🌱 How a Wharton man was hurt by a rolling truck tire

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• How a Wharton man was hurt by a rolling truck tire

Also on today's calendar: Award-winning Documentary: Free (w/RSVP) Screening/Panel at Rockaway Library 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: A snow shower this afternoon, with a high of 33 and low of 20 degrees.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 34, low: 20.
• Saturday: Low clouds, with a high of 36 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man injured after spare tire on dump truck rolls over him in Morris County (wrnjradio.com) — A Wharton man was hospitalized Monday night after a spare tire mounted on a dump truck rolled over him while he was working on the vehicle in Roxbury’s Landing section. Police say the roughly 49-year-old was trying to defrost the truck’s brakes when it rolled backward, causing the low-mounted spare to pass over him before he was taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wharton

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 11

• Award-winning Documentary: Free (w/RSVP) Screening/Panel at Rockaway Library
  Rockaway Township Free Public Library - Main Library, 61 Mt Hope Rd, Rockaway
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Eleventh Hour Rescue Winter Wonderland 2025
  37 Plains Rd, Frankford
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• Creating Holiday Ornaments with Karen
  Wharton Public Library , 15 S Main St , Wharton
  10:30 am

Thursday December 18

• Cookies With Santa
  Wharton Public Library , 15 S Main St , Wharton
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Breakfast Storytime (Preschool - 2nd grade)
  Wharton Public Library , 15 S Main St , Wharton
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Babytime infant to 24 months ***REGISTRATION REQUIRED***
  Main Library
  10:30 am
• December Monthly Meeting / Holiday Luncheon
  The Randolph Diner Bar & Grill , 517 NJ-10 , Randolph
  11:45 am
• Walking Talking Book Club
  Roxbury Public Library -
  1:00 pm
• Cookie Decorating Workshop Age 10- Adult
  Art Classes with Mary Shadbolt LLC Art School , 5 E Main St Suite 13A , Denville
  4:30 pm
• Teen Cookie Decorating + Exchange
  Roxbury Public Library , 103 Main St , Succasunna
  5:00 pm
• Morris Knolls Boys JV Basketball @ Randolph
  Randolph High School , 511 Millbrook Ave , Randolph
  5:30 pm
• Adult Program: Movie Screening & Discussion "Bar None: Cannabis Redemption"
  Main Library
  6:00 pm
• Preschool Family Movie Night
  Dover Free Public Library , 32 East Clinton Street , Dover
  6:00 pm
• Fernbrook Winter Concert 
  RHS Auditorium
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ShopRite Supermarkets posted a job opening for ShopRite - Grocery Clerk (Glass NJ) Salary Range $16.00 - $16.00/hr in Wharton. Apply here.
• UTRS, Inc. posted a job opening for CNC Lathe Technician in Dover. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wharton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Dover

• Internal Affairs Investigation Exonerates NJ Cops Accused Of Wiretapping (patch.com)
• Randolph NJ Sees More Teen Absences (patch.com)
• MCDC Announces CD11 Special Election Candidate Screening Results (insidernj.com)

Rockaway

• Girls fencing teams to watch for the 2025-26 season (nj.com)

Randolph

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