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🌱 Where Mont Alto seniors can cool down during this week’s extreme heat

Mont Alto, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good day Mont Alto! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Where Mont Alto seniors can cool down during this week’s extreme heat
  • How new Harrisburg votes could change Penn State Mont Alto’s land

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Wine and Food Festival.

Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sweltering heat with sunshine, with a high of 97 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Hot with clouds and sun, temps: high: 95, low: 70.
  • Friday: Hot with partial sunshine, with a high of 93 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Franklin County opens cooling sites as heat soars (publicopiniononline.com) — Mont Alto residents can use the local senior activity center on South Main Street as a cooling site during this week’s dangerous heat, with regular hours available even as some other centers extend into the evening. Franklin County is keeping Chambersburg and Greencastle centers open later on July 15 and monitoring conditions for further changes. Call the Area Agency on Aging for details on hours, activities, and lunch menus.
   

• July 11 – 12, 2026 (pasenategop.com) — State lawmakers just advanced a large package of bills, including measures that affect Penn State Mont Alto by loosening old deed restrictions on certain campus properties. While most of the action centers on statewide budgets, licensing, and criminal justice changes, Mont Alto’s inclusion in the property provisions could shape how the university uses or redevelops some of its land in the future.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Wendy's posted a job opening for Restaurant General Manager in Waynesboro. Apply here.
  • Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Waynesboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mont Alto here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fayetteville

  • Totem Pole Playhouse Announces Cast and Creative Team for Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific (localnews1.org)
  • Woman with history of false identification to police arrested in Fayetteville, found with multiple warrants (tristatealert.com)
  • Red Cross declares blood shortage; donation locations in the Midstate (abc27.com)

Waynesboro

  • CareerTech to host free exploratory STEM camp for local students (localnews1.org)
  • Franklin County seeks public input on long-range transportation plan (localnews1.org)
  • Weather Update for Franklin County 7/14/2026 (fcfreepresspa.com)

Ok Mont Alto! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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