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🌱 Patch AM: How a $100 Cheetos purchase became a $500 Cranberry loss

Also check out 2026 International Pro-Am Workshop on the Cranberry Patch calendar

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Good morning Cranberry! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a $100 Cheetos purchase became a $500 Cranberry loss
  • Why a tragic loss led a Penguin to change numbers in Cranberry

Also on today's calendar: REGISTRATION - 2026 International Pro-Am Workshop and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 51.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ohio man accused of profiting from quick-change scheme in Cranberry Township (butlereagle.com) — Cranberry Township shoppers may notice extra vigilance at Giant Eagle after police charged an Ohio man with allegedly using a quick-change scam that left a register $500 short. Investigators say the suspect repeatedly swapped bills during a brief Cheetos purchase, and a loss-prevention officer's video helped Cranberry Township police file theft and receiving stolen property charges.
   

• Penguins F Andrei Kuzmenko switches jersey to No. 62 to honor father killed in bear attack in Russia (butlereagle.com) — Penguins practices in Cranberry Township took on a somber tone as forward Andrei Kuzmenko returned from Russia and switched his jersey to No. 62 in memory of his father, who recently died in a bear attack. Kuzmenko briefly described the tragic fishing-trip encounter and said honoring his father's age, and his mother's birth year, helps him cope as he rejoins the team.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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