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Five Things to Know Today: March 5

Its "Go for the Gold" school breakfast week in North Penn

1. North Penn School District’s School Nutrition Services Department holds a promotion all week titled “School Breakfast – Go for the Gold” to celebrate National School Breakfast Week. North Penn will highlight how eating a balanced breakfast at school helps students succeed academically, socially, emotionally and behaviorally.

2. Lansdale Library Committee meets at 6 p.m. at the .

3. Postmark your entries by today for the 25th annual Fiction and Poetry Contest of The Writers’ Club at . The contest is open to students and community residents. Submit entries to Associate Professor Patricia Nestler, Parkhouse Hall Room 458, Montgomery County Community College, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422.

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4. Motivational Media Assemblies from 12:20 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. today in Room 213 of the Science Center, Central Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell.

5. Construction on the new Route 202 Parkway will affect traffic in Montgomery, Lower Gwynedd and Upper Gwynedd townships this week.

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There will be daytime lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Route 202 between Swedesford Road and Route 309 for guiderail installation and pole installation for electronic message signs and highway cameras.

Lane closures will also occur on Route 63 between Stump Road and North Wales Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for road excavation. 

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