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Good morning Weehawken! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How many evacuees landed safely in Weehawken on 9/11?
  • How Weehawken ferries helped reopen Lower Manhattan after 9/11.

Also on today's calendar: Earl Grey Presents: I Am ME...On PURPOSE! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Warm; a quick morning shower, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Turning sunny and less humid, temps: high: 78, low: 63.
  • Saturday: Sun giving way to clouds, with a high of 77 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• This Maritime Operation During the 9/11 Attacks Was Bigger Than Dunkirk (townhall.com) — During the 9/11 boatlift, NY Waterway ferries carried thousands from Lower Manhattan to New Jersey, including Weehawken, in what became the largest water evacuation in history. About 150 vessels and 800 mariners moved roughly half a million people in just nine hours, as tugboats, ferries, and even small dinghies answered a single Coast Guard call for all available boats.
   

• The Call to Service that Fire Island Ferries Answered in the Aftermath of September 11 (fireislandnews.com) — Ferries running from Weehawken to Lower Manhattan played a crucial role in restoring commuter service after 9/11, carrying first responders and office workers into the recovery zone. A Fire Island Ferries operations director recalls the eerie trips through smoke-filled New York Harbor and the quiet resolve of passengers in the months that followed, underscoring the region's resilience and Weehawken's part in it.
   

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Other local events
    Thursday September 10
  • Stronger Tomorrow: Community Engagement Series-Shape Our Future (S
    Hoboken Public School District Hoboken HS Cafeteria
    6:00 pm
    • Friday September 11
  • AVID Student Kickoff Breakfast
    Hoboken Public School District Hoboken HS Cafeteria
    8:15 am
  • Hoboken HS Football Home vs Verona HS
    Hoboken Public School District Louis M. Taglieri Jr. Stadium
    6:30 pm
    • Sunday September 13
  • Bike North Bergen / WeeBiken Community Ride →
    Hamilton Park, Hudson Place, Weehawken
    10:30 am
    • Tuesday September 15
  • Brandt Back to School Night
    Brandt Elementary School
    6:30 pm
    • Wednesday September 16
  • Connors Back to School Night
    Connors Elementary School
    6:30 pm
    • Thursday September 17
  • Pathways to Success: AVID Family Launch Night
    Hoboken HS Cafeteria
    6:30 pm
  • Wallace Back to School Night
    Wallace Elementary School
    6:30 pm
    • Saturday September 19
  • 7th Annual Peace Festival →
    Milton A. Votee Park, 1201 Palisade Ave, Teaneck
    2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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Ok Weehawken! 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: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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