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In today's newsletter:

  • Police detail bizarre battery-smoking fire at Levittown Trace Apartments
  • Bensalem man held without bail on serious child rape charges

Also on today's calendar: Newtown Grant Annual Garage/Yard Sale and 13 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 85 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Saturday: Periods of sun; not as warm, temps: high: 74, low: 64.
  • Sunday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Police: Man Set Apartment Fire While Trying To 'Smoke Batteries' (levittownnow.com) — A Bristol Township tenant is accused of accidentally setting a fire at the Levittown Trace Apartments after allegedly trying to light and smoke batteries on his kitchen table. Police say heavy smoke filled the building's hallway, residents were evacuated, and investigators later found burned vapes and phone batteries before the man was jailed on arson and endangerment charges.
   

• Bensalem Man Denied Bail on Child Rape Charges After Victim Comes Forward a Decade Later (lowerbuckstimes.com) — A Bensalem man is being held without bail after police charged him with multiple child rape and abuse offenses stemming from alleged assaults about a decade ago at a Knights Road apartment. For Levittown readers, the case is covered by local writer and longtime Levittown resident Peggy Quigley, who now reports on community life after years teaching in Bristol Township schools.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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