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🌱 Patch AM: How Verona runners and students benefit from this year’s UNICO 5K

And check out Franciscan Charities 5K Run and Walk on the Verona Patch calendar

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Good morning Verona! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Verona runners and students benefit from this year's UNICO 5K

Also on today's calendar: Franciscan Charities 5K Run and Walk and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 86, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Blue Skies, Fast Feet at Verona UNICO 5K (myveronanj.com) — Hundreds of runners packed Lakeside Avenue by Verona Park today for the Verona UNICO Labor Day 5K, one of the town's biggest annual fundraisers. Local runner Michael Maglione led Verona finishers as the decades-old race once again raised money for scholarships and community causes while families enjoyed the fun run and sunny holiday morning.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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