🌱 Operation Helping Hand: Running for Recovery 5K Run and Walk and 13 more events

Hello Zarephath! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Memory Cafe at Manville Library
• Saturdays Are For Board Games! at Manville Library
• Saturday Crafternoon at Manville Library

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A thunderstorm; warmer, humid, with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A stray t-shower; very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 60.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.

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📸 Around Zarephath

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Zarephath

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Friday September 4

• Memory Cafe
  Manville Library Manville branch - Community Room
  10:30 am

Saturday September 5

• Saturdays Are For Board Games!
  Manville Library Manville branch - Quiet Room
  10:30 am
• Saturday Crafternoon
  Manville Library Manville branch - Children's Area
  11:00 am

Tuesday September 8

• First Day Of School/Early Dismissal
  Manville Board of Education Manville, NJ 08835
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness:
  Manville Library Manville branch - Community Room
  2:00 pm
• Kids' Crochet Club
  Manville Library Manville branch - Adult Media Area
  4:00 pm

Wednesday September 9

• Individualized ESL Classes
  Manville Library Manville branch - Quiet Room
  10:00 am
• Hospice Care
  Manville Library Manville branch - Community Room
  10:15 am

Saturday September 12

• Operation Helping Hand: Running for Recovery 5K Run and Walk →
  Duke Island Park, 191 Old York Rd, Bridgewater
  9:00 am

Saturday September 19

• Warren County Hot Air Balloons, Fun & Games Festival →
  Warren County Community College, 475 NJ-57, Washington
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3

• Baby Storytime
  Bridgewater Library Bridgewater branch - Story Well
  10:15 am
• Overdue for Independence: A Revolutionary Film Series
  Manville Library Manville branch - Community Room
  12:00 pm
• English Conversation Group
  Manville Library Manville branch - Adult Media Area
  1:30 pm
• WHRHS Girls JV Soccer @ Bound Brook →
  Bound Brook High School, 111 W Union Ave, Bound Brook
  4:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Staffmark posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Somerset. Apply here.
• Government Jobs posted a job opening for Permit Expediter in Somerset. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Zarephath here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Manville

• Bound Brook School District to officially open its Early Childhood Center on Sept. 2 (town.news)
• Football field to be named John Wagner Stadium in his honor (unionnewsdaily.com)

Somerville

• Independent Air Quality Testing Gives Somerville Library a Clean Bill of Health One Month after Abrupt Closure Blamed on Mold (tapinto.net)
• A Fresh Start in The 'Ville: Somerville Public Schools Open the 2026-27 Year With New Staff, New Classrooms, and Newly Renovated Spaces (tapinto.net)
• Congressman Kean Hosts Veterans Affairs Roundtable with Secretary Collins (house.gov)

Middlesex

• Middlesex Police Urge Caution As Students Return To School (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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