🌱 How Woodland Park’s softball tournament keeps Detective Ciampi’s legacy alive

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In today's newsletter:

• How Woodland Park’s softball tournament keeps Detective Ciampi’s legacy alive

Also on today's calendar: 7th Annual Peace Festival and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 72, low: 59.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Woodland Park Families Behind the Badge Tournament Honors Detective James 'Jimmy' Ciampi (tapinto.net) — Woodland Park residents and regional law enforcement packed the local softball fields for the annual Families Behind the Badge tournament, raising $11,000 while honoring Fairfield Detective James “Jimmy” Ciampi. The long-running Woodland Park fundraiser has now generated more than $136,000 over 11 years to support families of fallen officers, with local officials, volunteers, and multiple area departments turning the day into a powerful show of community support.
   

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📸 Around Woodland Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Woodland Park

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 22

• Mobile Pantry - Woodland Park →
  8 Memorial Drive, Woodland Park
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 14

• Cedar Grove Board of Education Meeting
  Cedar Grove Township School District, 90 Rugby Rd, Cedar Grove
  7:30 pm

Tuesday September 15

• BG Back to School Night
  Beatrice Gilmore School
  6:30 pm

Saturday September 19

• 7th Annual Peace Festival →
  Milton A. Votee Park, 1201 Palisade Ave, Teaneck
  2:00 pm

Friday October 2

• PRO-WRESTLING: Fair Lawn Fury! →
  Knights of Columbus, 16-16 Maple Ave, Fair Lawn
  7:00 pm

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📣 Woodland Park Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday September 14

• Communication Hike →
  LifeHikes Training Center, 248 Lorraine Avenue, 2nd Floor, Montclair
  9:00 am
• Little Seeds Story Time
  Glen Ridge - Meeting Room, Glen Ridge Free Public Library
  9:30 am
• ESL with Kathy
  Hawthorne Public Library Hawthorne - Lobby,
  9:30 am
• Community Wellness →
  A Better Market, 215 Rosa Parks Blvd, Paterson
  10:00 am
• Baby Storytime
  Bloomingdale Public Library, 101 Hamburg Turnpike; Suite 1, Bloomingdale
  10:30 am
• Toddler Time
  Caldwell Public Library Caldwell, NJ 07006
  11:45 am
• Preschool Story Time - Registration Required
  Pompton Lakes Library, 333 Wanaque Ave., Pompton Lakes
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Little Falls

• Little Falls Marks 25th Anniversary of 9/11, Remembers Two With Local Ties (tapinto.net)

Paterson

• Mario's Classic Autobody Once Again Honors Victims, Heroes of 9-11 (tapinto.net)
• Paterson Police Plan Air Support, Heavy Security for Dominican Parade (shorenewsnetwork.com)
• How to Prepare for a Commercial Property Loan (tapinto.net)

Clifton

• 25 Years Later, Clifton Remembers (thecliftontimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Dam! (Thank you George G. for sending it in!)
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