What's up Scotch Plains! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
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Also on today's calendar: NJ Big Flea Antiques Event and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Scotch Plains Student Selected for Prestigious National Battlefield Trust Youth Leadership Opportunity (TAPinto.net) — A Scotch Plains senior has been chosen for a highly selective American Battlefield Trust youth leadership program and plans to turn that experience into inclusive, interactive tours of the Battle of Short Hills on local terrain. Her goal is to help Scotch Plains residents see familiar landscapes as Revolutionary War sites, using accessible storytelling and hands-on activities that welcome people of all backgrounds and abilities.
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Environmental Club Earns Green Flag Certification in First Year of Eco-Schools Program (TAPinto.net) — Students at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School have earned coveted Green Flag Status in the Eco-Schools program after completing nine hands-on environmental projects in their first year. Their work, from a pollinator garden to endangered-species education, highlights how local teens are leading sustainability efforts that involve the wider school and Scotch Plains-Fanwood community.
• Local Synagogue's 'Every Voice, Every Vote' Events Encourage Civic Engagement (TAPinto.net) — Temple Sholom in Scotch Plains recently held its third postcard-writing gathering, where congregants wrote nonpartisan messages encouraging people nationwide to vote. Organizers and the rabbi frame the effort as a Jewish values-based way to support civic responsibility, with all participants signing a pledge to keep the campaign strictly nonpartisan.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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