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

In today's newsletter:

  • How a $2.4M pipe upgrade could quietly protect your home
  • Inside Stockton's hands-on summer math boost for new Galloway students
  • Detention delayed in deadly crash tied to a Galloway charge

Also on today's calendar: Celebrate 100 Years at the Library! and 6 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 70.
  • Monday: An afternoon shower; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ACUA invests $2.4 million to upgrade wastewater infrastructure in Galloway Township (shorelocalnews.com) — A $2.4 million upgrade is reinforcing nearly two miles of aging wastewater pipeline serving Galloway Township, with work already underway along the White Horse Pike. Funded through low-interest state loans with significant forgiveness, the project aims to quietly extend the system's life by 50 years while minimizing traffic disruption and keeping long-term costs down for local ratepayers.
   

• Soar First program builds math skills and confidence (pressofatlanticcity.com) — At Stockton University's Galloway campus, selected first-year students are spending two free weeks tackling hands-on math and science challenges, from rubber-band drops to ice cream experiments. The Soar First Summer Scholars program aims to boost placement scores, build confidence, and connect local students with mentors so they can stay on track for four-year graduation and future graduate study.
   

• Detention hearing postponed in deadly stolen vehicle crash (breakingac.com) — A detention hearing for an 18-year-old charged in a deadly stolen Mercedes crash in Hamilton Township has been postponed until next week. The suspect also faces a separate, pending fencing charge tied to Galloway Township, linking this high-profile regional case back to local court activity residents may be following closely.
   

📸 Around Galloway

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Galloway

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★ Featured events ★

    Wednesday September 9
  • Wokin' Wednesday →
    Fred and Ethel's Lantern Light Restaurant and Tavern, 1 N New York Rd, Galloway
    4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday August 29
  • Family Crafts →
    Pleasantville Branch - Atlantic County Library System, 33 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, Pleasantville
    11:00 am
    • Sunday August 30
  • Lovelace at LaScala's Beach House - 70's On The Beach! →
    LaScala's Beach House, 1400 Ocean Ave, Brigantine
    5:00 pm
    • Monday August 31
  • How to Train Your Dragon (Live Action) Movie Monday Matinee
    Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield 241 West Mill Road, Northfield, NJ 08225
    1:00 pm
    • Tuesday September 1
  • Toddler Tuesday Storytime →
    Brigantine Branch - Atlantic County Library System, 201 15th St S, Brigantine
    10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Anyone know how to hookup one of those wifi security cameras?
    Not sure what I'm doing wrong but it's not connecting and that 8 year old kid wasn't in the box they say could do it. (Nextdoor Collins Avenue)

🗞 Nearby News

Absecon

Pleasantville

  • Atlantic County (breakingac.com)
  • Book golf lessons and programs in Pleasantville, NJ (pga.com)
  • Flash Flood Warnings Issued As Strong Storms Soak NJ (patch.com)

Ocean City

  • Cape Tech Student Heads To Alaska For Marine Science Program (patch.com)
  • Cape May County Opposes NJ Sanctuary Laws (patch.com)

Ok Galloway! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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