🌱 How Beach Haven’s 1916 shark attacks helped inspire “Jaws”.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Beach Haven’s 1916 shark attacks helped inspire “Jaws”.

Also on today's calendar: Annual Trash & Treasures Fundraiser.

Today's riddle: Tony requested we not pronounce his name backwards, why? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 68, low: 57.
• Tuesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 64 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 5 Of The Strangest Things That Have Happened in NJ (thedigestonline.com) — Beach Haven appears here in a chilling slice of history: the 1916 shark attacks that helped inspire “Jaws” and changed how the nation viewed sharks along the Jersey Shore. The piece then tours other strange New Jersey moments, from a cardboard “bank robber” to a wandering alligator and pasta heist, offering quirky statewide lore Beach Haven readers may enjoy.
   

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📸 Around Beach Haven

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Beach Haven

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• HopSauce Festival →
  Taylor Park, 325 Taylor Ave, Beach Haven
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday June 10

• Land Use Board Meeting →
  Township of Long Beach James J. Mancini Administration Building, 6805 Long Beach Blvd, Brant Beach, NJ, 08008, United States
  6:30 pm

Saturday June 27

• Annual Trash & Treasures Fundraiser →
  LBI Historical Association, 129 Engleside Ave, Beach Haven
  9:00 am

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📣 Beach Haven Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday June 7

• LBT PBA 373 Breakfast 5K Run/Walk →
  Township of Long Beach Nardi’s, 11801 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach Township, 08008
  8:00 am

Monday June 8

• Inter-District Band/Chorus Concert
  Pinelands Regional School District Tuckerton, NJ 08087
  6:00 pm

Tuesday June 9

• Knitting Group — Beach Haven Public Library LBI →
  Beach Haven Public Library, 219 N Beach Ave, Beach Haven
  1:00 pm
• JHS Awards Night
  Pinelands Regional School District Tuckerton, NJ 08087
  6:00 pm

Wednesday June 10

• ECC: Happy Trails Petting Zoo
  Robert C. Wood Early Childhood Center Tuckerton, NJ 08087
• ECC: Kid's Book Club
  Robert C. Wood Early Childhood Center Tuckerton, NJ 08087
  5:00 pm
• Senior Awards Night
  Pinelands Regional School District Tuckerton, NJ 08087
  6:00 pm

Thursday June 11

• We Grew It Here - A program about agriculture in New Jersey — Beach Haven Public Library LBI →
  Beach Haven Public Library, 219 N Beach Ave, Beach Haven
  1:00 pm

Thursday June 18

• GRADUATION CLASS OF 2026!
  Pinelands Regional School District Tuckerton, NJ 08087
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Walgreens posted a job opening for Inventory Specialist in Manahawkin. Apply here.
• BJ's Wholesale Club posted a job opening for Cashier Part Time in Manahawkin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Beach Haven here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Tuckerton

• Pizza, burgers, cinnamon buns & more; Jersey Shore food trucks have it all (mycentraljersey.com)

Little Egg Harbor

• Where to Watch the World Cup at the Jersey Shore (thelocalgirl.com)

Ship Bottom

• Ship Bottom Police Report Fatal Water Emergency on East 21st Street (tapinto.net)
• Two caught in rip currents at Jersey Shore beaches (nj1015.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Y-not?! (Thank you Terry N. for sending it in!)
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