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🌱 Patch AM: Why a Fort Lee truck crash near the bridge turned violent
Spotted on the Fort Lee calendar: Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security
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In today's newsletter:
- Why a Fort Lee truck crash near the bridge turned violent
- How a Grammy hopeful’s Fort Lee childhood shaped her K-pop success
Also on today's calendar: Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security and 4 more events.
Find out what's happening in Fort Leefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Fort Leefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Wednesday: Windy; a little p.m. rain, with a high of 40 and low of 30 degrees.
- Thursday: Windy; a p.m. snow shower, temps: high: 35, low: 28.
- Friday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 35 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Trucker Strikes Man With Baseball Bat After Crash Near George Washington Bridge: Cops (patch.com) — A truck crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Fort Lee near the George Washington Bridge turned violent Monday when one driver allegedly hit the other with a metal baseball bat, police said. The victim suffered minor injuries, the Chicago driver faces assault and weapons charges, and the confrontation was captured in a widely shared video. 
• Netflix 'KPop Demon Hunters' Star Talks Fort Lee Roots: 'Best Korean Food' (dailyvoice.com) — A Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer behind the hit “Golden” is reminiscing about growing up in Fort Lee, where she lived from infancy through second grade and praises New Jersey’s Korean food. Now based in Brooklyn, she’s rebuilt her K-pop career, co-writing major hits and contributing to Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack while staying proud of her local roots.
📸 Around Fort Lee
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Lee
★ Featured events ★
- Redefining Retirement: Understanding Home equity, options for retirement security
50 Eisenhower Dr, Paramus
9:30 am
Tuesday December 16
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Other local events
- Free Webinar: Jumpstart Your 2026 Divorce with Strategy
https://us02web.zoom.us/s/89604681824
8:00 pm - Mayor and Council Work Session Meeting
Fort Lee Borough, NJ Calendar , 309 Main Street Council Chambers, 1st Floor , Fort Lee
5:00 pm - Mayor and Council Regular Session Meeting
Fort Lee Borough, NJ Calendar , 309 Main Street Council Chambers, 1st Floor , Fort Lee
7:00 pm - 2025 Winter Concert by Harmony Basket, Japanese Women's Chorus Group
Church of the Good Shepherd , 1576 Palisade Ave , Fort Lee
5:30 pm - [CMS2] Kodály, Martinů and Mendelssohn (NJ)
Fort Lee Music Hall , 1622 Parker Ave Third Floor , Fort Lee
7:30 pm - Mommy & Me Meetup Sessions
THE R CHILD STEAM Center , 2024 Center Ave 2nd Floor , Fort Lee
12:30 pm
Wednesday December 10
Thursday December 11
Saturday December 13
Sunday December 14
Monday December 29
📣 Fort Lee Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- ESL Conversation Class
Hackensack's Johnson Free Public Library , Hackensack - Meeting Room , Hackensack
10:30 am - Bendy Bookworm
Fairview Free Public Library , 213 Anderson Ave , Fairview
10:30 am - Musical Storytime with Mr. Corbitt, ages 6 Mos - 4 Yrs.
Edna Kawulitzki Gallery, Tenafly Public Library Tenafly -
11:00 am - Music and Movement
Wallington Veterans Memorial Library, Wallington's John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Wallington -
1:00 pm - Book Club (Cyclone Room)
Cliffside Park Public Library , 505 Palisade Ave , Cliffside Park
2:00 pm - Lodi Game Club
Lodi Memorial Library , Children's Room , Lodi
3:00 pm
Wednesday December 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dec. 7, 1941, PEARL HARBOR DAY —Howard L. Pearl Read on Patch
- Dance With Me Dance Studios posted a job opening for Dance instructor in Fort Lee. Apply here.
- CHIPOTLE posted a job opening for Crew Member in Fort Lee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Lee here.
🗞 Nearby News
Leonia
- Bergen town touts redevelopment plan as 'defining moment' for borough (northjersey.com)
- ICYMI: Princeton Symphony's Holiday Brass Rings In Some Holiday Delights at Trinity Church (tapinto.net)
- Holiday Drunk Driving Crackdown Kicks Off In NJ (patch.com)
Cliffside Park
- Parking In The Bus Lane Could Get You An Automatic $45 Ticket (njurbannews.com)
Teaneck
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