🌱 What Elmwood Park homeowners must know before 2026 property tax revaluation hits

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In today's newsletter:

• What Elmwood Park homeowners must know before 2026 property tax revaluation hits
• How Elmwood Park police and county prosecutors handled this child assault case

Also on today's calendar: Main Memorial Park Flea & Collectible Market and 2 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: An afternoon snow shower, with a high of 35 and low of 24 degrees.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 38, low: 27.
• Saturday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 38 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Revaluation set for 2026 in this Bergen County town (northjersey.com) — Every Elmwood Park property owner will see a new assessment as the borough begins a full property revaluation for the 2026 tax year, managed by Appraisal Systems Inc. Preliminary value letters go out in January with proposed assessments, estimated tax impacts, and instructions for scheduling informal review meetings before the final 2026 tax rate is set next summer.
   

• Man Sexually Assaulted Child In Elmwood Park Home: Prosecutor (dailyvoice.com) — Elmwood Park residents should know that a local man has been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a child, following an investigation by borough police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Authorities say the incident was reported earlier this week, and the suspect is now being held in the county jail pending a detention hearing.
   

📸 Around Elmwood Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elmwood Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Main Memorial Park Flea & Collectible Market
  1400 Main Ave, Clifton
  9:00 am

Tuesday December 16

• Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security
  50 Eisenhower Dr, Paramus
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• District Wide Ugly Sweater Day $2.00 For Students
  Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center Garfield, NJ 07026
• Senior Zumba Toning (Elmwood Park)
  Elmwood Park Recreation , 500 Mola Blvd , Elmwood Park
  1:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Pajama Day! Wear Your Favorite Pajamas To School!
  Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center Garfield, NJ 07026

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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
• Municipal Court
  Hawthorne, NJ Calendar , 445 Lafayette Avenue , Hawthorne
  2:00 pm
• Movie Matinee for Adults: The Holiday
  Wallington Veterans Memorial Library Wallington - , Wallington's John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
  2:00 pm
• Holiday Vendor Night
  School #10 Gym
  4:00 pm
• Basketball vs Boonton Twp (Boys Home/Girls Away)
  Riverdale Public School , 52 Newark Pompton Turnpike , Riverdale
  4:00 pm
• Story Time with Mrs. Claus
  Clifton, NJ Calendar , 44 Lyall Road , Clifton
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Governor Livingston (Away)
  Governor Livingston High School
  4:30 pm
• Mayor & Council Meeting
  The Borough of Teterboro Mayor and Council , 510 Route 46 West , Teterboro
  5:30 pm
• Mayor Lora’s Annual Parade of Lights
  Passaic, NJ Calendar , 262 River Drive , Passaic
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: Pet Reunited
  A dog who went missing in Paterson, NJ, has been safely reunited with their family after 1 days, 6 hours. Message from Finder: "This really sweet… (Nextdoor Birchwood)

• Doherty Enterprises, Inc. posted a job opening for Applebee's Restaurant Manager Garfield NJ in Garfield. Apply here.
• Super Soccer Stars posted a job opening for Youth Soccer Coach in Fair Lawn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elmwood Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Garfield

• Holiday Drunk Driving Crackdown Kicks Off In NJ (patch.com)
• N.J. wrestling tournament tracker: Schedule & results for every major event, 2025-26 (nj.com)

Lodi

• AARP's Top 100 Places to Live for Older Adults (aarp.org)

Paramus

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-- The Patch AM Team

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