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🌱 Why Archbald’s power plant fight keeps pointing back to Jessup’s facility.

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Hello Jessup! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why Archbald's power plant fight keeps pointing back to Jessup's facility.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy, with a high of 74 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 78, low: 46.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 67 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Essential Energy, Stop Archbald Data Centers continue power plant debate (thetimes-tribune.com) — Jessup's own Lackawanna Energy Center is repeatedly cited as the safety benchmark in Archbald's heated debate over a proposed 400‑megawatt natural gas power plant near Staback Park and Valley View schools. At the latest conditional‑use hearing, residents and Stop Archbald Data Centers pressed engineers on vague designs, pipeline routes, and whether volunteer fire departments can realistically handle potential emergencies before council's next session on Oct. 27.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Stop Archbald Data Centers co-founder ends 112th District write-in campaign (thetimes-tribune.com)
  • Shapiro endorses Wrightson, McClay in local state Senate, House races (thetimes-tribune.com)
  • Fell Township residents question proposed 7,200-acre energy development (fox56.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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