🌱 How you can get involved in Jenkintown’s big arts festival

What's up Jenkintown! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How you can get involved in Jenkintown's big arts festival

Also on today's calendar: Second Tuesday - Community Shredding at Upper Moreland Public Lib and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Humid with a stray t-shower, temps: high: 85, low: 65.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Jenkintown Festival of the Arts set for Sept. 27, organizers seeking business owners for fundraising raffle (glensidelocal.com) — Jenkintown's 26th annual Festival of the Arts will take over the Borough's Town Square and seven surrounding blocks on Sunday, September 27, from 1 to 6 p.m. Residents can enjoy live music, food, and art, and local business owners are invited to donate raffle prizes while volunteers are still being recruited to help run the event.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jenkintown

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 8
• Second Tuesday - Community Shredding at Upper Moreland Public Lib →
  Upper Moreland Public Library, 109 Park Avenue, Willow Grove
  8:30 am

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Other local events

Friday September 4
• District Closed
  Jenkintown SD Jenkintown, PA 19046
• Just the Guys
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  7:15 am
• V Football @ Vaux Big Picture (AWAY)
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  3:00 pm
• Varsity Golf vs. MaST Community Charter (HOME)
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  3:30 pm
Monday September 7
• Labor Day - District Closed
  Jenkintown SD Jenkintown, PA 19046
• HS Student Council - Officers Mtg
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  7:30 am
• Interact Cub
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  2:45 pm
Tuesday September 8
• First Day of School
  McKinley Sch Elkins Park, PA 19027
Sunday September 20
• Paws for the Cause →
  Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3
• HS Jazz Band
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  7:15 am
• Girls Tennis @ PhilMont (AWAY)
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  3:45 pm
• V Field Hockey vs. Faith Christian (HOME)
  Jenkintown El Sch Jenkintown, PA 19046
  3:45 pm
• Upper Moreland High School FHK G JV Away Lower Moreland →
  Upper Moreland School District 2900 Terwood Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Wyncote. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Wyncote

• A Glenside resident is preserving the former Wyncote Public School, a nationally registered historic building, for a forthcoming orthodontic practice (glensidelocal.com)
• 'Beat Shazam' 8/31 (wordpress.com)

Glenside

• Abington resident opens Retro Auto Works of Glenside at the former Mark's K&R Tire (glensidelocal.com)
• Keswick Theater: Schedule updates to shows September through 2027 (glensidelocal.com)

Abington

• Our Lady of the Abingtons to host annual fall fair (theabingtonjournal.com)
• September at the Abington Community Library (theabingtonjournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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