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🌱 Patch AM: Springfield Halloween Spooktacular Brings Costume Contest, Family Fun To Fallapalooza

And on the Springfield Patch calendar - Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale

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Good morning to you Springfield! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Springfield's Fallapalooza adds Halloween Spooktacular with kids' costume contest
  • What will Springfield's Township Committee tackle in Monday's special meeting?
  • Springfield senior artist earns statewide recognition for her craftwork

Also on today's calendar: Tremendous Office Furniture & Soft Seating Liquidation Sale and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 73 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Sunday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 64, low: 57.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Springfield Halloween Spooktacular Brings Costume Contest, Family Fun To Fallapalooza (patch.com) — Families in Springfield can look forward to a Halloween Spooktacular during this year's Fallapalooza, set for Sunday, Oct. 18 in the parking lot across from the Springfield Free Public Library. Kids can enjoy music, games, pumpkin painting, a maze, an escape room truck, and a costume contest with pre-registration available online, with Oct. 25 reserved as a rain date.
   

2. Township Committee – Special Meeting – Monday, October 5, 2026 at 6 (springfieldpatriot.com) — Springfield residents have a special Township Committee meeting coming up on Monday, October 5, 2026, at 6 p.m. at the Springfield Fire Department on Mountain Avenue. You can attend to offer public comment on any agenda items or broader governmental issues before officials move into an executive session on legal, personnel, contract, and potential litigation matters.
   

3. Cranford Artist Takes Best of Show as 13 Union County Seniors Earn Statewide Art Awards (rlsmedia.com) — Springfield's own Kathryn Keller earned third place in the professional craft category at the 60th annual New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show, joining 12 other honored Union County artists. Local seniors' work, including Keller's, is showcased in a statewide exhibit in East Windsor through November 4, offering residents a chance to see the creativity of older neighbors from Springfield and beyond.
   

4. Lawsuit Alleges State Senator Raj Mukherji of Shady Dispensary Deal (headynj.com) — A lawsuit filed in Union County Superior Court alleges that a planned Story Dispensary in Springfield was used in a complex scheme that sidelined its majority-on-paper owner while politically connected partners benefited. The complaint details how Springfield's now-closed dispensary location, and its mayor's ties to state cannabis regulators, fit into a broader web of disputed cannabis deals across New Jersey.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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