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In today's newsletter:

• How new Turnpike ramps could ease Harrisburg's worst daily traffic jams
• What the new Swatara Exchange means for the old Harrisburg Mall site
• Steelton caregiver arrested in Harrisburg over $2,500 in alleged thefts

Also on today's calendar: The Neighborhood Table: Community Picnic and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
• Saturday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 77, low: 67.
• Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Plans New PA 283 Access Ramps (pennwatch.org) — Drivers around Harrisburg could see relief from chronic backups as the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission plans new ramps linking PA 283 directly to the Turnpike between the Harrisburg East and Lebanon-Lancaster exits. The project aims to cut congestion and crashes near the I-283/PA 283 interchange, improving safety and travel times through this heavily used Dauphin County corridor.
   

2. Harrisburg Mall is no more: Shopping center site gets new signs (pennlive.com) — The former Harrisburg Mall site along Paxton Street in Swatara Township, just outside Harrisburg, has been rebranded as Swatara Exchange as demolition gives way to new construction. Several new retail and restaurant buildings, including a future home for 2nd & Charles, are underway, backed by $2.65 million in state transportation funds to widen roads, upgrade signals, and improve pedestrian access around the busy corridor.
   

3. Woman arrested for theft in Harrisburg (newportdispatch.com) — A Steelton woman was arrested in Harrisburg after investigators say she stole credit cards from an elderly patient and ran up more than $2,500 in charges. Upper Allen Township Police report she was taken into custody in the city on July 21 and has since pleaded guilty to theft and related offenses involving the vulnerable victim.
   

4. Pennsylvania Bans 11 Individuals From Gambling Including Woman Who Left 1-Year Old in Car for 3 Hours in 80 Degree Heat (gambling911.com) — Pennsylvania has banned 11 more people from all state-regulated gambling, and the Gaming Control Board will hold its next public meeting at Strawberry Square in downtown Harrisburg on September 23. The latest exclusions include cases involving children left in casino parking lots and counterfeit money, and raise the total number of people on the state's involuntary gambling ban lists to nearly 1,500.
   

📸 Around Harrisburg

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Harrisburg

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 13
• The Neighborhood Table: Community Picnic →
  4768 Union Deposit Rd, Harrisburg
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 22
• House of Heavy →
  Capital City Music Hall - Lower Level 234 N 2nd St Harrisburg, PA 17101
  8:00 pm
Monday August 24
• Borough Budget Meeting
  Penbrook Borough 150 S 28th St, Harrisburg, PA 17103
  6:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Autism Open House at Ben Franklin, Downey, and Foose Schools. For
  Harrisburg City SD Harrisburg, PA 17101
  4:00 pm
• Business Meeting
  Harrisburg City SD https://hbgsd.zoom.us/j/86392550317?pwd=J77tx6EST5AH6JOMukHwXZrD8a
  6:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• First Day of School
  Harrisburg City SD Harrisburg, PA 17101
Thursday August 27
• Beers & Business at The Ball Park →
  Harrisburg Senators, 1 Championship Way, Harrisburg
  5:00 pm
• Planning Commission Meeting
  Penbrook Borough 150 S 28th St, Harrisburg, PA 17103
  6:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Cowboy Mouth →
  XL Live, 801 S 10th St, Harrisburg
  8:00 pm
• Keyshia Cole →
  Riverfront Park, 200 S Front St, Harrisburg
  8:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• SilverSneakers® Classes at Juniper Village at Mount Joy →
  Juniper Village at Mount Joy, 607 Hearthstone Ln, Mount Joy
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• HS - Senior Pictures
  Susquehanna Township SD Harrisburg, PA 17109
  9:00 am
• Andy Frasco & The U.N. →
  XL Live, 801 S 10th St, Harrisburg
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Laghurudra Yagna
  Hindu American Religious Institute 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Rd, New Cumberland, PA 17070
• Health seminar by EC-Haresh Patel
  Hindu American Religious Institute 301 Steigerwalt Hollow Rd, New Cumberland, PA 17070
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Veolia - Replacing Inside Water Meters
  Received a letter the other day stating that Keystone Utility Systems wants me to schedule a time to get inside to have my water meter replaced… (Nextdoor Linglestown)
• If anyone fiind a leather wallet it is an Eagles wallet it has everything in it his drive lesson and other cards in it to letters on eglres wallets is green and.
  Words on it eagles. Please let's us know good luck to all (Nextdoor Paxtonia)

• PriceRite Marketplace posted a job opening for Price Rite - Stocking Clerk - Part Time (PRRC) Salary Range $15.00 - $19.00/hr in Harrisburg. Apply here.
• Kelly Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Substitute School Nurse Harrisburg School District in Harrisburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Harrisburg here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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