Community Corner
🌱 How Lansford families can cope after Toys for Tots pulls out
Spotted on the Lansford calendar: Varsity Volleyball vs. Mahanoy Area (Home)
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- How Lansford families can cope after Toys for Tots pulls out
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.
- Wednesday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 75, low: 55.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Schuylkill-Carbon Marine Corps League ends Toys for Tots program in Carbon County (wnep.com) — Families in Lansford and nearby Coaldale face uncertainty this holiday season after the Schuylkill-Carbon Marine Corps League ended its Toys for Tots program in Carbon County. Salvation Army's Angel Tree, which serves more than 500 children including those in Lansford, now expects higher demand and urges families to seek alternative assistance options early before programs fill up. 
📸 Around Lansford
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lansford
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- Varsity Volleyball vs. Mahanoy Area (Home)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs. Tamaqua (Away)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm - Varsity Football vs. Blue Mountain (Away)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs. Marian (Home)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs. Our Lady of Lourdes Regional (Away)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Friday October 2
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Schuylkill Haven Girls JV Volleyball @ Marian Catholic →
Marian Catholic High School, 166 Marian Ave, Tamaqua
5:30 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs. Mahanoy Area (Home)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs. Tamaqua (Away)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm - Selwyn Birchwood →
The Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W Broadway, Jim Thorpe
7:30 pm - Varsity Football vs. Blue Mountain (Away)
Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
7:00 pm - .38 Special →
Penn's Peak, 325 Maury Rd, Jim Thorpe
8:00 pm - Splintered Sunlight →
The Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W Broadway, Jim Thorpe
8:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- EMD Group posted a job opening for Production Supervisor in Tamaqua. Apply here.
- Baskin Robbins posted a job opening for Crew Member in Tamaqua. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lansford here.
🗞 Nearby News
Jim Thorpe
- 9 Best Places To Call Home In The Poconos In 2026 (worldatlas.com)
- Colonial League football: Fresh faces gives Southern Lehigh football strong running game among five things we learned in Colonial League (mcall.com)
- Group Exhibition: Abstract Legacy II: Against All Odds (artforum.com)
Weatherly
- SATURDAY REWIND: Hazleton Area, Crestwood win in nonleague field hockey (standardspeaker.com)
- Resident raises concerns over blighted properties, roosters (2822news.com)
Lehighton
- Jefferson Health to Host Free Walk-in Flu Shot Clinic October 17 at the Health Center at Carbon (lvhn.org)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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