🌱 Could Boeing’s Ridley Park plant really shut down by 2030?
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- Could Boeing’s Ridley Park plant really shut down by 2030?
- Ridley Park native lands top assistant coaching job at UW-Oshkosh
Today's riddle: If you feed me I will grow and if you give me water I will die. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
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- Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Boeing's Ridley plant in jeopardy of closing if Army cancels Chinook (delcotimes.com) — Thousands of jobs at Boeing’s Ridley Park facility could be at risk if the U.S. Army does not fully fund the Chinook Block II helicopter program beyond 2030. Local union leaders and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon are pressing Congress and the Trump administration for long-term commitments, warning that year-to-year budget fights create deep uncertainty for Ridley Park workers and the regional economy. 
• UW-Oshkosh names Thompson as Assistant Basketball Coach (hoopdirt.com subscription) — Ridley Park native Liam Thompson has been named top assistant coach for the UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball program after successful stints at Illinois Wesleyan and Wabash. His rise from Elizabethtown College player to Division III coaching standout highlights a local athlete building an impressive national coaching résumé.
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