🌱 How Wharton kids can join the Rockaway/Denville Eagles hockey program

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In today's newsletter:

• How Wharton kids can join the Rockaway/Denville Eagles hockey program

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, warm; a p.m. shower, temps: high: 82, low: 53.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Youth Sports in Denville NJ: Leagues, Ages and How to Sign Up (denvillenow.com) — Families in Wharton can now register kids ages 5–14 for the Rockaway/Denville Eagles Ice Hockey program, which welcomes players from Wharton and nearby towns in the Morris County Youth Hockey League. The broader guide also highlights Denville-area options like PAL basketball, football, soccer, baseball, lacrosse, and rugby, with tips on where to find registration links and seasonal sign-up windows.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wharton

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Sunday October 4
• MEGA CARD SHOW - North Jersey Card Show at the Morristown Armory →
  Morristown National Guard Armory, 430 Western Ave, Morristown
  10:00 am
• Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
  680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
  11:00 am
Sunday October 11
• Bighearted 5K →
  66 Ford Rd., 66 Ford Rd, Denville
  9:00 am
• AIA Newark & Suburban Architects Barkitecture →
  Czig Meister Brewing, 106 Valentine St, Hackettstown
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 15
• The Blind Boys of Alabama →
  South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), One SOPAC Way, South Orange Village
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Irish American Association of Northwest Jersey →
  Irish American Association of Northwest Jersey, 352 Richard Mine Rd, Wharton
  7:00 pm
• The Shams: Irish American Association of Northwest Jersey →
  Irish American Association of Northwest Jersey, 352 Richard Mine Rd, Wharton
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Business Beyond Basics - Reference Solutions Luncheon
  Roxbury Public Library - Large Meeting Room
  11:30 am
• Lunch 'N Learn with Reference Solutions →
  Roxbury Calendar, Roxbury Public Library 103 Main Street, Succasunna
  12:00 pm
• Edna's Haven →
  Trinity Lutheran Church, 123 E. Blackwell Street, Dover
  1:00 pm
• Morris County Harvest Table: Oktoberfest →
  County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Rd, Randolph
  4:30 pm
• Morris County Harvest Table Oktoberfest to Celebrate Local Farms at CCM →
  Center for Entrepreneurship and Culinary Science at County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Road, Parking Lot 6, Randolph
  4:30 pm
• La Fiesta, Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
  Roxbury Public Library - Large Type Corner
  5:30 pm
• Meeting Room: Rockaway Chess Club
  Main Library
  6:00 pm
• Intro to Watercolor Painting - In Person
  Denville Public Library, 121 Diamond Spring Road, Denville
  6:30 pm
• Thursdays at Diamond Spring Brewing Co →
  Diamond Spring Brewing Co, Broadway 50, Denville
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Dover

• Dover's 16th Annual Trunk-or-Treat Is Saturday, October 17, 2026 at Crescent Field (shopmorriscounty.com)
• Morristown Boys Soccer Earn No. 4 Seed in the Morris County Tournament (tapinto.net)

Rockaway

• Screamline Haunted Car Wash Returns to Rockaway Friday and Saturday Nights in October 2026 (shopmorriscounty.com)
• Spirit Christmas Will Have Four New Jersey locations for 2026 (nj1015.com)
• Morris Knolls Football 2026 Schedule: Golden Eagles 4-1 Before West Morris (denvillenow.com)

Hopatcong

• Sussex County Driver In Fatal Dump Crash Slapped With Homicide Charges: Cops (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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