Good morning Newtown! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
Mayor's tie-breaking vote forces Brick Hotel restaurant canopy rethink
What might replace the scrapped sewer plant on the Newtown Bypass?
How did a Newtown native land podcasting's biggest female payday?
Also on today's calendar: Third Friday - Community Shredding - Bailiwick Office Park and 19 more events.
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Friday: Some sun, then clouds; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
Saturday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 75, low: 68.
Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mayor Breaks Tie Vote To Deny Approval Of Canopy At New Brick Hotel Restaurant (patch.com) — Newtown Borough officials have rejected a canopy installed at the Brick Hotel's soon-to-open Donetelli's Italian Steakhouse after a rare tie vote was broken by the mayor, siding with the Historic Architecture Review Board. Supporters and opponents in Newtown weighed in, debating historic character versus customer comfort, and the restaurant must now remove or redesign the canopy with HARB approval.
• Unsealed documents revealed Bucks, contractor paid millions in wrongful death settlements (bucksindependence.com) — Newtown Township is weighing the future of a 17.5-acre Newtown Bypass property that DeLuca Homes has agreed to buy, after plans for a sewer plant there were scrapped following community pushback. The broader Bucks County report also details millions paid in wrongful-death settlements involving county inmates and highlights a donor-backed program helping local families avoid eviction.
• Alex Cooper: Highest-Earning Female Podcaster (everything-pr.com) — A Newtown-born creator, Alex Cooper has turned her Call Her Daddy podcast into a $125 million SiriusXM empire, making her the highest-earning female podcaster. The piece traces her journey from Newtown youth soccer standout to media executive, detailing major deals, her Unwell Network, and how she's reshaped podcasting and creator-led media strategy.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Greystone Restaurant Parcel Development Proposal —John Mack Read on Patch
Photo taken on Skyline drive in 2018! I was photographing the sunset when I caught this wedding couple getting of sunset photo by a photographer. (Nextdoor Spring Garden Mill)
Chopt Creative Salad Company posted a job opening for Kitchen Lead in Newtown. Apply here.
ShopRite Supermarkets posted a job opening for ShopRite - Meat Wrapper Clerk in Fairless Hills. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Newtown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Langhorne
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TEN Holdings Revenue Falls 35% as Public-Company Costs Rise (mychesco.com)
Yardley
Dave Portnoy Calls Fairless Hills Slice 'Top Tier' in Latest Pizza Review (vista.today)
Fairless Hills
Police Search For Missing, Endangered 15-Year-Old Girl (levittownnow.com)
Levittown Woman Arrested After Slipping Police Twice (levittownnow.com)
Ok Newtown! 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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!) Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!