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🌱 Patch AM: How Hackettstown’s factory past still shapes your Labor Day today

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Hackettstown's factory past still shapes your Labor Day today

Also on today's calendar: Barn & Rummage Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Very warm with sun and clouds, temps: high: 85, low: 67.
  • Thursday: Humid with a t-storm possible, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Labor Day's Jersey Roots Hit Home for Hackettstown's Industrial Heart (tapinto.net) — Hackettstown's Labor Day traditions are rooted in the town's long industrial history, from early factories to Mars Wrigley's presence and today's Main Street workforce. As residents enjoy barbecues and the long weekend, local historians highlight how New Jersey labor pioneers helped secure safer workplaces, fairer wages, and shorter workdays that still shape daily life in Hackettstown.
   

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  • Home Sweet Home
    One of the many scenic views of northern NJ. Have a great day. (Nextdoor Woodfield)
  • As the sun sets I am starting to see this monster thing more, I got a better glimpse of it but no image because my phone was upstairs charging.
    Also my cameras I ordered have not arrived yet. Hope I can catch this thing. Wish me luck. (Nextdoor East Hackettstown)
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🗞 Nearby News

Mount Olive

  • The George Ottavinia Memorial Fishing Derby Returns to Turkey Brook Park in Mount Olive on September 20 (shopmorriscounty.com)
  • 100 Silas Rd, Budd Lake, NJ 07828 (redfin.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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