🌱 How overnight Route 422 work near Mount Penn could affect your commute

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• How overnight Route 422 work near Mount Penn could affect your commute

Also on today's calendar: Oktoberfest 2026 and 4 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 75, low: 60.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• PennDOT road projects in Berks: September 27, 2026 (readingeagle.com) — Drivers around the Route 422 Mount Penn interchange should prepare for overnight brush-cutting work this week, with lane impacts from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. PennDOT also has several other closures and restrictions across Berks County, including long-term work in Exeter, Robeson, Tulpehocken, and along Route 61 and I-78.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Penn

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 30
• Oktoberfest 2026 →
  Reading Liederkranz, 143 Spook Ln, Reading
  5:00 pm
Friday October 9
• 'The Office' Star Kate Flannery Headlines 4th Annual Pottstown Film Festival Oct. 9–11 →
  Rivet: Canteen & Assembly, 238 E High St, Pottstown
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Oktoberfest →
  Reading Liederkranz, 143 Spook Ln, Reading
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• MaskedMania Presents Lucha Libre Mexicana →
  Santander Arena, 700 Penn St, Reading
  7:30 pm
Monday October 5
• THE MUSIC OF HANS ZIMMER & OTHERS - A CELEBRATION OF FILM MUSIC →
  Santander Performing Arts Center, 136 N 6th St, Reading
  8:00 pm
Wednesday October 21
• Collective Soul →
  Santander Performing Arts Center, 136 N 6th St, Reading
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• The Sixties Show →
  Santander Arena, 700 Penn St, Reading
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• Potato Peeling Party! →
  Reading Liederkranz, 143 Spook Lane, Reading
  9:00 am
• Berks Cty. WIC Pop-up Farmers Market →
  Berks County WIC Center, 1110 Rockland St., Reading
  10:00 am
• Amerihealth Caritas table visit
  Reading Public Library, 100 S 5th St, Reading
  12:30 pm
• Harlem Empowerment project table visit
  Reading Public Library, 100 S 5th St, Reading
  4:00 pm
• Yoga Under The Stars - Fall Series 1, Week 4 →
  The Neag Planetarium, 500 Museum Rd, Reading
  5:30 pm
• Recovery Line Dancing →
  RISE Recovery Center, 702 N. 8th St, Ground Floor, Reading
  6:00 pm
• Governor Mifflin at Exeter Township →
  Reading PA
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Redner's Markets posted a job opening for Grocery Stock Clerk - Exeter in Reading. Apply here.
• Penske posted a job opening for License Production Coordinator in Reading. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Penn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Reading

• Santander Arena, Reading Royals Launch Official Rewards App (bctv.org)
• Reading Planning Commission backs streamlined reviews (readingeagle.com)
• Reading Area Water Authority chief outlines financial strength, future challenges (readingeagle.com)

West Reading

• The Holiday Playbook: 47 Battle-Tested Tips for Jewelers (instoremag.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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