🌱 How a $1.5M dredge will make Townsends Inlet safer

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $1.5M dredge will make Townsends Inlet safer

Also on today's calendar: Quilt Show: Every Quilt Tells a Story and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 48 degrees.
• Friday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 73, low: 53.
• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 68 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Emergency dredging project will help clear sandbar from shore waterway (ocnjdaily.com) — Boaters in Sea Isle City should soon see safer conditions in Townsends Inlet, as an emergency dredging project will remove a massive sandbar clogging the busy channel to Avalon. With $250,000 in county emergency funding and existing dredging equipment on-site, officials expect the work to move quickly and significantly improve both recreational and commercial boat traffic near the Townsends Inlet Bridge.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sea Isle City

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 21
• Bingo — Sea Isle City Tourism →
  Italian American Club, 309 John F Kennedy Blvd, Sea Isle City
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Craft & Connect Club for Adults →
  Sea Isle City Community Center: Art Room, 4500 Central Avenue, Sea Isle City
  9:00 am
Saturday October 10
• Beach Clean Up →
  JFK Blvd. & Promenade, 31 John F Kennedy Blvd, Sea Isle City
  10:00 am
Friday October 16
• Quilt Show: Every Quilt Tells a Story →
  Upper Township Community Center, 1790 NJ-50, Woodbine
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 9
• Move and Groove →
  Community Hall, 3001 Avalon Avenue, Avalon
  9:00 am
• Sit and Be Fit →
  Community Hall, 3001 Avalon Avenue, Avalon
  11:15 am
Saturday October 10
• Avalon Arts & Seafood Festival →
  Surfside Park, 2901 Avalon Avenue, Avalon
  10:00 am
Monday October 12
• Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day-CLOSED →
  Community Hall, 3001 Avalon Avenue, Avalon
  8:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Chair Yoga →
  39th St. Tennis Building, 39th Street, Avalon
  9:45 am
Wednesday October 14
• Intermediate Line Dancing →
  Community Hall, 3001 Avalon Avenue, Avalon
  12:30 pm
• Medicare with Confidence →
  Avalon Free Public Library, 235 32nd Street, Avalon
  2:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Tea Time at the History Center →
  Avalon History Center, 215 39th Street, Avalon
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tom Thumb Supermarket posted a job opening for In-Store Shopper in Sea Isle City. Apply here.
• Chipotle posted a job opening for Kitchen Leader in Cape May Court House. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sea Isle City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Avalon

• Here's What Stone Harbor Candidates Had to Say (capemaycountyherald.com)
• Inside South Jersey's Most Expensive Home Worth Nearly $23 Million (wildwoodvideoarchive.com)
• NJIB's Guide to New Jersey Events October 9th - 11th, 2026 (newjerseyisntboring.com)

Upper

• Upper Township Apple Festival Oct. 10 at Gandy Farmstead ‣ Ocean City Sentinel (ocnjsentinel.com)
• Route 50 overnight closures, detours begin Oct. 7 as project advances ‣ Ocean City Sentinel (ocnjsentinel.com)

Ocean City

• Ocean City Theatre Co. presents a 'Grand Night for Singing' ‣ Ocean City Sentinel (ocnjsentinel.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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