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🌱 Patch AM: What Brookdale’s cuts and Long Branch campus sale mean for locals

Coming up on the Long Branch Patch calendar: Moving Sale

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Good day Long Branch! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Brookdale's cuts and Long Branch campus sale mean for locals

Also on today's calendar: Moving Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms, with a high of 83 and low of 70 degrees.
  • Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 85, low: 67.
  • Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Brookdale Community College will layoff staff amid rising costs (njtoday.com) — Brookdale Community College is preparing staff layoffs as health benefits and utility costs soar while enrollment lags, and its Long Branch campus has already been sold to the city after declining use. For Long Branch residents, that means future Brookdale services will be concentrated at other regional sites even as the college tries to stay affordable and expand adult and career programs.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Eatontown

  • Episcopal medical equipment ministries help ease the burden of illness, mobility issues (episcopalnewsservice.org)
  • Back-to-School Anxiety: What's Normal and What's Not? (njfamily.com)

Ocean

  • This NJ Pizzeria Among The Country's Best, Food Writers Say (patch.com)
  • Toms River North prepares for 2026 football season (app.com)
  • New Board Members Join Fulfill as Organization Expands Its Fight Against Hunger (insidernj.com)

Red Bank

  • Pedestrian Injured After Being Hit By An SUV, NJ State Police Say (patch.com)
  • 2026 Indie Street Film Festival: See This Year's Winners (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: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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