🌱 Route 209 repairs aim for reopening before Christmas
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Nesquehoning! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Route 209 repairs aim for reopening before Christmas
- Remembering Sean Doolittle and three other Schuylkill County residents
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 62 and low of 46 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with rain, temps: high: 53, low: 37.
- Friday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 44 and low of 33 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Cranes, a geo-synthetic wall, and $5 million: How PennDOT is rebuilding Route 209 after the rockslide (wfmz.com) — PennDOT hopes to reopen Route 209 between Nesquehoning and Jim Thorpe before Christmas following the October 31 rockslide. Crews are rebuilding the slope with a reinforced wall in a roughly $5 million repair, while access difficulties have prompted Pocono Biking to close this week. 
• Schuylkill County Obituaries for November 8, 2026 (skooknews.com) — Sean Donald Doolittle, 69, of Mahanoy Planes, is remembered as a Navy veteran and machinist who loved music and motorcycles. His survivors include sister-in-law Patricia Doolittle of Nesquehoning, and a memorial service will be announced later. The obituary collection also remembers Beverly Bair, Geraldine Vincent and former Gilberton councilwoman Jean Chupasko.
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🗞 Nearby News
Jim Thorpe
- This Pennsylvania Mountain Town Stacks Local Treasures On The Table And Wins Over Locals (takingthekids.com)
- Salisbury's Byrd, TCNJ's Cornish and Strucko Earn NJAC Men's Swimming & Diving Weekly Honors (njacsports.com)
- Federal decision provides exemption for Luzerne County rail sale (citizensvoice.com)
Lehighton
- Big Ticket Top 25 Poll for November 9, 2026 (wfmz.com)
- Over 40 Lehigh Valley area restaurants, caterers, markets serving up Thanksgiving favorites (wfmz.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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