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🌱 Could a massive data center reshape land and water near Brookville?

Brookville, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Brookville! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Could a massive data center reshape land and water near Brookville?
  • Amazon driver bitten by dog while delivering packages in Brookville
  • Brookville driver’s SUV loses a wheel and plunges down embankment

Also on today's calendar: Book Club At Maison Alkabby and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 76 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 53.
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 75 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Potential Data Center finds it's way to Jefferson County (wtaj.com) — A 1,000-acre property near Brookville is under contract and being marketed as a potential hyperscale data center site with massive power capacity, raising big questions for nearby communities. Local officials and residents are already voicing concerns about zoning gaps, heavy water use, and possible impacts on streams, wildlife, and outdoor recreation businesses that rely on the area’s creeks.
   

• Amazon Delivery Driver Bitten By Dog While Delivering Packages In Brookville (gantnews.com) — State Police are investigating a dog bite involving an Amazon delivery driver on Hospital Road in Brookville Borough, along with separate check theft and DUI-related drug possession cases elsewhere in Jefferson County. The Brookville incident involved a 19-year-old DuBois man bitten while delivering packages, and authorities have not yet released further details as their investigations continue.
   

• Mechanical Failure Causes Vehicle to Plunge Down Embankment, Strike Tree in Oliver Township (gantnews.com) — A Brookville man walked away uninjured after his SUV lost a wheel, sending him down a steep embankment and into a tree in Oliver Township. State Police say the mechanical failure on East Branch Road disabled the vehicle, which had to be towed, but seat belt use helped prevent injuries.
   

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  • Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Brookville. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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