🌱 Can Bogota girls basketball turn a full returning roster into wins?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Bogota girls basketball turn a full returning roster into wins?

Also on today's calendar: The Great Gatsby: Bergenfield High School Transforms into the Roaring Twenties for Fall Play and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy; a p.m. snow shower, with a high of 36 and low of 25 degrees.
• Friday: Cold; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 35, low: 27.
• Saturday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 39 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Girls Basketball preview, 2025-26: Teams to watch in the NJIC (nj.com subscription) — Bogota High’s girls basketball team returns its entire roster after a 6-17 season, led by sharpshooter and rebounder Emma Fowler and dominant rebounder Cristina Ter-Meliksetian. As the new NJIC season tips off, Bogota is highlighted among key conference contenders, giving local fans a clear sense of who’s back, who to watch, and how the Liberty Division is shaping up.
   

📸 Around Bogota

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bogota

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• The Great Gatsby: Bergenfield High School Transforms into the Roaring Twenties for Fall Play
  Bergenfield High School, 80 S Prospect Ave, Bergenfield
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• TUMC Christmas Cantata Concert
  Teaneck United Methodist Church, 201 Degraw Ave, Teaneck
  5:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• NKP Staff Breakfast
  Nellie K Parker School , 261 Maple Hill Drive , Hackensack
  7:45 am
• PTA Sensory Santa Photos & Crafts Fundraiser- Tentative
  Nellie K Parker School , 261 Maple Hill Drive , Hackensack
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Bilingual Story Time
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  10:00 am
• (R) Special Olympics Young Athletes
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Auditorium,
  10:00 am
• Fit To Be Lit Book Club Discussion
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Gallery Space,
  11:00 am
• Judy Collins
  Shea Center for Performing Arts , 300 Pompton Rd , Wayne
  8:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Sensory Free Play
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  10:00 am
• Crafternoon
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Baby Lap Time
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  10:00 am
• JUV Lapsit Storytime (for Ages 0-2 Years with a Caregiver) No registration
  Dixon Homestead Library , Dumont - All Purpose Room 2 , Dumont
  10:30 am
• Morning Book Club, adults
  Tenafly Public Library Tenafly - Friends Room,
  11:30 am
• The Automat, Directed by Lisa Hurwitz: Kaplen JCC on the Palisades - Tenafly, NJ
  Kaplen JCC on the Palisades , 411 E Clinton Ave , Tenafly
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Teaneck School District posted a job opening for Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant in Teaneck. Apply here.
• Fairleigh Dickinson University posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty for MA Program in I/O Psychology- Fall 2025 in Teaneck. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bogota here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hackensack

• Hackensack Police & Fire Youth Night (tapinto.net)
• Bergen Community College: Bergen Student Honored By HACU (patch.com)
• Fort Lee man in critical condition after e-bike crash in Teaneck (northjersey.com)

Teaneck

• 3 Men, 1 Woman Charged In Masked Teaneck Carjacking (patch.com)

Ridgewood

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