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In today's newsletter:

  • What role Braddock's senator is playing in a key tech-security bill
  • How Braddock ended up with America's first Carnegie library

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 76, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• McCormick, Fetterman cosponsor bill to prevent Chinese-made optical transceivers from being used in sensitive national security systems (sungazette.com) — Braddock's own Sen. John Fetterman is teaming with Sen. Dave McCormick on a bipartisan bill to keep Chinese-made optical transceivers out of the nation's most sensitive security systems. The proposal would extend existing semiconductor restrictions, give suppliers five years to adapt, and encourage more of this high-tech manufacturing in Pennsylvania and other allied countries.
   

• Andrew Carnegie paid nearly $56.2 million to build 2,509 libraries between 1883 and 1929; less than half of the 1,681 built in the United States operate in their original buildings (parade.com) — Braddock gets a proud shout-out here as home to the first Carnegie library in the United States, just nine miles from Pittsburgh. The story traces how Andrew Carnegie's early experiences in Western Pennsylvania inspired him to fund more than 2,500 libraries worldwide, many of which still serve their communities today.
   

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  • LongHorn Steakhouse posted a job opening for Bartender in Homestead. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Duquesne

  • Duquesne Football Sees Highly Successful Return to Rooney Field (on3.com)

McKeesport

  • McKeesport's Minerva Bakery closes after 103 years (cbsnews.com)

Pittsburgh

  • Health Department Shuts Down Pittsburgh Coffee Shop (patch.com)
  • Artisan Bakery Cafe Opens In Pittsburgh (patch.com)
  • Old Clark Crush Candy Bar To Be Revived (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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