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Cheers Doylestown! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a new Doylestown housing project will change neighborhood parking rules.
  • Who's taking the stage at Doylestown's free Thursday night concerts?
  • Plan your Labor Day at Doylestown's Bucks County Renaissance Faire.

Also on today's calendar: 1st Thursday at Alderfer Auction Doylestown - Evaluations with Fine Art Specialist Christian Answini and 13 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Humid with a shower in spots, with a high of 75 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 88, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A t-shower in spots; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Doylestown Borough zoning board approves variance for development on S. Clinton Street (centralbucksnews.com) — Doylestown Borough's zoning board has approved a parking variance for The Next Step Program's planned Adam's Way housing project on South Clinton Street, reducing required spaces from 92 to 62. The decision limits resident parking permits, bans spillover parking on Hart Avenue and in Doylestown Hunt, and moves the inclusive housing community one step closer to construction.
   

2. Doylestown's 'Concerts at the Commons' Returns Thursday, Runs Weekly Through September (buckscountybeacon.com) — Free Thursday night "Concerts at the Commons" return this week to Broad Commons Park in Doylestown Borough, with jazz, rock, and folk acts plus food trucks and kids' activities. Grounds open at 6 p.m., music starts at 6:30, and parking is available in the Bucks County Parking Garage just a short walk away.
   

3. Family Fun Events in the Delaware Valley: Sept. 5-7 (metrokids.com) — Doylestown families can dive into the Bucks County Renaissance Faire at the TileWorks over Labor Day weekend, featuring costumes, mermaids, gnomes, and scavenger hunts. You'll also find kid-friendly museum activities and a teddy bear picnic at the Philadelphia Zoo, all running Sept. 5–7 across the Delaware Valley.
   

4. GIANT and MARTIN'S Kickoff Hunger Action Month with $400,000 Donation to Local Food Banks (perishablenews.com) — Doylestown Community Food Bank is among 24 organizations sharing a $400,000 Hunger Action Month donation from GIANT and MARTIN'S, boosting local hunger relief efforts. The company is also organizing produce deliveries, volunteer events, and customer round-up donations to support food banks across Pennsylvania and neighboring states throughout September.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Chubb vs. AARP UnitedHealthcare Medicare Supplement Plans —Joe DeAngelis Read on Patch
  • Besides the usual "chain" stores such Ashley or Raymour and Flanigan, does anyone have any recommendations for furniture stores in the area.
    We are looking for a new master bedroom set. We'd like not to drive to Lancaster. (Nextdoor Cold Spring Hunt)
  • PECO has been estimating my readings and then the next months bill, they say actual, but it's the exact same number as the previously estimated reading.
    This month they are billing me for 469 kWh they estimated I used, and didn't- I just checked my meter. I also have solar and they're short changing… (Nextdoor Doylestown Ridge)
  • Central Bucks School District posted a job opening for 2nd Shift Floating Custodian (Full-time w/benefits) in Doylestown. Apply here.
  • Lenape Valley Foundation posted a job opening for Safety Officer | Part-Time in Doylestown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Doylestown here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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