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Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Vaccination Rates At Pottstown Schools: See Newly Revealed Data (patch.com) — Families in Pottstown can now see detailed vaccination rates for local seventh-graders and high school seniors, thanks to new state health department data. The figures show generally strong coverage at Pottstown Middle and Senior High Schools, though some vaccines fall below the 95 percent herd immunity benchmark, giving parents and community members clearer insight into student health protections.
• Upper Pottsgrove votes to buy 3 properties for $3 million (pottsmerc.com subscription) — Upper Pottsgrove commissioners voted 4-1 to spend $2.9 million buying three Mingey-owned parcels, planning a new municipal complex on Farmington Avenue and Steinmetz Road and expanding nearby open space. The deal includes a $100,000 settlement over a sewer-line dispute and comes despite resident concerns about groundwater contamination history, road conditions, price, and the township's ongoing financial relationship with the developer.
• 8 Forgotten Ruins In Pennsylvania With Mysterious Histories You Will Want To Know (takingthekids.com) — One of the featured ruins, Fricks Locks Village, sits just outside Pottstown and can only be visited on guided tours because it lies within Limerick Nuclear Power Plant's exclusion zone. The broader piece highlights seven other eerie, historic Pennsylvania sites, from Austin Dam to the abandoned Sideling Hill Tunnel and Valley Forge's Colonial Springs Bottling Plant, for road-trippers seeking atmospheric, offbeat destinations.
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