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Also on today's calendar: Kelly Center - Concert filming - Jen Chapin Trio with Lucy Rellosa and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the weatherman's cheeks turn pink? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
1. Cheapest Gas During Record Memorial Day Travel Weekend In Abington Area (patch.com) — Abington Township drivers heading out for the busy Memorial Day weekend are facing higher gas prices but can still find some of the cheaper options nearby in Willow Grove, North Wales, Horsham, and Roslyn. Using GasBuddy data, the piece compares local prices with national trends and explains how rising fuel costs are reshaping family travel plans, from shorter trips to more staycations close to Abington.
2. Storm Shuts Several Abington Township Roads (patch.com) — Abington Township residents are dealing with multiple road closures after a powerful Wednesday night thunderstorm brought damaging winds, heavy rain, and flash flooding. Police report trees and utility wires down on stretches of Old Huntingdon Pike, Jenkintown Road, West Avenue, Mill Road, Seminole Road, and Susquehanna Road, and drivers are urged to avoid these areas while crews respond.
3. Five greater Glenside municipalities awarded Montco 2040 Implementation Grants (glensidelocal.com) — Abington Township just secured a $132,000 county grant to remove invasive plants and restore over 11 acres of forest at Briar Bush Nature Center, protecting a beloved local green space. Nearby Cheltenham, Rockledge, Springfield, and Upper Dublin also received Montco 2040 grants for streetscape safety, a new community building, solar panels, and trail expansion that will benefit Abington-area residents.
4. Sen. Haywood and Reps. Dean, Sanchez, Nelson & Guenst move on to November, Dean reintroduces AI-generated deepfakes bill (glensidelocal.com) — Abington Township’s own Sen. Art Haywood and Rep. Ben Sanchez both advanced unopposed or with strong wins in this week’s Democratic primaries, setting up November matchups that include several Abington-area districts. Abington High School graduate Rep. Madeleine Dean also moved on and reintroduced a bipartisan bill to protect people nationwide from AI-generated deepfakes.
5. Inaugural Pennsylvania Maternal Health Symposium Brings Together Statewide Leaders to Advance Maternal Health Innovation and Collaboration (businesswire.com) — Abington families should know Jefferson Health – Abington Hospital was honored among 55 Pennsylvania hospitals for its maternal and newborn quality-improvement work at the state’s first Maternal Health Symposium. The gathering in Altoona brought together healthcare leaders to advance safer, more equitable care, with a strong focus on postpartum support, lived experience, and statewide strategies that ultimately shape services available to local parents.
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