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🌱 Patch AM: What Lacey must do next to improve its tournament position.
And check out Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know on the Lacey Patch calendar
Hey there, Lacey! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Lacey must do next to improve its tournament position.
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!)
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- Friday: Very warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 85 and low of 60 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 69, low: 58.
- Sunday: Chance of afternoon rain, with a high of 64 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• A Week to Go: 2026 Boys Soccer Shore Conference Tournament Clinch Scenarios (shoresportsinsider.com) — Lacey High School's boys soccer team has already clinched a Shore Conference Tournament berth and now hosts Toms River East on Oct. 6 in a key game to secure second place in their group. The article breaks down every group's standings, remaining schedules, and tiebreaker scenarios, so Lacey fans can see exactly what's at stake as the tournament field is finalized. 
📸 Around Lacey
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lacey
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
Webinar - Online Presentation,
2:30 pm - Fall Festival →
Wranglebrook Community Garden, 20 Southampton Rd, Toms River
10:00 am - Meditation with Sound & Reiki and Body Soul Being Reiki Share →
Body Soul Being, 1 Pelican Dr, Berkeley Township
11:00 am - Second Annual 'Race to Remember' 5K Set for October 10 in Manahawkin →
Manahawkin Municipal Center,
7:00 am
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Jacks & Lights →
Argos Farm, 1250 Lacey Road, Lacey
6:00 pm - The Race Of Gentlemen Sat & Sun Oct. 3 & 4, 2026 →
Wildwood Beach- Morey's Mariner Pier
8:00 am - Unitarian Universalist Ocean County Congregation Welcomes Pauline Nijander for "Change and Growth" →
10:30 am - Bounty of the Bay →
Lacey United Methodist Church, 203 Lacey Rd, Lacey Township
6:00 pm - Rune Empowerment Workshop →
Charmed in Company, 529 US-9, Ocean Twp
6:30 pm - Free Energy Clearing & Energy Class →
Charmed in Company, 529 US-9, Ocean Twp
6:00 pm - Free Energy Clearing & Class →
Charmed in Company, 529 US-9, Ocean Twp
6:30 pm - Fairy & Magical Creatures Fun Night →
Charmed in Company, 529 US-9, Ocean Twp
6:30 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Saturday October 17
Thursday October 22
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🗞 Nearby News
Berkeley
- Modern Monmouth history—2018. DEA involved in Monmouth-Ocean drug crackdown (blogfinger.net)
Barnegat
- Unacceptable Forum (thesandpaper.net)
- Dredge Project Turns Tide on Channel Depth Near Kinsey Cove (thesandpaper.net)
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!
-- 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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