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In today's newsletter:

• How new grant money will change East Windsor’s holiday DWI patrols
• What investigators say about the deadly Turnpike crash in East Windsor
• How an East Windsor native landed Brooklyn FC’s first coaching job

Also on today's calendar: Bailey Basketball Academy Winter Hoops Program Registration Going on NOW! and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the alien say to the puzzle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy; a little p.m. rain, with a high of 41 and low of 29 degrees.
• Thursday: Windy and cold with some sun, temps: high: 35, low: 23.
• Friday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 37 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• East Windsor Receives State Grant for Exhanced Drunk Driving Enforcement During Holiday Season (tapinto.net) — East Windsor Township police will step up drunk driving enforcement this holiday season thanks to a new $7,000 state grant covering extra officer patrols. The funding is part of New Jersey’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which targets impaired driving during a period when crashes and fatalities typically rise statewide.
   

• Three dead, one injured in New Jersey Turnpike crash (kyma.com) — A deadly crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in East Windsor Township left three people dead, including a minor, when a tractor-trailer struck a parked SUV on the shoulder Sunday afternoon. State police say the collision at milepost 64.6 also injured the truck driver, and the investigation into what happened is still ongoing.
   

• Marlon LeBlanc hired as first Brooklyn FC men's coach (hudsonriverblue.com) — An East Windsor native is taking a major step in pro soccer, as hometown-born coach Marlon LeBlanc has been named the first-ever men’s head coach of Brooklyn FC ahead of its 2026 USL Championship debut. LeBlanc, a respected developer of young talent with Philadelphia Union II and the U.S. U-18s, now leads roster-building for the new club’s inaugural season.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Windsor

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Bailey Basketball Academy Winter Hoops Program Registration Going on NOW!
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Basketball: Boys Freshman vs. New Brunswick (Home)
  Hightstown High School Main Gym Hightstown High School Main Gym
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV vs. New Brunswick (Home)
  Hightstown High School Main Gym Hightstown High School Main Gym
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. New Brunswick (Home)
  Hightstown High School Main Gym Hightstown High School Main Gym
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Breakfast with Santa
  Elks Lodge , 110 Hickory Corner Rd , East Windsor
  9:00 am

Monday December 15

• Basketball: Boys Freshman vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School (Home)
  Hightstown High School Main Gym
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School (Home)
  Hightstown High School Main Gym
  5:30 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School (Home)
  Hightstown High School Main Gym
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School (Away)
  Hopewell Valley Central High School
  5:30 pm
• Wrestling: Varsity vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro South (Home)
  Hightstown High School
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 10

• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Willingboro (Away)
  Willingboro High School
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV vs. Willingboro (Away)
  Willingboro High School
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Freshman vs. Willingboro (Away)
  Willingboro High School
  4:00 pm
• Mosaic Serving Tray Workshop
  Working Dog Winery , 610 Windsor Perrineville Rd , Hightstown
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Hightstown

• Take Your Places: Learn About Youth in Theater with the Hightstown High School Thespian Society (tapinto.net)
• El Toro del Fuego: Mexican food with a Korean twist (communitynews.org)
• Looming large: Steinert linebacker DeFrancis hits foes hard (communitynews.org)

Robbinsville

• Four Robbinsville High School Seniors Named Semi-Finalists for National Merit Scholarship (tapinto.net)
• Robbinsville Tech Director Cultivates Next Generation Through Mentorship (tapinto.net)
• Robbinsville Asian American Dance Association 4th Annual Showcase Set for Friday (tapinto.net)

Princeton

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