🌱 How Roxbury let an early 3-0 lead slip away.
Roxbury, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning to you Roxbury! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Roxbury let an early 3-0 lead slip away.
- See which Roxbury-area students earned Montclair State Dean’s List honors.
Also on today's calendar: Rummage Sale 2026 and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: A little rain in the morning, with a high of 55 and low of 40 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 69, low: 45.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Monmouth commit, star softball player reaches career milestone as team rallies for win (nj.com subscription) — Roxbury’s softball team fell 7-5 at home to sixth-ranked Morris Knolls, despite jumping out to a 3-0 first-inning lead. Monmouth commit Taylor Heinemann powered the comeback and reached her 150th career hit, while Roxbury now prepares to host North Hunterdon on April 22. 
• Montclair: More than 70 Roxbury Area Students on Fall Dean's List (tapinto.net) — More than 70 students from Roxbury-area communities, including Succasunna, Ledgewood, Landing, and Mount Arlington, earned spots on Montclair State University’s Fall 2025 Dean’s List. To qualify, they needed at least a 3.5 GPA, 12 graded credits, and no incompletes, highlighting strong academic performance across the Roxbury region.
📸 Around Roxbury
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Rummage Sale 2026
Morristown United Methodist Church, 50 S Park Pl, Morristown
9:00 am
Saturday April 25
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Other local events
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Route 4 Trash, Commingle, Grass, Leaves, & Brush collection
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Art Association of Roxbury
Roxbury Public Library - Large Meeting Room
1:30 pm -
Zumba with Kelley
Roxbury Public Library - Large Meeting Room
6:00 pm -
Antietam: Bloodiest Day of Battle & Site Preservation
Roxbury Public Library , 103 Main St , Succasunna
6:50 pm -
Antietam: Bloodiest Day of Battle & Site Preservation
Roxbury Public Library -
6:50 pm -
♟♟Checkmate - Open Play and Learn How to Play Chess ♟♟
Roxbury Public Library , 103 Main St , Succasunna
7:00 pm -
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Roxbury Public Library - Large Meeting Room
7:00 pm -
Route 5 Trash, Commingle, Grass, Leaves, & Brush collection
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Spring Market at Horseshoe Lake Park
Horseshoe Lake Recreation Complex , 72 Eyland Ave , Roxbury Township
9:00 am -
Saint Andrew Philoptochos Tricky Tray May 8th
St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church , 1447 Sussex Turnpike , Randolph
5:30 pm
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Saturday May 2
Friday May 8
📣 Roxbury Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Toddler Story Time
Roxbury Public Library - Large Meeting Room
10:30 am -
Wednesday Farmers Market
Nourish.NJ , 347 S Salem St , Dover
11:00 am -
Preschool Story Time
Roxbury Public Library - Large Meeting Room
11:15 am -
Lacrosse: Girls Varsity vs. Mahwah (Home)
Mount Olive High School Stadium Turf & Track Mount Olive High School Stadium Turf & Track
4:30 pm
Wednesday April 22
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🗞 Nearby News
Wharton
- Delaware Water Gap hiking Warren Sussex County NJ guide (nj1015.com)
Randolph
- Randolph Baseball Tops Morris Knolls 13-6 (tapinto.net)
- NJ's Analilia Mejia embraces 'unlikely reality' as she joins Congress (northjersey.com)
- CCM students to showcase original designs at spring fashion show April 29 (wrnjradio.com)
Dover
- Student Mourned After Train Accident In Morris County (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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