (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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