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Good morning Short Hills! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Short Hills churchgoer reshaped Episcopal preaching nationwide
  • Meet the Short Hills billionaire who made this year's Forbes 400

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Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy, a little rain; cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 65, low: 50.
  • Thursday: A chance of rain, with a high of 64 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A. Gary Shilling, Episcopal Church's behind-the-scenes preaching influencer, retires after 4 decades (episcopalnewsservice.org) — A. Gary Shilling, an economist who worships at Christ Church in Short Hills, is retiring after nearly 40 years leading the Episcopal Preaching Foundation. From his New Jersey base, he helped train thousands of clergy and lay preachers through intensive programs, conferences, and new networks that continue to shape sermons heard in Episcopal congregations nationwide.
   

• Two NJ billionaires make Forbes 400 richest list (njbiz.com) — A New Jersey resident from Short Hills, investor Peter Kellogg, is one of only two Garden State billionaires to make this year's Forbes 400 list, with an estimated $6.1 billion fortune. The ranking highlights how New Jersey's representation on the list has shrunk, while profiling several ultra-wealthy figures with ties to the state and detailing broader trends in American billionaire wealth.
   

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