🌱 Fall Theatre Season at ACACNJ and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Estate Cleanout/Yard Sale
• Morristown Marketplace at St. Peter's Episcopal Church
• Alpha Course at St Gregory's Episcopal Church

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 71, low: 51.
• Sunday: Showers; breezy, cooler, with a high of 56 and low of 35 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rockaway

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Estate Cleanout/Yard Sale
  5 Pine Cone Ln, Sparta
  9:00 am
• Morristown Marketplace
  St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 70 Maple Ave, Morristown
  12:00 pm

Monday April 27

• Alpha Course
  St Gregory's Episcopal Church, 480 S Beverwyck Rd, Parsippany-Troy Hills
  7:00 pm

Saturday May 9

• FREE Maker Day Open House at the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
  The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, 2352 NJ-10, Morris Plains
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday April 17

• Fall Theatre Season at ACACNJ
  All Children’s Art Center of NJ - A non-profit organization , 424 US-46 Unit C , Rockaway
  5:30 pm
• Women's Network Charity Event
  Blue Titan Fitness & Self-Defense, Rockaway CrossFit , 27 E Main St , Rockaway
  6:30 pm
• Troubadour Concerts--Co-Bill: Rob Flax's Boom Chick Trio and Jesse Ruben
  21 Normandy Heights Rd , Morristown
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 25

• Popup Thrift Store
  Church of the Saviour , 155 Morris Ave , Denville
  9:00 am
• Happy Wellness Expo & Happy Pet Expo April 25 2026
  Parsippany Police Athletic League , 33 Baldwin Rd , Parsippany-Troy Hills
  10:00 am

Friday May 1

• Troubadour Concerts: Richard Shindell with Jess Klein
  21 Normandy Heights Rd , Morristown
  7:30 pm

Sunday May 3

• Entrepreneur-Focused Book Signing with Beauty Industry Expert at Barnes & Noble
  Barnes & Noble , 1940 NJ-10 , Morris Plains
  1:00 pm

Wednesday May 6

• St. Virgil's Carnival
  St. Virgil's , 250 Speedwell Ave , Morris Plains
  6:00 pm

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• Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a job opening for Kitchen Leader in Rockaway. Apply here.
• Precision Castparts Corporation posted a job opening for CNC Machinist in Rockaway. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rockaway here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Denville

• New Jersey's Italian Pasta Houses Where Tradition Hasn't Budged In Generations (takingthekids.com)
• Woman charged with DWI after driving wrong way on Route 46 in Morris County, police say (wrnjradio.com)
• Top residential real estate sales for March 30 to April 3 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key (yourobserver.com)

Dover

• Open House At The Amp To Introduce New Dover Arts Hub (broadwayworld.com)
• This Day in Rock History: April 16 (rock929rocks.com)
• Washington Elementary Among Schools Selected In Sweetwater-Backed National Music Fund (inkfreenews.com)

Parsippany

• Tax Hike Proposed In Parsippany Schools' Budget: See Details (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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