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🌱 Meet Newark native Jade Stoner on FLCC’s title-chasing volleyball squad
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Morning Newark! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Meet Newark native Jade Stoner on FLCC's title-chasing volleyball squad
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Sunshine, nice and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
- Friday: Nice with plenty of sun, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• FLCC women's volleyball returns key pieces in pursuit of sixth straight regional title (fingerlakes1.com) — A Newark native, Jade Stoner, is part of a large incoming class for Finger Lakes Community College women's volleyball as the Lakers chase a sixth straight regional title this fall. She'll join several returning standouts and other recruits on a team with strong championship expectations. 
📸 Around Newark
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Newark
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★ Featured events ★
- 2026 Newark Rotary Family Fest — August 22 | Fireman's Field →
Newark Fireman's Field, 100 Barker Pkwy, Newark
11:00 am
Saturday August 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
- August Book Club at Sulfur Books →
Sulfur Books, 2 W Main St, Clifton Springs
6:00 pm - New Teacher Training and Orientation
Phelps-Clifton Springs Csd Board of Education Meeting Room, Room 103, Midlakes Elementary School - Welcome Reception - Living History & Monument Dedication →
Elks Lodge, 32 Church St, Lyons
6:00 pm - Living History & Civil War Monument Dedication Day →
Lyons Central Park, Church St, Lyons
10:00 am - Art Saturdays at Main Street Arts →
Main Street Arts, 20 W Main St, Clifton Springs
10:00 am - Farewell Reception - Living History & Monument Dedication →
Elks Lodge, 32 Church St, Lyons
5:00 pm - Sublime - Band →
CMAC, 4355 Lakeshore Dr, Canandaigua
7:00 pm - MHS Parent Orientation
Phelps-Clifton Springs Csd Midlakes HS Auditorium
2:30 pm - Nonfiction Network
Red Jacket Community Library 7 Lehigh Avenue, Shortsville, NY 14548
11:30 am - Board of Education Meeting if needed
Lyons Csd Lyons, NY 14489
6:00 pm - Nate Michaels →
Smokin Tails Distillery, 3 Church St, Phelps
6:00 pm
Thursday August 20
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Friday August 28
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🗞 Nearby News
Lyons
- 1 killed, 6 injured in crash involving bus and dump truck in Ontario County (13wham.com)
Clifton Springs
- Alex Payne wins hometown SummerFAST race at Land of Legends (fingerlakes1.com)
- New York streamlines Access Pass applications for people receiving mental health services (fingerlakes1.com)
- Unearthing Ancient Giants: The Largest Fossil Discoveries of the Last Decade (discoverwildscience.com)
Macedon
- White Mold Detected in Multiple New York Soybean Fields (newyorkagconnection.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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