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  • Why Barnegat Bay's deadly boating summer has police sounding alarms

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Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
  • Monday: Humid; an afternoon shower, temps: high: 83, low: 68.
  • Tuesday: Hot with variable clouds, with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Barnegat Bay marks third fatal boating accident this summer after warren township crash (wchram.com) — A deadly summer on Barnegat Bay has now claimed four lives in three separate boating crashes, including a Barnegat man who died in May. The latest case involves a Warren Township boater charged with vehicular homicide after allegedly piloting a vessel under the influence and striking a channel marker, part of a troubling pattern of alcohol-related accidents on the bay.
   

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