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Hello Pottstown! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Coventry Mall data center could reshape Pottstown-area planning

Also on today's calendar: Ukrainian Folk Festival 2026 and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 79, low: 57.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Small-scale data center eyed for Coventry Mall in North Coventry (pottsmerc.com subscription) — A new 85,987-square-foot data center is proposed inside the former Coventry Mall, and North Coventry officials will decide Monday whether to accept the zoning application as complete. The project ties into a broader wave of data center plans around the Pottstown Metropolitan Area, where most neighboring townships—but not Pottstown—are rushing to tighten zoning rules before regional protections expire next summer.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Boyertown

  • Friday Food Feature with Berks County Eats: The Philly Jawn Cheesesteak (bctv.org)
  • Boyertown Victory Garden Plants Seeds of History, Service, and Community (town.news)

Royersford

  • Overnight Lane Closures Threaten Delays on U.S. 422 Next Week (mychesco.com)
  • Montgomery County food safety inspections found raw, shelled eggs sitting out, flies and dead cockroaches on ladle in kitchen (pottsmerc.com)

Ok Pottstown! 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: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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