🌱 Patch AM: Ensuring a Legacy Defined by Your Intention, not by Default and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Mean Girls, The Musical: LIVE ON STAGE at the Dunellen Theatre at Dunellen Theatre
• Ensuring a Legacy Defined by Your Intention, not by Default at New Providence Presbyterian Church
• Virtual Author Talk with David Stewart on the Democracy We Must Keep at Scotch Plains Public Library

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

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

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 79 and low of 68 degrees.
• Tuesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 90, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Not as warm with a t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 68 degrees.

📸 Around Scotch Plains

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Scotch Plains

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 11
• Mean Girls, The Musical: LIVE ON STAGE at the Dunellen Theatre →
  Dunellen Theatre, 458 North Ave, Dunellen
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Ensuring a Legacy Defined by Your Intention, not by Default →
  New Providence Presbyterian Church, 1307 Springfield Ave, New Providence
  9:30 am
• Virtual Author Talk with David Stewart on the Democracy We Must Keep →
  Scotch Plains Public Library, 1927 Bartle Ave, Scotch Plains
  2:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Enhancing Clinical Excellence at Overlook Medical Center. →
  New Providence Presbyterian Church, 1307 Springfield Ave, New Providence
  9:30 am
Thursday September 10
• Library Talk: The Lost Cities of the Mayans →
  Scotch Plains Public Library, 1927 Bartle Ave, Scotch Plains
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Free Family Service for Erev Rosh Hashanah at Congregation Beth Israel →
  Congregation Beth Israel, 1920 Cliffwood St, Scotch Plains
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Jazz concert at Fanwood's Carriage House →
  135 Watson Rd, Fanwood
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Louis Armstrong: The Early Years →
  New Providence Presbyterian Church, 1307 Springfield Ave, New Providence
  9:30 am
Thursday September 17
• Willow Tree Children's Chorus →
  Willow Grove Presbyterian Church, 1961 Raritan Rd, Scotch Plains
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• Outdoor Activities
  North Plainfield Library North Plainfield branch -
  10:30 am
• Monday ESL Conversation Group →
  South Plainfield Public Library, 2484 Plainfield Ave, South Plainfield
  10:30 am
• Red Bank Regional Boys Varsity Soccer @ Colonia →
  Colonia High School, 180 East St, Colonia
  11:00 am
• Boys JV Football @ Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
  Westfield School District 667 Westfield Road, Scotch Plains NJ 07076
  4:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Library Talk: The Lost Cities of the Mayans —Scotch Plains Public Library Read on Patch
• Virtual Author Talk with David O. Stewart —Scotch Plains Public Library Read on Patch

• Scotch Plains - Fanwood Public Schools posted a job opening for Girls Flag Football - Head Coach in Scotch Plains. Apply here.
• Atlantic Health System posted a job opening for Medical Office Associate - Per Diem, Days, AMG Multispecialty - Multiple Locations in Clark. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scotch Plains here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fanwood

• Fall Sports Preview 2026: Scotch Plains-Fanwood Girls Volleyball (tapinto.net)
• Fanwood's Tai Cooper to Face Linden's Jimmy Diaz in Union County Clerk Race (tapinto.net)

Westfield

• Which Westfield Streets Are Being Paved the Week of Aug. 31? (tapinto.net)
• Westfield Author Publishes "Temperates: The New Culture of Drinking Less" (newjerseystage.com)
• Saturday Big Central Roundup: No. 4 Piscataway hangs on with goal line stand at East Orange; Manville thumps Keansburg in 'Battle of The Bridge' (cjsportsradio.com)

Edison

• Metuchen High School Entrance Will Be One-Way Starting Monday, NJDOT Says (patch.com)

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