🌱 Patch AM: Why Fort Lee just ranked near the top for older adults

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Fort Lee just ranked near the top for older adults

Also on today's calendar: Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security.

Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny, breezy and cold, with a high of 29 and low of 21 degrees.
• Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 32, low: 27.
• Wednesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, with a high of 44 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2 N.J. towns top list of best places for older adults to live in U.S. (nj.com subscription) — Fort Lee has just been ranked the second-best midsized place in the entire country for older adults, thanks largely to its easy-to-use public transportation that makes getting around without a car simple. The AARP report also praises nearby Cliffside Park, which took the top spot, and highlights several other North Jersey communities for strong access to jobs, shops, parks, and services.
   

📸 Around Fort Lee

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Lee

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 16

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

Friday December 19

• Art of Living Part 1 Program in the presence of Gurudev
  Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, 2 Exchange Pl, Jersey City
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 29

• Mommy & Me Meetup Sessions
  THE R CHILD STEAM Center , 2024 Center Ave 2nd Floor , Fort Lee
  12:30 pm

📣 Fort Lee Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 15

• Sensory Free Play
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  10:00 am
• Wiggle & Giggle (Ages 0 to 5)
  Englewood Public Library , Englewood - Meeting Room 2 , Englewood
  10:00 am
• Tenafly Welcome! Committee
  Borough of Tenafly , 100 Riveredge Road , Tenafly
  12:00 pm
• Adult Mandala Art Workshop (Main Conference Room)
  Cliffside Park Public Library , 505 Palisade Ave , Cliffside Park
  12:30 pm
• Intermediate Adult Calligraphy Class (Main Conference Room)
  Cliffside Park Public Library , 505 Palisade Ave , Cliffside Park
  2:00 pm
• Kids Craft: Polar Bear
  Program Room, Cresskill Public Library Cresskill -
  3:15 pm
• Crafternoon
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Children's Room,
  3:30 pm
• ESL Conversation Class
  Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library Hackensack - Meeting Room,
  4:00 pm
• Read to Dogs, Ages 5
  Tenafly Public Library , Tenafly - Children's Room , Tenafly
  4:00 pm
• Rutherford Boys Varsity Basketball @ Cliffside Park
  Cliffside Park High School , 64 Riverview Ave , Cliffside Park
  4:00 pm
• Girls Game DH AT Dumont Selzer
  Memorial School South Hackensack, NJ 07606
  4:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Fort Lee. Apply here.
• LG Electronics posted a job opening for Demand Planner (Builder Operations) in Englewood Cliffs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Lee here.

🗞 Nearby News

Leonia

• Investing in Our Communities: Northern New Jersey Community Foundation presents Grant Award for the Arts to Leonia High School (newjerseystage.com)
• NJ dinosaur theme park sells animatronics to AC resort, hasn't received payment (fox5ny.com)

Teaneck

• Teaneck declares snow emergency as storm hits North Jersey (shorenewsnetwork.com)

Hoboken

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know either. They were speaking in sign language.
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