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🌱 Patch AM: How a $200,000 grant will change Holmdel’s Robert Labbe Park
And on the Holmdel Patch calendar - Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know

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In today's newsletter:
- How a $200,000 grant will change Holmdel's Robert Labbe Park
Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 86 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 72, low: 60.
- Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Holmdel & Hazlet Awarded Grants For Park Improvements (patch.com) — Holmdel just secured a $200,000 county grant to renovate Robert Labbe Memorial Park, part of a larger $9.15 million Monmouth County program supporting local parks. The funding will help improve recreation space right in Holmdel while Hazlet and other towns receive separate awards for their own park projects.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Holmdel
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
Webinar - Online Presentation,
2:30 pm - Ranney School Fall Open House →
Ranney School, 235 Hope Rd, Tinton Falls
9:00 am - BARKS and BOOS is COMING! →
A Salute Italian Restaurant & Bar, 74 Main St, Matawan
5:30 pm - Goods & Services Auction →
Trinity Church Matawan, 18 Ryers Ln, Matawan
6:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 10
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Come From Away →
Bell Theater at Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
7:00 pm - Shore Coaches Invitational →
Holmdel NJ - Shore AC Adult Cross Country Series →
Holmdel NJ - AAUW Used Book Sale →
69 Kings Hwy, Middletown Township
10:00 am - Holmdel Community Blood Drive - Surprise Gift for donors! →
Holmdel High School, 36 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel
9:00 am - The Wag's Halloween Spectacular →
Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St, Middletown Township
7:00 pm - Holmdel Community Blood Drive →
St. Benedict School Gym, 165 Bethany Rd, Holmdel
8:30 am - Deep Cut Orchid Society Monthly Meeting →
Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave, Tinton Falls
7:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Tuesday October 13
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💬 Chatter
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- Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Hazlet. Apply here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lincroft
- NJ MVC adds REAL ID appointments in Hazlet, Turnersville (wpst.com)
Matawan
- Broadway, cabaret star D.C. Anderson to perform in Lincroft Oct. 2 (themonmouthjournaleastern.com)
- Check out what's happening in the county parks this October (themonmouthjournaleastern.com)
- Zombie Walk, Chowder Fest, music and more Jersey Shore things to do (app.com)
Middletown
- AT&T's Development Programs Spotlight Series: Cybersecurity Internship (washu.edu)
Ok Holmdel! 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: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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