🌱 How and where Trenton players can cash bigger Powerball wins
Trenton, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Trenton! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How and where Trenton players can cash bigger Powerball wins
- How a Trenton-launched college tour hopes to cool campus politics
- How Trenton’s record 101° heat ties to deadly statewide conditions
Also on today's calendar: Trenton Film Society Kid Flicks: Celebrating Black Stories, July 18.
Today's riddle: Why did the new employee hide from his boss? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 77 and low of 66 degrees.
- Tuesday: Humid with a few showers, temps: high: 72, low: 66.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Did anyone win Powerball? Winning numbers for July 4, 2026 (app.com) — If you’ve got a winning Powerball ticket, you’ll need to claim larger New Jersey prizes through the state lottery office in Trenton, either by mail to the PO Box there or via the secure drop box at the Lawrence Park Complex on Brunswick Avenue. The July 1 jackpot wasn’t hit, but regular drawings and local claim options continue. 
2. College Democrats of New Jersey and New Jersey College Republicans Launch Bipartisan 'NJ College Civility Tour' (insidernj.com) — From Trenton’s College Democrats and College Republicans are teaming up on a bipartisan “NJ College Civility Tour” to visit campuses statewide this fall. The series will promote respectful political dialogue, civic engagement, and leadership among students, aiming to show that disagreement doesn’t have to mean division and encouraging young people to participate constructively in public life.
3. Unbearable heat suspected in 19 New Jersey deaths as high temperatures give way to thunderstorms (riverbender.com) — Trenton just endured a record-breaking 101-degree day as a brutal heat dome over the region is now giving way to severe thunderstorms. State officials suspect at least 19 heat-related deaths, many in homes without air conditioning, while storms are knocking out power for hundreds of thousands across several states.
4. Bills would make MVC agencies do all transactions again, take walk-ins (nj.com subscription) — Trenton’s MVC agency has newly added Real ID license and ID transactions, and lawmakers now want every MVC office statewide to again handle all services and accept walk-ins. If passed, the bills would end the split between licensing and vehicle centers, making it easier to complete any motor vehicle task at your closest agency.
📸 Around Trenton
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Upcoming Events in
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Shippen Talks: Children of the Revolution
Crossroads of the American Revolution National Park Shippen Manor, 8 Belvidere Ave, Oxford, New Jersey, 07863
10:00 am -
Trenton Film Society Kid Flicks: Celebrating Black Stories, July 18 →
Passage Theatre Company - Venue, 205 E Front St, Trenton
9:00 am
Sunday July 12
Saturday July 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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VB Summer Camp - Girls
Chesterfield Indoor Recreation 16 Fenton Lane Park, Chesterfield, NJ 08515
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ESY Ewing High School Program
The Ewing Public Schools Ewing High School
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ESY Fisher Middle School Program
The Ewing Public Schools Ewing High School
8:30 am -
CBL Badminton
Chesterfield Indoor Recreation 16 Fenton Lane Park, Chesterfield, NJ 08515
9:00 am -
Stand Tall Yoga →
Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Ave, Hamilton Township
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Wednesday Wonder Walk →
Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Ave, Hamilton Township
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Killarney's Publick House →
Killarney's Publick House, 1644 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd, Hamilton Township
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CVB Group 1
Chesterfield Indoor Recreation 16 Fenton Lane Park, Chesterfield, NJ 08515
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The Black Healing Space: Hamilton, NJ →
The Hive, 3291 E State St, Hamilton Township
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John Abbott House Tours →
Hamilton Township, NJ Calendar, 2200 Kuser Road, Hamilton
1:00 pm
Monday July 6
Tuesday July 7
Wednesday July 8
Friday July 10
Saturday July 11
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- Feeling Drained During This Heat Wave? Healthy Living Goes Beyond Food —Dr. Rekishia L. McMillan Read on Patch
- Update: CUTIE AND OWNER REUNITED!
Found dog in Hamilton Square! Please help find the owner (Nextdoor Hamilton Square) - Update: Pet Reunited
Ebony, a cat who went missing in Trenton, NJ, has been safely reunited with their family after 2 hours, 12 minutes. Message from Owner: "If you have… (Nextdoor Riverbank)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because good employees are hard to find (Thank you Pete C. for sending it in!)
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