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🌱 Patch AM: Why Canonsburg’s worst flooding trouble may linger for another year
Coming up on the Canonsburg Patch calendar: Summer Sweat Series: FS8 Reformer + Recovery

Greetings Canonsburg! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Canonsburg's worst flooding trouble may linger for another year
Also on today's calendar: Flow & Grow Yoga Book Club and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
- Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 82, low: 62.
- Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• More than $750K needed to address Canonsburg flooding issue – Observer-Reporter (fiorreports.com) — Persistent flooding at West Pike Street and McBurney Road in Canonsburg could require $750,000 to $1 million in drainage and roadwork upgrades, and funding may take more than a year to secure. Borough officials and Chartiers Township are still negotiating a joint project while relying on temporary pipe cleanings funded by a county grant to protect nearby homes and businesses.
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📸 Around Canonsburg
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Canonsburg
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★ Featured events ★
- Summer Sweat Series: FS8 Reformer + Recovery →
FS8 Canonsburg, 3905 Washington Rd, Canonsburg
11:30 am
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- MVCTC 1st Day
Canon-McMillan SD Canonsburg, PA 15317 - Parent Meeting - Drama
Canon-McMillan SD CMHS Auditorium
6:00 pm - Flow & Grow Yoga Book Club →
Evolve Yoga Studio and healing center, 18 W Pike St, Canonsburg
10:00 am - Sacred Plant Journey →
Evolve Yoga Studio and healing center, 18 W Pike St, Canonsburg
6:00 pm - Atomic Comedy Co. Presents James Najjar →
Atomic Comedy Co., 133 W Pike St, Canonsburg
8:00 pm
Monday August 24
Thursday August 27
Saturday August 29
Friday September 4
Friday September 18
📣 Canonsburg Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Senior Postsecondary Planning Classroom Presentations
Peters Township High School High School
7:35 am - Cecil Township Planning Commission Application Deadline for Next Meeting →
Cecil Township, PA Calendar
11:59 am - Diamond Divas Softball at Lawrence Field →
Cecil Township, PA Calendar
6:00 pm - Next Stop Comedy →
Velvet Cocktail Bar/Resturant & Velvet Hi!Tea, 3131 Millers Run Rd Second Floor, Cecil
8:00 pm - Junk Food Bingo - Team MS is BS →
Alpine Club Lanes, 735 Jefferson Ave, Washington
1:00 pm - Afternoon Tea 2026 →
The Steeping Leaf, 536 Millers Run Rd, Morgan
4:00 pm
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Food Service / Food Prep in Canonsburg. Apply here.
- Elior posted a job opening for Part-Time Food Service Associate in Canonsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Canonsburg here.
🗞 Nearby News
Washington
- Commanders to play 'good amount' of starters in preseason game at Detroit (pilotonline.com)
- Long-deployed USS Lincoln relieved in Middle East after record-setting deployment (walb.com)
- Car Slides Into Roadside Bushes While Avoiding Vehicle in Sugarcreek Borough (explorevenango.com)
Bethel Park
- Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 21-24 (triblive.com)
Pittsburgh
- Ross Park Mall Landing International Retailer (patch.com)
- Pittsburgh Area Sets Tornado Record: National Weather Service (patch.com)
- Health Department Shuts Down Pair Of Pittsburgh-Area Restaurants (patch.com)
Ok Canonsburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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