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🌱 Sayreville offers free shuttle as Bass Pro opening draws crowds

Sayreville, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Sayreville offers free shuttle as Bass Pro opening draws crowds
  • Bass Pro Shops opens tonight: What to know before going
  • Meet Taylor Englebert, a young guard learning by playing up

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 4 more events.

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 65 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Rain most of the time, temps: high: 59, low: 42.
  • Friday: Periods of rain, with a high of 46 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Sayreville Residents Invited to Take Free Shuttle to Bass Pro Opening (TAPinto Raritan Bay) — Sayreville residents can take a free shuttle to Wednesday’s Bass Pro Shops opening at Riverton, with parking at the Active Adult Center, 423 Main St., beginning at 4:30 p.m. Buses run continuously until 11 p.m., with no reservations required. Officials expect heavy traffic near Main Street Extension and Riverton Boulevard and urge nonattendees to use alternate routes.
   

2. Sayreville Bass Prop Shop Opens Wednesday: Thousands Expected, See Photos Inside (patch.com) — Sayreville’s new Bass Pro Shops opens tonight, with more than 4,000 people expected near the Garden State Parkway and Driscoll Bridge. Festivities start at 5 p.m., followed by the ribbon-cutting and opening at 6. Shuttles will run from Woodbridge Center Mall and the South Amboy ferry terminal, with overflow parking at neighboring Epic Church.
   

3. Beyond the Buzzer: Taylor Englebert and the Culture of the Game (thehypemagazine.com) — Playing against older girls at St. Stan’s in Parlin helped 12-year-old Taylor Englebert build confidence on the basketball court. She helped the team win a 2025–26 CYM Archdiocesan championship and earned toughness and free-throw honors at Sayreville High School’s camp. Her basketball experiences now include a Times Square tournament and sharing sneaker reviews online.
   

4. Sayreville Business Administrator Glenn Skarzynski, Mayor's Chief of Staff Ken Kelly Announce Retirements (TAPinto Raritan Bay) — Sayreville will lose two longtime public servants at year’s end: Business Administrator Glenn Skarzynski and Mayor’s Chief of Staff Ken Kelly are retiring Dec. 31. Both previously served in the borough’s police department, and Kelly has been a prominent veterans advocate. The council authorized advertising for Skarzynski’s replacement.
   

5. TWISTED SISTER Guitarist JAY JAY FRENCH – 'If You Ask 100 Fans ‘Who's The Only Person That Could Replace DEE SNIDER?' They Would All Say SEBASTIAN BACH' (Video) (bravewords.com) — Twisted Sister’s first show with Sebastian Bach took place Aug. 28 at Sayreville’s Starland Ballroom, performing under the name Big Brother. In a new conversation with Bach, guitarist Jay Jay French defends choosing him to replace Dee Snider, who stepped away from touring because of health problems.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

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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