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🌱 How a once-wild donkey became a beloved visitor in Chalfont.

Coming up on the Chalfont Patch calendar: Ride for Heroes 2026

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a once-wild donkey became a beloved visitor in Chalfont.
  • Why investigators are revisiting a foreclosed Chalfont home years later.

Also on today's calendar: Ride for Heroes 2026 and 9 more events.

And lastly, check out what our neighbors Eleanor M. and Eleanor M. posted below!

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 67 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Friday: Breezy with variable clouds, temps: high: 74, low: 52.
  • Saturday: An afternoon shower possible, with a high of 68 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Meet Wanda the Wonder Donkey, Chalfont's Favorite Four-Legged Visitor (bucksco.today) — Seniors in Chalfont are getting regular visits from Wanda the Wonder Donkey, a once-wild Arizona burro who now comforts residents at New Seasons at New Britain. Trainer Kelsey Parisi says Wanda especially connects with memory-care and nonverbal residents, and community support is helping the pair compete nationally for funding to expand their work.
   

• New photos surface in ongoing investigation of missing Philadelphia women (abc7.com) — Investigators are again scrutinizing a Chalfont home once owned by Raymond "R.C." Horsch, after a former contractor turned over unsettling photos from when the property was foreclosed and cleaned out. Authorities are reviewing the images, along with Horsch's writings and a sealed basement vault, as they continue probing connections to several missing Philadelphia women.
   

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📸 Peddlers village —Eleanor M. Like

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Anyone recognize her - unfortunately it cuts off after 10 seconds.
    She was out front talking to herself then did something to the front of my house near my mailbox. Just last week a women was spotted loitering… (Nextdoor Warrington Hunt)
  • Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. posted a job opening for Instructional Designer in Montgomeryville. Apply here.
  • SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Lansdale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chalfont here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lansdale

Hatboro

  • Iron Oven Restaurant Planning Fresh Start In Hatboro (patch.com)
  • PFAS Plume Reduction Planned At Willow Grove Navy Base (patch.com)

Ok Chalfont! 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: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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