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🌱 Patch AM: Secaucus Man, A Bergen Catholic Grad, Accused Of Running Penn State Cocaine Ring
Make time for The Largest Renew Selection Secaucus Has Ever Seen on the Secaucus Patch calendar
Hello again Secaucus! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Secaucus-raised student charged as alleged leader in Penn State drug ring
- How a Secaucus officer saved a man on a bridge ledge
- See how Secaucus' High Tech High stacks up statewide this year.
Also on today's calendar: The Largest Renew Selection Secaucus Has Ever Seen and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 69.
- Saturday: Showers around; not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Secaucus Man, A Bergen Catholic Grad, Accused Of Running Penn State Cocaine Ring (patch.com) — Secaucus residents are learning that 22-year-old Mohammed Huraibi, raised locally and briefly a Secaucus High School student, is among those charged in an alleged cocaine ring based at Penn State fraternity houses. Pennsylvania's attorney general says Huraibi and other students, including two from New Jersey, face serious felony counts tied to what prosecutors describe as a coordinated, profitable campus drug operation. 
2. Secaucus Police Officer Talks Man Down From Bridge (secaucusnj.net) — A Secaucus police officer helped talk a distraught man off a bridge near Harmon Cove Towers Monday afternoon, preventing what could have been a deadly fall onto active railroad tracks. Officers and dispatchers worked together to calm him and get him to a hospital, and the police chief is urging anyone in crisis in Secaucus to call 9-1-1 or the 9-8-8 hotline for help.
3. NJ public high schools rank among America's best; state's top 20 (nj1015.com) — Secaucus families can celebrate that High Tech High School in town ranks 17th among all New Jersey public high schools and 334th nationwide in the latest U.S. News list. The statewide report shows New Jersey schools performing strongly overall, with nearly half landing in the top quarter of U.S. rankings.
4. Driver busted weeks after Jersey City hit-and-run left man seriously injured (shorenewsnetwork.com) — An alleged hit-and-run driver in a serious Jersey City pedestrian crash was arrested this week at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Secaucus. While the collision happened in Jersey City, Secaucus residents may notice increased county law-enforcement activity tied to major investigations handled through the local prosecutor's office site.
📸 Around Secaucus
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Secaucus
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★ Featured events ★
- The Largest Renew Selection Secaucus Has Ever Seen →
45A Enterprise Ave N, Secaucus
10:00 am
Wednesday August 26
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Other local events
- Board of Education Meeting
Secaucus School District Secaucus, NJ 07094
7:00 pm - Youth Connect
Hudson Pride Center Union City Location, 4428 Bergenline Ave, Union City, NJ, 07087, United States
6:00 pm - Planning Board Meeting
City of Jersey City via Zoom
5:30 pm - Beyond the Binary
Hudson Pride Center Jersey City Location, 3000 John F. Kennedy Blvd Suite 306, Jersey City, NJ, 07306, United States
6:00 pm - Rainbow Elders Virtual Meeting
Hudson Pride Center 176 Palisade Ave 3rd floor, Jersey City, NJ 07306
6:00 pm - Positive Living Lab
Hudson Pride Center Union City Location, 4428 Bergenline Ave, Union City, NJ, 07087, United States
6:00 pm - Viviendo Los Colores
Hudson Pride Center Union City Location, 4428 Bergenline Ave, Union City, NJ, 07087, United States
6:00 pm - Rainbow Elders
Hudson Pride Center Jersey City Location, 3000 John F. Kennedy Blvd Suite 306, Jersey City, NJ, 07306, United States
6:00 pm
Thursday August 20
Friday August 21
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
📣 Secaucus Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Senior Freeze Property Tax Relief Application
City of Jersey City St. Aloysius Church Duffy Hall
6:00 am - Bachathursdays (FREE SOCIAL) →
Newark Arts Lancers Restaurant & Bar, 459 Ferry St , Newark, NJ 07105, Newark, N, 07105, United States
8:00 am - JCCS Court Outreach @ St. Lucy's Shelter
City of Jersey City St. Lucy's Emergency Shelter, 619 Grove St., Jersey City, NJ 07
9:00 am - Board of Education Work Session Meeting
Hasbrouck Heights School District Hasbrouck Heights Board-Education, 379 Boulevard, Hasbrouck Heig
6:00 pm
Thursday August 20
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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