🌱 Why Gap’s only Starbucks just closed its doors for good

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• Why Gap's only Starbucks just closed its doors for good

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• Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Village at Gap Starbucks among those shut down in new wave of closures (lancasteronline.com) — Residents in Gap are losing their only local Starbucks, as the Village at Gap coffeehouse on Lincoln Highway has been permanently closed in the company's latest round of cutbacks. Corporate leaders say underperforming stores and locations that can't meet customer experience goals are being targeted, with the Gap shop the only known closure in Lancaster County.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• WIC Clinic - Coastesville →
  Chester County, PA Calendar
  8:30 am
• Immunization Clinic - West Chester →
  Chester County, PA Calendar
  8:30 am
• WIC Clinic - West Chester →
  Chester County, PA Calendar
  8:30 am
• WIC Clinic - Toughkenamon →
  Chester County, PA Calendar
  8:30 am
• STD/HIV Clinic - West Chester →
  Chester County, PA Calendar
  9:00 am
• Wesley Church Community Meal →
  Wesley Church, 1104 Kirkwood Pike, Quarryville
  5:00 pm
• School Closing Hearing - Price Elementary School
  Price Elementary, 340 S West End Ave, Lancaster
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Fall Shopping Package at Kitchen Kettle Village →
  Kitchen Kettle Village, 3529 Old Philadelphia Pike, (Route 340), Intercourse
• New Holland Fair Outreach Opportunity →
  New Holland PA
• WIC Clinic - Coatesville →
  Chester County, PA Calendar
  10:00 am
• Building Braves Adventures in the Park →
  Paradise Park, 6 London Vale Rd, Gordonville
  10:00 am
• Fine Tune Your Medicare - West Chester Area Senior Center (In-Person Presentation) →
  Chester County, PA Calendar
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kitchen Kettle Foods posted a job opening for Server - The Kling House in Intercourse. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in New Holland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gap here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Holland

• Warwick Twp. property changes hands for $5.3M [Lancaster County deeds recorded: Sept. 28, 2026] (lancasteronline.com)

Quarryville

• Dave Nissley and Dale Hamby vie for 100th House District seat (lancasteronline.com)
• Solanco school board hires consultants to obtain federal funds for technology through E-Rate program (lancasteronline.com)
• Solanco Fair Results Posted (townlively.com)

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