🌱 Patch AM: Teaneck Considers Engineering Contract For Inclusive Playground Upgrade

What's up Teaneck! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Teaneck plans major inclusive overhaul of Votee Park playground
• Gunshot victim discovered after reported Route 4 crash in Teaneck

Also on today's calendar: The Ultimate Breakfast and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 55.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Teaneck Considers Engineering Contract For Inclusive Playground Upgrade (patch.com) — Teaneck is moving ahead with a major redesign of the inclusive playground at Votee Park, hiring engineers for up to $159,400 to plan and oversee construction. The project, backed by $2 million in funding including a state Green Acres grant, aims to meet Jake's Law standards and significantly improve accessibility for children of all abilities in town.
   

• Gunshot Wound Victim Found After Report Of Teaneck Crash: Bergen County Prosecutor (patch.com) — Teaneck residents may notice an active investigation after police responding to a reported Route 4 West crash instead found a person with a gunshot wound to the hand. The victim was hospitalized in stable condition, and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and Teaneck police are now probing what they describe as an unusual incident.
   

📸 Around Teaneck

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Teaneck

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• The Ultimate Breakfast →
  New Milford Elks Lodge, 1 Patrolman Ray Woods Dr, New Milford
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• The Joy of Toys Upcyling toy making workshop →
  Untamed Arts, 705 Main St, Hackensack
  9:00 am
• Volunteer this Fall →
  Zoom,
  10:30 am
Wednesday October 21
• JTCC Hackensack Culinary Medicine Kitchen →
  John Theurer Cancer Center Culinary Medicine Kitchen 92 2nd St, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601,
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 22
• Oracle: A Mind-Reading Show with Mentalist Judah Mantell →
  Debonair Music Hall, 1409 Queen Anne Rd, Teaneck
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Trachtenberg Lecture: From Alterman's 1948 Zionism to Jimbo J's Current Reality - Israeli Verse →
  Temple Emeth, Teaneck, NJ
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• The Second Reformed Church of Hackensack Jazz Vesper with Ardie Walser featuring the Earl Sauls Trio →
  436 Union St, Hackensack
  5:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Teaneck Day - Ultimate Block Party →
  Cedar Lane, Cedar Ln, Teaneck
  12:00 pm
Monday October 12
• "Revolutions in Print: The American and French Declarations" →
  Paramus Public Library, 116 E Century Rd, Paramus
  1:00 pm
• "Revolutions in Print: The American and French Declarations" →
  Paramus Public Library, 116 E Century Rd, Paramus
  1:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Game Day →
  Temple Emeth, 1666 Windsor Rd, Teaneck
  1:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• what's your grief cafe →
  St. Mark's Episcopal Church 118 Chadwick Road, Teaneck, NJ
  1:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Holy Name's Second Annual Women's Health Symposium to Empower Women to Take Charge of their Health →
  Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, 100 Frank W Burr Blvd, Teaneck
  9:00 am

📣 Teaneck Shout Outs!

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Teaneck PatchAM possible:

• Bergen County Rowing Academy — (201) 320-2951
• Alliance Homecare — (908) 505-3952
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• Marlen Elite Dental Wellness — 5513057104
• Insurcomm Restoration — (866) 708-5357
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• Muller Insurance — (201) 659-2403
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Holy Name's Physician Network Continues Expansion —Angela Crawford Read on Patch

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Teaneck. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Team Member in Hackensack. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Teaneck here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bogota

• Girls volleyball: Results and recaps for Tuesday, Oct. 6 (nj.com)

Hackensack

• Hackensack Students, Local Peers Perform at 69th Monterey Jazz Festival (TAPinto.net)
• Hackensack: Are You Ready to Slam Dunk the Junk? (TAPinto.net)
• Hackensack Meridian CEO Robert C. Garrett Will Retire in 2027 (tworivertimes.com)

New Milford

• New Milford Kids Fire Safety Day Offers Hands-On Activities (patch.com)

Ok Teaneck! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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