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🌱 How Old Forge’s tight loss reshaped this week’s LFC football stakes.
Happening soon: Riverside Boys Varsity Soccer @ Old Forge on the Old Forge Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How Old Forge's tight loss reshaped this week's LFC football stakes.
Also on today's calendar: Montrose Varsity Football @ Old Forge and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 66 and low of 50 degrees.
- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 73, low: 58.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• HS FOOTBALL: Honesdale, Wallenpaupack making noise in LFC; Little movement at the top of rankings (thetimes-tribune.com) — Old Forge football fans will want to know their team's narrow 35-28 loss to undefeated Riverside helped set up a major LFC Division II showdown between Riverside and Lakeland this Friday. The story also tracks how nearby programs like Honesdale and Wallenpaupack are shaking up the District 2 rankings and playoff races. 
📸 Around Old Forge
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Old Forge
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★ Featured events ★
- Riverside Boys Varsity Soccer @ Old Forge →
Old Forge High School, 300 Marion St, Old Forge
4:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
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Other local events
- Old Forge Cluster →
Old Forge HS, 300 Marion Street, Old Forge
4:00 pm - Montrose Varsity Football @ Old Forge →
Old Forge High School, 300 Marion St, Old Forge
7:00 pm - Elk Lake at Old Forge →
Old Forge High School, 300 Marion St, Old Forge
4:15 pm - Wallenpaupack Area Girls Varsity Soccer @ Old Forge →
Old Forge High School, 300 Marion St, Old Forge
4:15 pm - Montrose Boys Varsity Soccer @ Old Forge →
Old Forge High School, 300 Marion St, Old Forge
4:00 pm - Old Forge Girls Varsity Soccer @ Western Wayne →
Western Wayne High School, 1970 Easton Turnpike, Lake Ariel
6:00 pm - Holy Cross Varsity Football @ Old Forge →
Old Forge High School, 300 Marion St, Old Forge
7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
Friday October 9
Wednesday October 14
Tuesday October 20
Wednesday October 21
Thursday October 22
Friday October 23
📣 Old Forge Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Move Your Body w/ Karen - For Every Body! →
The Greenhouse Project, 200 Arthur Ave., Scranton
9:00 am - Move Your Body w/ Karen – For Every Body! →
The Greenhouse Project, 200 Arthur Ave, Scranton
9:00 am - $1.25 Oysters & 1/2 Price Drafts →
Cooper's Scranton, 701 N. Washington Ave, Scranton
5:00 pm - $1.25 Oysters & 1/2 Price Drafts (Mon - Thurs 5-7) →
Cooper's Scranton, 701 N. Washington Ave, Scranton
5:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate II in Duryea. Apply here.
- LongHorn Steakhouse posted a job opening for Line Cook in Moosic. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Old Forge here.
🗞 Nearby News
Moosic
- Births, September 27, 2026 (thetimes-tribune.com)
- High Honors: Beck & Rodríguez garner end-of-season awards (milb.com)
Pittston
- Delays expected as utility work at Route 315 and Oak Street in Pittston area resumes today (wvia.org)
- Luzerne County court notes: Estates 9/29/26 (citizensvoice.com)
- HS ROUNDUP: Abington Heights sweeps Valley View in girls volleyball (thetimes-tribune.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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