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🌱 How Pleasantville’s flood buyouts could become new parks and greenways

Also, don't miss Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds at the Historic Johnson Cemetery Memorial Park on the Pleasantville Patch calendar

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What's up Pleasantville! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Pleasantville's flood buyouts could become new parks and greenways
  • What we know about the Pleasantville apartment fire displacing 12 residents

Also on today's calendar: Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds at the Historic Johnson Cemetery Memorial Park.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 74, low: 47.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Blue Acres Landscape Designs New Milford and Pleasantville (rutgers.edu) — Pleasantville is one of two New Jersey communities getting detailed landscape design renderings to show how Blue Acres buyouts could turn flood-prone properties into new public green space. The project aims to help residents visualize parks, recreation areas, and environmental benefits after homes are purchased and removed, especially as Pleasantville faces growing coastal flooding and sea-level rise risks.
   

• 12 Residents Displaced After Pleasantville, NJ, Apartment Fire (wpgtalkradio.com) — A Pleasantville apartment fire on Martin Luther King Boulevard left eight adults and four children displaced, but everyone escaped safely thanks to a rapid response from local firefighters and mutual aid departments. The building was declared uninhabitable, and the Red Cross is assisting affected families while officials investigate the cause and emphasize vital fire safety steps like testing alarms and knowing two exits.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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