🌱 How Rutgers’ 2023 opening-day foe rebuilt after a major scandal

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In today's newsletter:

• How Rutgers’ 2023 opening-day foe rebuilt after a major scandal

Also on today's calendar: Art Around the World: Pottery Spiced Up and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the man do after he went upstairs to get a stovepipe? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
• Tuesday: Thunderstorms, temps: high: 77, low: 68.
• Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 78 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Northwestern's David Braun making the most of an opportunity (onthebanks.com) — Rutgers football fans in Piscataway get a closer look at Northwestern head coach David Braun, the man behind the Wildcats’ recent turnaround and Rutgers’ 2023 opening-day opponent. The story traces his long assistant-coaching journey, sudden promotion after Northwestern’s hazing scandal, and how his teams have fared, while revisiting key Rutgers–Northwestern matchups that shaped the series history.
   

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📸 Around Piscataway

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Piscataway

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday July 28

• Teen Volunteer Orientation →
  John F. Kennedy Library, 500 Hoes Ln, Piscataway
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday July 30

• Summer Schol Ends
  New Brunswick Adult Learning Center New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Friday July 31

• District Closed
  New Brunswick Adult Learning Center New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Saturday August 1

• Water Color Layered Flowers Painting Workshop
  New Brunswick Free Public Library , 60 Livingston Ave, New Brunsw
  2:30 pm

Friday August 7

• District Closed
  New Brunswick Adult Learning Center New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Thursday August 20

• Art Around the World: Pottery Spiced Up →
  John F. Kennedy Library, 500 Hoes Ln, Piscataway
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday July 27

• MSD Summer Program
  Roosevelt Elementary (3–4) Weston Elementary School, 600 Newark Ave, Manville, NJ 08835, USA
  8:30 am
• Individualized ESL Classes
  Manville Library Manville branch - Quiet Room
  10:00 am
• Monday ESL Conversation Group →
  South Plainfield Public Library, 2484 Plainfield Ave, South Plainfield
  10:30 am
• Monday Matinee - Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
  Manville Library Manville branch - Community Room
  1:00 pm
• Court Session-Virtual
  Borough of Bound Brook 230 Hamilton St, Bound Brook, NJ 08805
  2:00 pm
• Thrive Through Movement →
  Franklin Township Senior Center, 505 Demott Ln, Somerset
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Starting to consider becoming a stripper.
  These prices are ridiculous for everything… how can people afford to survive?! (Nextdoor Pleasant View Gardens)

• Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ posted a job opening for Weekend Activity Specialist - Camp Oak Spring in Somerset. Apply here.
• Topgolf posted a job opening for Porter in Edison. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Piscataway here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Middlesex

• Community day in Middlesex Township encourages community engagement (butlereagle.com)
• Sergeant Honored for Community Service at Peruvian Flag-Raising Ceremony (tapinto.net)
• Photo Gallery: July 26, 2026 (butlereagle.com)

South Plainfield

• Mark your Calendar:  South Plainfield's 2026 National Night Out Scheduled for August 4 (tapinto.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He came down with the flue. (Thank you Fred P. for sending it in!)
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