🌱 How close Boiling Springs came to a national mascot championship
Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readGreetings Boiling Springs! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How close Boiling Springs came to a national mascot championship
- How PJM’s market overhaul could shape future electric costs here
- Why a Boiling Springs headline pops up in a Mastriano story
Also on today's calendar: Yellow Breeches Creek - Guided Walk and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 68 and low of 48 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy with a shower in spots, temps: high: 59, low: 51.
- Friday: Warmer; breezy in the morning, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mars mascot mauls competition (butlereagle.com) — Boiling Springs fans came close to a national title, as the Boiling Springs Bubblers mascot finished runner-up in a nationwide bracket contest for best high school mascot. Mars Area High School’s “Fightin’ Planet” ultimately claimed the crown, edging the Bubblers in the final round’s online voting. 
• Pa. electricity grid manager PJM aims to finalize reform strategy by summer (cumberlink.com) — Boiling Springs gets a brief shoutout in a related link about a mascot contest, tucked inside a broader story on how PJM plans to reform its electricity markets. The piece explains why power prices have been volatile across Pennsylvania and how proposed rule changes, data center growth, and new auction rules could affect long‑term reliability and costs for local customers.
• Pa. Sen. Doug Mastriano tapped by Trump to be ambassador to Slovakia (cumberlink.com) — Boiling Springs gets a brief shoutout in a headline about its mascot losing a contest, tucked inside a larger story on Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano being nominated as U.S. ambassador to Slovakia. The article mainly tracks his political history, 2020 election actions, and the confirmation process ahead.
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Lemon Mosaic Class →
Boiling Springs High School, 21 Academy St, Boiling Springs
6:00 pm
Wednesday May 20
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Other local events
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RICE Spring Concert
South Middleton SD BSHS Auditorium
7:00 pm -
Yellow Breeches Creek - Guided Walk →
South Middleton Township Park, Boiling Springs, 534 Park Dr, Boiling Springs
9:00 am -
Foundry Day Arts & Crafts Festival →
Childrens Lake, 400 Front St, Boiling Springs
9:00 am -
Foundry Day Festival →
Foundry Day, 37 E 1st St, Boiling Springs
9:00 am
Thursday May 14
Saturday May 30
Saturday June 6
📣 Boiling Springs Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Baby and Toddler Story Time →
Dillsburg Area Public Library, 204 Mumper Ln, Dillsburg
10:30 am -
2026 Building After Hours - Musser Home Builders →
Musser Home Builders, 395 Gettysburg St, Dillsburg
5:00 pm -
SH-PTO Meeting
Cumberland Valley SD Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
6:00 pm -
CVHS Orchestra Concert
Cumberland Valley SD Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
7:00 pm -
Combined PTO Exec Board + General Parent Meeting
Cumberland Valley SD Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 -
Keystone Make-Up Testing - Algebra
Cumberland Valley SD Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
8:00 am -
The CAEDC Partnership Spring Networking Event
Cumberland County Area Economic Development Corporation Ever Grain Brewing Company, 4444 Carlisle Pike, Camp Hill, PA, 17011, United States
4:30 pm
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate in Carlisle. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Carlisle
- Clean Air Board Of Central PA To Host May 21 Community Forum On A.I. Data Centers - What Citizens Should Ask Of Data Centers In Carlisle, Cumberland County And Online (blogspot.com)
- Celebrate 50 Years of the Starsky & Hutch Torino at the Carlisle Ford Nationals, June 5-7 (oldcarsweekly.com)
- Carlisle Borough awarded nearly $1 million for school road safety project (abc27.com)
Mechanicsburg
- Midstate coffee shop expanding to nine locations (abc27.com)
- Paul Fleury, distinguished physicist and dean (yale.edu)
Camp Hill
- Local coffee shop celebrates 3 years of inclusion within community (abc27.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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