🌱 How a beloved Spotswood teacher built traditions that will outlast her
Spotswood, New Jersey Patch AM: a 3 min readHey there, Spotswood! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a beloved Spotswood teacher built traditions that will outlast her
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Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 96 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Near-record heat, temps: high: 93, low: 63.
- Sunday: Hot, with a high of 92 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Spotswood Board of Education Honors Veteran Educator Colleen Meyers on her Upcoming Retirement at Final Meeting of 2025-26 School Year (tapinto.net) — Spotswood residents should know that longtime High School social studies teacher and Mr. Spotswood pageant creator Colleen Meyers was formally honored by the Board of Education ahead of her July 1 retirement. At the June 9 meeting, district leaders and alumni praised her decades of classroom, cheerleading, and school-spirit leadership, emphasizing how her traditions and volunteer work will continue shaping Spotswood High School life. 
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Old Bridge Township Public Schools 4207 Highway 516, Matawan, NJ 07747
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Discipleship Class
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship 100 Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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Lighthouse Christian Fellowship 100 Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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[USATF] Lager Run 5K
Raritan Valley Road Runners East Brunswick, NJ 08816
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8minuteDating in East Brunswick →
Orchard Park Steakhouse by David Burke, 670 Cranbury Rd, East Brunswick
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CSMS Student of the Year Dinner reschedule date confirmed
Old Bridge Township Public Schools 67 Old Amboy Rd, Old Bridge, NJ 08857, USA
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ShopRite Supermarkets posted a job opening for ShopRite - Appy/Deli Clerk (SRS NJ) Salary Range $17.00 to $18.50/hr in Spotswood. Apply here.
- Aramark posted a job opening for Custodial Services Worker - South River Board of Education in South River. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Spotswood here.
🗞 Nearby News
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Old Bridge
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- Which South Jersey Walmart Stores Are Being Remodeled? (wobm.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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