🌱 Patch AM: Oceanic Bridge Replacement Plans Reveal New Changes For Rumson

Cheers Rumson! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• See how new Oceanic Bridge plans could reshape Rumson's riverfront access
• See how high Rumson's floodwaters rose for people and wildlife.
• Remember when RFH's first girl took the field with the boys?

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 71, low: 63.
• Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 63 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oceanic Bridge Replacement Plans Reveal New Changes For Rumson (patch.com) — Rumson residents are getting a clearer picture of how the Oceanic Bridge replacement could reshape walking, biking and driving between town and Middletown, especially around Victory Park. Monmouth County engineers outlined three Rumson-side path options that would alter parking, traffic flow and riverfront access, and are seeking public comments through Oct. 30 before moving toward final design.
   

• WATCH: Fox Swims Through Flooded New Jersey Neighborhood (outdoors.com) — Flooding in Rumson has gotten so severe that even local wildlife is adapting, as a resident captured video of a fox swimming through a heavily flooded neighborhood. Recent nor'easter rains have drenched New Jersey, leaving Rumson residents and animals alike struggling to navigate and recover from the high water.
   

• Retro RFH Soccer Girl Goal (rumsonfairhavenretrospect.com) — Rumson-Fair Haven grads are reminiscing about Chris Bowden, the trailblazing RFH Class of 1976 athlete remembered as the first girl to play on the boys' soccer team. The piece celebrates her role in local sports history and invites longtime Rumson-area residents to recall when the school finally formed a girls' soccer team.
   

📸 Around Rumson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rumson

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• Open House! →
  8 Intercoastal Way, Point Pleasant
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Ranney School Fall Open House →
  Ranney School, 235 Hope Rd, Tinton Falls
  9:00 am
• MCF's Fall for Conservation →
  Navesink Country Club, 50 Luffburrow Ln, Red Bank
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5
• Sewing classes for kids →
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• October Gentle New Moon Flow Yoga →
  4 E. River Road, Rumson
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Mah Jongg Game Night →
  Red Horse by David Burke, 26 Ridge Road, Rumson
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• New Moon — Meditate Well | Sound + Intention Setting Meditation →
  Stay Well Collective, 119 East River Road, Rumson
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Roots Yoga →
  Stay Well Collective, 119 East River Road, Rumson
  8:00 am
Wednesday October 14
• Red Horse BINGO 3-Course Dinner →
  Red Horse by David Burke, 26 Ridge Road, Rumson
  6:30 pm
• BINGO 3-Course Dinner →
  Red Horse by David Burke, 26 Ridge Road, Rumson
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• Blessing of the Animals →
  St George's By the River, 7 Lincoln Ave, Rumson
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Public Storage posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Eatontown. Apply here.
• Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Full-Time in Asbury Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rumson here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fair Haven

• Scene Around: Getting to Know Fair Haven's New Cops (rumsonfairhavenretrospect.com)
• In Memoriam: Little Silver Resident Sigrid McKinney, 86 (rumsonfairhavenretrospect.com)

Red Bank

• New Jersey wedding saved by gym after nor'easter flooding forces couple to switch venues (abc7ny.com)
• Late Kick Could Prove Key for Souper Forces in Artie Schiller (ftboa.com)

Middletown

• Rained-Out Wedding Held In Empty Circus Liquor Store In Middletown (patch.com)

Ok Rumson! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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