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  • How new drone training could change Hopatcong police work

Also on today's calendar: Viva Italia Festival Sparta UNICO and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Cloudy and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Cloudy with a little rain, temps: high: 63, low: 48.
  • Wednesday: Sun, then clouds, with a high of 62 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• First Energy Provides Grant to Support Drone Training for Police and Educators (ridgeviewecho.com) — Hopatcong police officers are among those gaining access to grant-funded drone training at Warren County Community College, helping local law enforcement learn modern search-and-rescue and investigation tools. A $55,000 FirstEnergy Foundation grant supports exam prep and hands-on flying for regional STEM teachers and officers, with another course scheduled this November and open to additional New Jersey school districts.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Roxbury

  • Beautiful Weather, Great Attendance at Roxbury's Olde Suckasunny Day (tapinto.net)
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  • Power & Politics: Voter registration hearing; New poll on NJ's 7th Congressional District; ICE accused of using Roxbury warehouse (news12.com)

Sparta

  • With the Lopez Family, Sparta Township Council Proclaims Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (tapinto.net)
  • Two Men Charged With DWIs on Same Night in Jefferson Township (tapinto.net)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Beef Tips (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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