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🌱 See how Central City’s gas prices stack up this week.

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  • See how Central City's gas prices stack up this week.

Also on today's calendar: Happy Hour at the Lodge and 1 more event.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Peeks of sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness, temps: high: 75, low: 56.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lowest midgrade gas price in Somerset County available at $4.89 per gallon in week ending Sept. 19 (laurelhighlandstoday.com) — Drivers in Central City are paying among the lowest reported midgrade gas prices in Somerset County, with recent reports showing $4.89 per gallon at the cheapest station. The article compares prices across nearby communities, notes the county and state averages, and explains how broader oil market disruptions and refinery outages have pushed 2026 fuel costs higher.
   

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  • The Learning Lamp & Ignite Education Solutions posted a job opening for Classroom Monitor in Windber. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Windber

  • Vote for the Somerset County Athletes of the Week for Sept. 21-25 (dailyamerican.com)

Berlin

  • Bishop McCort at Greater Johnstown, Berlin Brothersvalley at Meyersdale highlight slate (centredaily.com)

Johnstown

  • The world's steepest funicular is open for mountain bikers in Johnstown, Pennsylvania again (singletracks.com)
  • Lt. Governor Austin Davis makes campaign stop in Johnstown (wjactv.com)
  • Community members gather to raise awareness for domestic violence (wjactv.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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