🌱 Patch AM: How will 113 new affordable apartments reshape Valley Road in Wayne?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will 113 new affordable apartments reshape Valley Road in Wayne?
• How much support is Wayne's Boys & Girls Club getting this fall?

Also on today's calendar: Unity Rd. Maywood Grand Opening 🎉 and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.
• Sunday: Some sun, then clouds, temps: high: 83, low: 67.
• Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• All-Affordable 113-Unit Development Moves Forward in Wayne (jerseydigs.com) — Wayne officials have approved a 113-unit all-affordable housing complex on 9.45 wooded acres along Valley Road near Wayne Hills High School. The Barbour Pond Village project will add two three-story buildings, new traffic, and environmental changes, including tree clearing and bat habitat mitigation, in the Pancake Hollow–Barbour Pond Road area.
   

• Optimum donates $25K across seven N.J. Boys & Girls Clubs to support student success and back-to-school readiness (binje.com) — Wayne families should know the local Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest New Jersey is sharing in a $25,000 Optimum donation to support back-to-school readiness. The funding, spread across seven New Jersey clubs, boosts academic enrichment, digital literacy, STEM programs, and technology access, alongside recent backpack giveaways in nearby cities.
   

📸 Around Wayne

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wayne

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Unity Rd. Maywood Grand Opening 🎉 →
  105 Essex St, New York
  9:00 am
Friday September 4
• Trading Card Show - The Late Night Show →
  Riverdale Armory, 107 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Riverdale
  5:00 pm
Monday September 7
• Riverdale's Annual Labor Day Street Fair & Food Truck Fest →
  83 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Riverdale
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Open House at Bach to Rock Music Saturday! →
  1595 NJ-23, Wayne
  9:00 am
• Team Up! Co-Op Tabletop Game Club →
  Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Rd, Wayne
  2:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Registration for Story Time Opens
  Pompton Lakes Library 333 Wanaque Ave. , Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
  10:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Teens - Rolls & Realms →
  Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Rd, Wayne
  3:30 pm
Friday September 4
• Sherlock's Library: Escape Room Experience →
  Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Rd, Wayne
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
• WPL Movie Presentation for Adults →
  Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Rd, Wayne
  2:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• WPL Movie Presentation for Adults →
  Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Rd, Wayne
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• WPL Movie Presentation for Adults →
  Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Rd, Wayne
  2:00 pm
• Rolls & Realms - Teens →
  Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Rd, Wayne
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Pompton Lakes

• PGIM's $82.6 Million New Jersey Refinancing Is the Last Piece of a $369.5 Million Puzzle It's Been Building Since Last Year (realtytoday.com)
• Long Beach Township Police Make Multiple Arrests in Hit-and-Run, DWI Incidents (tapinto.net)

Hawthorne

• Hawthorne man charged with sexually assaulting 80-year-old woman (news12.com)

Paterson

• Green Thumb Industrial Custodian in Paterson, NJ (mlive.com)
• Jury convicts New York woman over fentanyl sales in Paterson (patersontimes.com)
• Lawsuit Says Passaic Valley Water Commission Failed To Protect Water Supply (myveronanj.com)

Ok Wayne! 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: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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