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🌱 Patch AM: Shiver Me Timbers: Puppy Pirates Raise Hundreds For Bucks Co. Housing Group

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Good day Doylestown! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Pirate pups turn playtime into vital support for Doylestown families
  • Will Doylestown expand composting options? Borough wants your input soon.
  • What will replace the long-empty AAA building on Easton Road?

Also on today's calendar: LAUGH the NIGHT AWAY @ Comedy Cabaret and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 68.
  • Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Shiver Me Timbers: Puppy Pirates Raise Hundreds For Bucks Co. Housing Group (patch.com) — Doylestown pet owners and their dogs helped raise $1,550 and nearly 70 pounds of people and pet food during Holiday House Pet Resort's pirate-themed Pup-A-Palooza, supporting Bucks County Housing Group and the Doylestown Food Pantry. Organizers highlight how including pet food helps local families in financial hardship keep and care for their animals while meeting basic needs.
   

2. Doylestown seeks residents' input on community composting (bucksindependence.com) — Doylestown Borough is launching a community composting survey to learn how residents currently handle food scraps and what might encourage more people to participate. You'll see it via D-Mail and social media, with questions about home or commercial composting, costs, barriers, and interest in education or private collection, helping guide next steps under the borough's new climate action plan.
   

3. NorthStar Vets proposes emergency animal hospital at former Doylestown AAA property (centralbucksnews.com) — A long-vacant former AAA site on Easton Road in Doylestown Township could become a 24-hour veterinary emergency and specialty hospital, with supervisors backing needed zoning variances. The proposal includes demolishing the mold-damaged building, adding shared access with the Giant center, improving sidewalks and drainage, and addressing concerns about impervious coverage and parking in upcoming hearings.
   

4. Doylestown moves to ban right turns on red at Broad and Doyle streets (bucksindependence.com) — Drivers using the intersection of North Broad and Doyle streets in Doylestown Borough may soon be barred from making right turns on red in any direction. Borough Council has voted to advertise an ordinance, after PennDOT approval, to ease conflicts between turning trucks and right-on-red drivers, with a final adoption vote still required before the change takes effect.
   

5. Nonprofit Serving Bucks County Cancer Patients Reaches 10,000 Services Milestone (tapinto.net) — Based in Doylestown, Kin Wellness and Support Center has now delivered more than 10,000 free services to cancer patients, caregivers, and oncology workers across Bucks County. Partnering with Penn Medicine–Doylestown Health and dozens of volunteer practitioners, the nonprofit offers everything from massage and acupuncture to support groups and meditation, helping locals feel cared for beyond their medical treatments.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Stop Copying Professional Golfers —Daniel Guest Read on Patch
  • Moving to Pennsylvania or New Jersey With Medicare —Joe DeAngelis Read on Patch
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  • Target Corporation posted a job opening for Guest Advocate (Cashier), General Merchandise, Inbound (Stocking), Starbucks, Beauty Studio (T3453) in Doylestown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Doylestown here.

Ok Doylestown! 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: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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