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🌱 Patch AM: How Teaneck detectives traced nearly $10K in missing bank funds
Coming up: Become a NJ Real Estate Agent * IN PERSON or ONLINE * NEW Classes on the Teaneck Patch calendar

Good morning Teaneck! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Teaneck detectives traced nearly $10K in missing bank funds
- Teaneck community remembers beloved teacher-turned-Hollywood actress Bernice "Bunny" Levine
Also on today's calendar: Become a NJ Real Estate Agent * IN PERSON or ONLINE * NEW Classes and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 71.
- Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• $9.8K Vanishes From Teaneck Man's Bank Accounts, Neptune Man Charged: Cops (dailyvoice.com) — A Teaneck resident's bank accounts were allegedly drained of nearly $9,850, prompting a months-long investigation by Teaneck detectives that led to charges against a Neptune City man. State troopers later found him on a traffic stop, and Teaneck police processed him before he was jailed in Bergen County pending a court appearance.
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• Bergen County Teacher Who Became Successful Actress Dies (patch.com) — Teaneck is mourning Bernice "Bunny" Levine, a beloved former teacher and school librarian who later enjoyed a long acting career in Hollywood. Former students on a Teaneck memorial page are sharing warm memories of how she nurtured their love of reading and theater, as her family prepares for services this week in Clifton.
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📸 Around Teaneck
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Teaneck
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★ Featured events ★
- Become a NJ Real Estate Agent * IN PERSON or ONLINE * NEW Classes →
Montclair School of Real Estate, 89 Walnut St, Montclair, NJ 07042,
6:30 pm
Monday August 31
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Other local events
- Teacher Orientation - All Staff/No Students
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center Englewood, NJ 07631 - French Practice Conversation Group
Englewood Public Library Englewood - Online,
1:00 pm - Teacher Orientation - All Staff/No Students
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center Englewood, NJ 07631
8:00 am - US Meet the Coaches
Dwight Engelwood School Myrna B Sherman Gymnasium
6:00 pm - Opening Day for Students
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center Englewood, NJ 07631 - Yom Kipper - District Closed
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center Englewood, NJ 07631 - Labor Day - District Closed
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center Englewood, NJ 07631 - Virtual Senior Tone & Stretch Fitness Class
YWCA Bergen County https://ywcannj.org/events/virtual-senior-tone-stretch-fitness-class-3/2026-09-01/
9:00 am - "Songs for the Journey Ahead" Selichot Concert and Service" →
Temple Emeth,1666 Windsor Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666
7:30 pm - "Jews and the U.S. Labor Movement" →
Paramus Public Library, 116 E. Century Rd., Paramus, NJ
1:00 pm
Thursday August 27
Sunday August 30
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
Saturday September 5
Monday September 14
📣 Teaneck Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Regular AM Meeting In Person
Oradell Emerson Rotary 496 Kinderkamack Rd.3rd flr Oradell, United States of America
7:30 am - Instructional Skills - Day 2
Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest 150 Knickerbocker Rd, Demarest, NJ 07627 , Demarest , NJ 07627
8:00 am - New Staff Orientation
Donald a. Quarles Early Childhood Center 274 Knickerbocker Rd, Englewood, NJ 07631, USA
8:00 am - Movies at the Library - Pressure
Lodi Memorial Library Lodi - Upstairs,
1:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Teaneck PatchAM possible:
- Marlen Elite Dental Wellness — 5513057104
- Capgro Bookkeeping Services — (973) 453-5052
- Bergen County Rowing Academy — (201) 320-2951
- Insurcomm Restoration — (866) 708-5357
- PSE&G — (800) 436-7734
- Yeshiva Academy of Bergen County — (718) 812-4680
- Alliance Homecare — (908) 505-3952
- Muller Insurance — 2016592403
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
- Deli & Vine Officially Closed
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- USP Management, Inc posted a job opening for Inventory Coordinator in Fort Lee. Apply here.
- Worthington Enterprises, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Lead in Cresskill. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Teaneck here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hackensack
- Hackensack Schools Expand Real-World Learning Opportunities Through R.I.S.E. Program (tapinto.net)
- Ctrl Alt Refresh is Coming Soon to Hackensack (boozyburbs.com)
- Yard Work Help in Hackensack, NJ (care.com)
Englewood
- Rosalee Mayeux Discusses Her New Comedy Special (news12.com)
Fair Lawn
- Bergen County Home Sale Sets NJ Record For This Year (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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