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Good morning Fort Lee! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Fort Lee police responded to a disturbing incident at School No. 2
  • How a Fort Lee home figured into a 280-kilo cocaine bust
  • Fort Lee man's wild GWB truck stunt ends with arrest, evaluation

Also on today's calendar: Volunteer this Fall and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Saturday: Sun giving way to clouds, temps: high: 79, low: 68.
  • Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man Masturbates In Front Of Bergen County Elementary School, Police Say (patch.com) — Parents in Fort Lee should know that a driver allegedly sped onto the sidewalk outside School No. 2 during morning dropoff, then exposed himself and masturbated before being arrested. Police and school officials say classes continued safely while they review security, and the suspect faces lewdness, sexual assault, and numerous traffic-related charges.
   

• 280+ Kilos of Cocaine Seized in NJ Drug Investigation (wpgtalkradio.com) — A major narcotics investigation has tied a large cocaine and weapons trafficking ring to a home in Fort Lee, where investigators say a distributor operated before being arrested. Over several months, authorities seized more than 280 kilos of cocaine, multiple guns, and cash, with Bergen County prosecutors now handling serious charges against two men.
   

• NYC daredevil Arnesia Crawford dances on flatbed truck over George Washington Bridge (amedpost.com) — A 28-year-old Fort Lee resident was arrested after allegedly dancing shirtless on the bed of a moving flatbed truck crossing the George Washington Bridge, alarming nearby drivers. Port Authority Police removed him from the trailer, charged him with several offenses, and took him to a hospital for evaluation following the risky stunt.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The most underutilized health intervention in our communities is the walk.
    But across Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria, the built environment makes movement a hazard instead of a healing. Women walk 16 kilometers for water… (Nextdoor Mikky)
  • Orkin posted a job opening for Commercial Pest Control Technician in Fort Lee. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Leonia

  • The People's Foodie Jerk: A Film Review (dailyfreepress.com)
  • Girls cross country honor roll, Sept. 9: Fastest times from Week 1 (nj.com)
  • N.J. 9/11 events: 88 ceremonies, vigils and memorials across the state (nj.com)

Palisades Park

  • Passaic County giving Paul Rudd a superhero welcome (northjersey.com)
  • Hackensack Firefighters Rescue Woman Whose Leg Was Pinned Beneath Bus (tapinto.net)

Secaucus

  • Gonnelli, Council Congratulate Secaucus Town Hospital For 50 Years In Business (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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