🌱 Which New Philadelphia-area students made Kutztown’s Spring 2026 Dean’s List?

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• Which New Philadelphia-area students made Kutztown’s Spring 2026 Dean’s List?

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Kutztown University Announces Spring 2026 Dean's List; Dozens of Schuylkill County Students Honored (skooknews.com) — New Philadelphia families may want to celebrate—local students are among more than 60 Schuylkill County residents named to Kutztown University’s Spring 2026 Dean’s List. The honor recognizes full-time undergraduates who earned at least a 3.60 GPA, highlighting strong academic commitment across nearby communities.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Orwigsburg

• Business Briefcase: Kielbasi/Heritage items available at CEBA site (republicanherald.com)
• Calendar: June 1, 2026 (republicanherald.com)
• Schuylkill County Obituaries for June 2nd, 2026 (skooknews.com)

Pottsville

• Locally produced films earn honors at the second Pottsville Film Festival (republicanherald.com)
• Miners 1928 Hotel expands as Metz Properties buys two more buildings (republicanherald.com)
• Civil War Q&A: Historian Jake Wynn talks about blog on wartime letters by Coal Region soldiers (wvia.org)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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