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🌱 Patch AM: How a new Long Branch home is changing two families’ futures

Coming up: 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival on the Long Branch Patch calendar

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Hi there, Long Branch! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a new Long Branch home is changing two families' futures

Also on today's calendar: 10th Anniversary Ocean County Irish Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A stray t-storm; very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 84, low: 63.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• From Homelessness to Home: Lunch Break's Family Promise Gives Two Families a Fresh Start (tapinto.net) — Long Branch is now home to a new two-family transitional housing property where two formerly homeless families, including a grandmother raising her grandchildren, are settling in as the school year begins. Run by Lunch Break's Family Promise of Monmouth County, the home marks a shift from hotel-based shelter to more stable housing and invites community members to support residents through designated donations.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Long Branch

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Join in a Celebration of Unity and Community —YMCA of the Jersey Shore Read on Patch
  • Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Long Branch. Apply here.
  • Teamwork Online posted a job opening for Line Cook | Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Long Branch here.

🗞 Nearby News

West Long Branch

Oceanport

  • Monmouth Park Entries & Results for Saturday, 9-5-2026 (horseracingnation.com)
  • Things To Do in New Jersey This Weekend: September 4-September 6 (wrat.com)

Rumson

  • Gary Casazza Resigns From Rumson Borough Council (patch.com)

Ok Long Branch! 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: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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