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🌱 Patch AM: Teaneck Bird Band-A-Thon Offers Close-Up Look At Fall Migration
Coming up: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know on the Teaneck Patch calendar

Good morning Teaneck! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Watch migrating birds banded live at Teaneck Creek Conservancy
- Teaneck Day brings food, music, rides and fireworks to town
- Interested in coaching Division I track right here in Teaneck?
Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 11 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Warm; an afternoon shower, with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 73, low: 56.
- Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 65 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Teaneck Bird Band-A-Thon Offers Close-Up Look At Fall Migration (patch.com) — Teaneck residents can get an up-close look at migrating birds during a free Bird Band-A-Thon at Teaneck Creek Conservancy this Saturday morning. Scientists will safely capture and band birds to track species, sex, weight and migration patterns, while visitors watch, learn and optionally pledge donations based on the number of birds recorded. Flexible arrival times and online registration make it easy for locals to drop by and support conservation work in their own backyard.
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2. Teaneck Day Returns To Cedar Lane With Food, Music And Family Fun (patch.com) — Cedar Lane in Teaneck will transform into a lively Teaneck Day street festival with food trucks, local restaurants, live music and performances, plus a big Kids Zone run with the Recreation Department. Families can enjoy rides, inflatables, games, local vendors and an evening fireworks show at Votee Park, all free to attend with optional advance reservations on Eventbrite.
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3. Assistant Men's & Women's Track & Field Coach (fdu.edu) — A full-time assistant men's and women's track and field coaching job is open at the Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, offering a $43,888 salary plus comprehensive benefits. Local residents with college track experience and required certifications can apply to help run practices, recruit athletes, and travel with the Division I program on nights and weekends.
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4. Real estate appointments: New CEOs, promotions and moves (inman.com) — A Teaneck-based brokerage, Public Trust Realty Group, has joined the Century 21 franchise network and will now operate as Century 21 Prime Homes, aiming to recruit more agents across New Jersey. The piece also highlights a wave of leadership changes and franchise moves at real estate firms nationwide, but the Teaneck affiliation stands out as the key development for local buyers, sellers, and agents.
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5. Columbia professor receives Israel's Nobel (jta.org) — A Jewish service group is expanding into Bergen County and will base its local staff at the Kaplan JCC on the Palisades in Teaneck, bringing new volunteer and community service energy to the area. Alongside this, the newsletter highlights cultural debates in New York's arts scene, a Columbia professor's major Israeli prize, and upcoming Jewish film and heritage events around the region.
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📸 Around Teaneck
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Teaneck
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
Webinar - Online Presentation,
2:30 pm - Ridgefield Park Street Fair & Food Truck Fest →
234 Main St, Ridgefield Park
10:00 am - Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
11:00 am - Leonia Chamber Musicians Present "Schubert Fest!" →
Presbyterian Church in Leonia, 181 Fort Lee Rd, Leonia
3:00 pm - Sip and Sew →
Untamed Arts, 705 Main St, Hackensack
5:00 pm - JTCC Hackensack Culinary Medicine Kitchen →
John Theurer Cancer Center Culinary Medicine Kitchen 92 2nd St, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601,
1:00 pm - Oracle: A Mind-Reading Show with Mentalist Judah Mantell →
Debonair Music Hall, 1409 Queen Anne Rd, Teaneck
7:30 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 21
Thursday October 22
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Other local events
- START II Animal Rescue Charity Garage Sale →
1795 Van Cortlandt Terrace, Teaneck
10:00 am - Math Adventures & Word Play! →
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 118 Chadwick Rd, Teaneck
10:30 am - How to be a Happy Skeptic →
Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Ave, Teaneck
11:00 am - The Joy of Toys Upcyling toy making workshop →
Untamed Arts, 705 Main St, Hackensack
9:00 am - Volunteer this Fall →
Zoom
10:30 am - what's your grief cafe →
St. Mark's Episcopal Church 118 Chadwick Road, Teaneck, NJ
1:30 pm - Holy Name's Second Annual Women's Health Symposium to Empower Women to Take Charge of their Health →
Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, 100 Frank W Burr Blvd, Teaneck
9:00 am
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Tuesday October 13
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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