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🌱 Patch AM: How will Summit’s $700K electric bus grant change school transportation?

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  • How will Summit’s $700K electric bus grant change school transportation?

Also on today's calendar: Troubadour Concerts: Connor Garvey and Becca Stevens and 8 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Monday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 43 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 46, low: 35.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• N.J. awards $32M in grants for electric school buses, public charging stations (nj.com subscription) — Summit’s public schools are set to receive up to $700,000 to buy two electric school buses and install two fast-charging stations, part of a new statewide clean-transportation push. The grants, awarded by NJDEP, also fund similar upgrades in nearby districts and expand public EV charging at town centers, housing complexes, and transit hubs across New Jersey.
   

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    Monday January 26
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    Monday January 12
  • Project Healthy Bones
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    Madison Library , 39 Keep Street , Madison
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    Madison Library , 39 Keep Street , Madison
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    New Providence, NJ Calendar New Providence, NJ 07974
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🗞 Nearby News

Mountainside

  • Mountainside Public Library to Host Free Seminar on Social Security and Medicare Planning (tapinto.net)
  • Mountainside Medical Center to Offer Free Dental Care for Children on Feb. 6 and 20 (montclairlocal.news)
  • ICE detention center, Minneapolis shooting lead to protests across N.J. (nj.com)

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