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🌱 Patch AM: ICE Arrest Reported In South Orange, Adds To Growing List In Essex County

Be sure to catch Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale on the South Orange Patch calendar

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Greetings South Orange! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • South Orange neighbors mobilize after ICE arrest on South Kingman Road

Also on today's calendar: Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Sunday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 64, low: 57.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 70 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ICE Arrest Reported In South Orange, Adds To Growing List In Essex County (patch.com) — Residents in South Orange are reacting after federal immigration agents detained a person on South Kingman Road, with neighbors quickly organizing legal help and commissary funds. Mayor Sheena Collum highlighted the town's sanctuary city stance and coordination with Paterson officials, while the incident adds to a string of recent ICE actions in South Orange, Maplewood, and other Essex County communities.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Maplewood

  • Maplewood Village Goes Pink for Girls' Night Out Thursday, October 8 – Pink Party to Benefit Breast Cancer Research (villagegreennj.com)
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East Orange

  • Boys Soccer: Results and recaps for Friday, Oct. 2 (nj.com)

Millburn

  • Millburn School Board Candidate Profile: Cynthia Longley Richards (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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