🌱 How Weehawken factored into World Cup backup transit plans

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In today's newsletter:

• How Weehawken factored into World Cup backup transit plans

Also on today's calendar: North Bergen Flea & Collectible Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What time is it when a clock chimes 13 times? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Not as warm but pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 61.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 74 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• NJ Transit Survives World Cup Test, but Some Fans Forced to Hoof It (sportico.com) — World Cup organizers even had ferries ready to bring fans across the Hudson to Weehawken, N.J., as a backup if Manhattan transit failed, underscoring the town’s role in the regional plan. Ultimately, NJ Transit rail service handled most Brazil–Morocco match crowds, while many fans still battled heavy traffic and long walks around MetLife Stadium in the heat.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Weehawken

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Saturday June 20

• North Bergen Flea & Collectible Market →
  9003 Bergenline Ave, North Bergen
  9:00 am

Sunday June 21

• International Day of Yoga — Hoboken 2026 →
  100 Sinatra Dr, Hoboken
  10:30 am

Thursday June 25

• A Tribute To The Beatles →
  Adélaïde's Salon, 176 8th Ave, New York
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday June 16

• Hoboken HS Debate Program End of the Year Ceremony
  Hoboken Public School District Hoboken HS Room 218 & 220
  4:30 pm

Wednesday June 17

• Class of 2026 Senior Academic & Athletics Awards Dinner
  Hoboken Public School District Hoboken HS Auditorium
  6:00 pm

Thursday June 18

• Union City Board of Education Meeting
  Sara M. Gilmore Academy Union City Board of Education Education Center 3912 Bergen Turnp
  5:00 pm
• Graduation Day for Class of 2026
  Weehawken High School Union City, NJ 07086
  7:00 pm

Friday June 19

• One Session Day For Students
  Emerson Middle School Union City, NJ 07087
  8:00 am
• Juneteenth - No School
  Nyc Geog Dist # 2 - Manhattan New York, NY 10001
  12:00 pm

Saturday June 20

• Story Time Saturday →
  Weehawken Free Public Library, 49 Hauxhurst Ave, Weehawken Township
  10:30 am

Wednesday June 24

• Nutrition & Bone Health As We Age: Free HSS Webinar! →
  10:30 am

Thursday July 2

• #EGProductions Stupid F***ing Bird →
  Chain Theatre, 312 W 36th St., New York
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Union City

• Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 322 Status Reports (noaa.gov)

Hoboken

• Pollinator Garden Plantings Get Hoboken Buzzing (tapinto.net)
• Athleisure Store Two Twenty-Three Active in Hoboken Closes its Doors (hobokengirl.com)
• Non-citizens charged with illegal voting in New Jersey (wpst.com)

Bloomfield

• Bear Seen Walking Through Bloomfield Park, List Of Spring Sightings In Essex County Grows (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's time to get a new clock. (Thank you Mary C. for sending it in!)
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