🌱 How a global theater project put Spotswood High students center stage
Spotswood, New Jersey Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Spotswood! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a global theater project put Spotswood High students center stage
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Today's riddle: Why does my coffee taste like dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Sun, some clouds, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
- Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 82, low: 58.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 91 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Spotswood High School Drama Students Participate in 2026 Theatrelink Festival (tapinto.net) — Spotswood High School drama students recently collaborated with peers in South Africa and Virginia Beach through the international TheatreLink playwriting and performance exchange. Guided by teacher Annie Raczko and input from Mayor Rich O’Brien, they wrote “Family Man,” a play about a tense New Jersey mayoral race, and then performed another school’s work while sharing reflections in a joint Zoom discussion. 
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East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce 1 Civic Center Drive, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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JSMS - BELMAR FISHING TRIP
Old Bridge Township Public Schools 4207 Highway 516, Matawan, NJ 07747
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Woodland Spring Concert
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- TXU Energy posted a job opening for Power Plant Production Technician in Sayreville. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
South River
- Every food truck festival happening in New Jersey in June 2026 (njherald.com)
- NJ prison to close, this week in Central Jersey history, June 1-7 (mycentraljersey.com)
Old Bridge
- INSTANT REPLAY – North 2, Group 4 Quarterfinals: (5) Bridgewater-Raritan 10, (4) JP Stevens 0 (cjsportsradio.com)
Sayreville
- Sayreville Summer Concert Series' Michael Jackson Mega Event: A Number 1 Hit (tapinto.net)
- No Happy Ending for Jackson Woman Who Ran Sex Spa, Laundered $100,000 (shorenewsnetwork.com)
- A Sign of Summer: St. Stan's Carnival Returns to Sayreville June 18–20 (tapinto.net)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It was just ground this morning (Thank you Robin C. for sending it in!)
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