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🌱 Chicken Salad Chick sets its Collegeville opening for Wednesday

Collegeville, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Chicken Salad Chick sets its Collegeville opening for Wednesday
  • Ursinus wins at home as Russell posts a standout swim
  • Remembering James H. McCleery, veteran and lifelong jazz enthusiast

Also on today's calendar: Phoenix Chamber: An Evening of Music, Songs & Stories 🎵🥂 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call an angry carrot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 49 and low of 33 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 53, low: 29.
  • Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 55 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Chicken Salad Chick Adds Second Pennsylvania Location (restaurantnewsresource.com) — Chicken Salad Chick opens at 500 Broad St. in Collegeville on Wednesday, Nov. 18, bringing the chain’s second Pennsylvania restaurant to town. The restaurant will serve customers daily from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., with opening-day chicken salad rewards for the first 100 guests who meet purchase and app requirements.
   

• Russell leads Golden Bears with top 10 mark at Ursinus (kubears.com) — Ursinus defeated Kutztown 148–111 in women’s swimming Saturday at William Elliott Pool in Collegeville. Kutztown’s Maggie Russell delivered a standout performance in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 59.05 seconds to move into eighth place in her program’s history and meet a conference qualifying standard.
   

• James H. McCleery (villages-news.com) — James H. McCleery, an Air Force veteran and longtime jazz enthusiast whose stepdaughter Sandra Swanger lives in Collegeville, died Nov. 4 at 94. A Florida resident since 1997, he worked for DuPont Printing Services for 34 years and remained adventurous later in life, taking up skiing at 50.
   

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  • Collegeville Bakery is the Best!!!
    The Food is Fantastic and the people who work there are Awesome!!!! (Nextdoor Mennonite Road)
  • Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep (04877) - 130 W Main St,Ste118 in Collegeville. Apply here.
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  • BREAKING: Man stabbed in head at SCI Phoenix, rushed to hospital with critical injuries, according to reports (northpennnow.com)

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  • DISTRICT 1-6A FOOTBALL: Spring-Ford survives multiple injuries, tops PW 28-21 to reach district semis for first time since 2012 (pottsmerc.com)
  • Pottstown-area churches schedule worship services, holiday events (pottsmerc.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call an angry carrot?" — A steamed vegetable (Thank you Kathy J. for sending it in!)
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