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🌱 Patch AM: How Lacey Halloween shoppers can help kids at a local hospital

Be sure to catch 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival on the Lacey Patch calendar

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Good morning Lacey! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Lacey Halloween shoppers can help kids at a local hospital
  • See which Shore soccer star scored a hat trick against Lacey

Also on today's calendar: 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Saturday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 80, low: 69.
  • Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Spirit Halloween Donates $900K to K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital, Launches 2026 Fundraising Drive (wdhafm.com) — Lacey shoppers can support K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital just by buying costumes at the Spirit Halloween store on South Main Street, where donations and coupon redemptions will fuel the hospital's Child Life program. The piece lists all nine participating New Jersey locations and explains how the "Spirit of Children" effort has already raised more than $900,000 over 11 years.
   

• 17 standouts from opening week of the Shore girls soccer 2026 season (northjersey.com) — A Shore Conference girls soccer roundup notes that one standout player opened her season with a hat trick in an 8–0 win over Lacey, highlighting the local team's tough start. The article then spotlights 16 other players from around the Shore, detailing big scoring performances, clutch game-winners, and strong goalkeeping as the 2026 season kicks off.
   

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  • 5 Things To Do In Ocean County This Weekend: Festivals, Cars, Grapes And More (patch.com)

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Ok Lacey! 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!

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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