🌱 How could Amazon’s huge data center reshape life around McAdoo?

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• How could Amazon's huge data center reshape life around McAdoo?

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: More clouds than sun, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 72, low: 56.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Data center moves forward toward approval (2822news.com) — A massive Amazon data center proposed just outside McAdoo in Kline Township is moving closer to approval, with township planners recommending it under strict conditions. Nearby McAdoo residents worry about property values, noise, and blasting from the 350-acre complex, while supervisors prepare for a key vote that could determine whether the project proceeds or is halted.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• BOYS SOCCER VS MINERSVILLE
  Minersville Area Jr.\/Sr. High School, 1 Battlin Miner Dr, Miners
  4:15 pm
• GIRLS SOCCER VS MINERSVILLE
  Minersville Area Jr.\/Sr. High School, 1 Battlin Miner Dr, Miners
  5:15 pm
• Schuylkill Haven Girls JV Volleyball @ Marian Catholic →
  Marian Catholic High School, 166 Marian Ave, Tamaqua
  5:30 pm
• Meet the Teachers WHEMS
  Hazleton Area SD Hazleton, PA 18201
  6:00 pm
• Wyoming Seminary College Prep at MMI Preparatory School →
  MMI Preparatory School, 154 Centre St, Freeland
  6:45 pm
• Tri-Valley at Weatherly →
  Weatherly High School, 601 6th St, Weatherly
  7:00 pm
• Varsity Volleyball vs. Mahanoy Area (Home)
  Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Nativity, Minersville, Tri Valley @ Weatherly →
  Weatherly PA
• Luzerne County Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Commission Meeting →
  Luzerne County, PA Calendar
  10:00 am
• CROSS COUNTRY - HOME
  Weatherly Area SD Weatherly, PA 18255
  3:45 pm
• Meet the Teachers HACC
  Hazleton Area SD Hazleton, PA 18201
  6:00 pm
• Varsity Volleyball vs. Tamaqua (Away)
  Panther Valley SD Lansford, PA 18232
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Marksman Security, LLC posted a job opening for Unarmed Security Officer in Mcadoo. Apply here.
• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Hazleton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near McAdoo here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hazleton

• SATURDAY REWIND: Hazleton Area, Crestwood win in nonleague field hockey (standardspeaker.com)
• Suspect in burning-body homicide seeks new attorney (standardspeaker.com)

Tamaqua

• Blue Mountain Stays No. 1; Schuylkill Haven Returns to Power 5 After Week 5 (skooknews.com)
• Schuylkill County Obituaries for September 26, 2026 (skooknews.com)

Mahanoy City

• Schuylkill County Obituaries for September 28, 2026 (skooknews.com)

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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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