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🌱 Patch AM: Why Haddonfield’s Adam Brand is a keeper to watch this season

Also check out Third Annual Apple Festival at First Methodist Church on the Haddonfield Patch calendar

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Good morning Haddonfield! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why Haddonfield's Adam Brand is a keeper to watch this season
  • Inside Joe Flacco's surprisingly practical 10,000-square-foot Haddonfield family home
  • How a former Haddonfield school chaplain came to lead a major seminary

Also on today's calendar: Third Annual Apple Festival at First Methodist Church and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Sunday: Nice with sunny intervals, temps: high: 78, low: 63.
  • Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Colonial Conference boys soccer goalkeepers to watch in 2026 (nj.com subscription) — Haddonfield senior goalkeeper Adam Brand is spotlighted as one of the Colonial Conference's top returning boys soccer players after backstopping the Bulldawgs to consecutive South Jersey Group 2 finals. With 16 career shutouts and just 45 goals allowed in 45 starts, he anchors a list of standout keepers from neighboring schools like Haddon Township, Haddon Heights, Sterling, and Paulsboro.
   

• Minimalism And Functionality In Joe Flacco's Large Home (freeyork.org) — Joe and Dana Flacco's new 10,000-square-foot home in Haddonfield is designed to balance luxury with everyday family practicality, from a hyper-organized mudroom to a full sports court and gym. Designers focused on durable materials, kid-friendly layouts, and shared spaces like homework rooms and connected bedrooms to keep a large family's routines running smoothly without sacrificing a clean, minimalist look.
   

• Camden priest reflects on shepherding largest U.S. seminary (catholicstarherald.org) — South Jersey native Father Michael Romano, who once served as chaplain at Paul VI High School in Haddonfield, now leads the country's largest Catholic seminary at Mount Saint Mary's in Maryland. He reflects on how earlier assignments in Camden Diocese, including vocations work, shaped his approach to guiding about 140 seminarians through spiritual, academic, and personal formation for the priesthood.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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