🌱 Royersford’s Dom Ruggiero earns shot with Penn State baseball

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In today's newsletter:

• Royersford's Dom Ruggiero earns shot with Penn State baseball
• How a new data center order could affect Royersford communities

Also on today's calendar: Ukrainian Folk Festival 2026 and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 80, low: 65.
• Saturday: Humid with a few showers, with a high of 75 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Baseball Welcomes Ten Newcomers For 2027 Season (gopsusports.com) — Royersford native and Spring-Ford standout pitcher Dom Ruggiero is joining Penn State baseball after an impressive freshman season at Richmond, where he earned Atlantic 10 All-Rookie honors. The Nittany Lions' 2027 roster features 10 newcomers overall, including several highly ranked transfers and recruits expected to boost the program's power and depth.
   

• Ciresi applauds Shapiro's executive order on data centers, prohibition on NDAs (pahouse.com) — From Royersford, state Rep. Joe Ciresi is backing Gov. Josh Shapiro's new executive order that tightens oversight of data center development and bans non-disclosure agreements between data center developers and public officials. He says the move, which reflects provisions from his own bill, will increase transparency and public input on how these large facilities impact communities and quality of life.
   

📸 Around Royersford

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Royersford

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 23
• Ukrainian Folk Festival 2026 →
  Ukrainian American Sports Center, 1 Lower State Rd, North Wales
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20
• Kinder Open House - K-PM
  Royersford Elementary School RES
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Royersford Farmers Market →
  Royersford Farmers Market, 251 2nd Ave, Royersford
  10:00 am
Monday August 24
• Class of 2027 Class Photo
  Spring-Ford Senior High School 10-12GC
  7:40 am
Tuesday August 25
• Back to School - Open House
  Spring-Ford Area School District UPES
  6:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Back to School Night
  Spring-Ford 8th Grade Center 8GC
Thursday August 27
• Movie Night at Mill Grove: Hoppers! →
  John James Audubon Center, 1201 Pawlings Rd, Audubon
  5:00 pm
• 7th Grade Back to School Night
  Spring-Ford 7th Grade Center 7GC
  6:45 pm
Friday August 28
• Acoustic Ferrari Live at Creekside Sports Bar and... →
  Creekside Sports Bar & Grille, 765 N Lewis Rd, Royersford
  5:00 pm
• Acoustic Ferrari Live at Creekside Sports Bar and Grill →
  Creekside Sports Bar & Grille, 765 N Lewis Rd, Royersford
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Thursday Night Troop Meeting
  Boy Scout Troop 119 St. James Episcopal Church, 3768 Germantown Pike, Collegeville
  7:30 pm
Friday August 21
• White Water Rafting Trip
  Boy Scout Troop 119 Collegeville, PA 19426
• Convocation
  Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center at Ursinus College Berman Museum Lawn
  9:00 am
• PXV Inside Out →
  Phoenixville Borough, PA Calendar
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Royersford. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Collegeville

• Rose Emily Frankil Obituary Aug 17, 2026 (goldsteinsfuneral.com)

Pottsgrove

• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Perkiomen Valley itching to reclaim seat atop crowded PAC Liberty (thereporteronline.com)
• Montgomery County back to school dates (northpennnow.com)

Pottstown

• Daniel Boone football: New beginnings for the Blazers in 2026 (pottsmerc.com)
• The Mercury's Sound Off for Wednesday, August 19 (pottsmerc.com)
• Limerick man sent to prison for causing fatal Route 422 crash while DUI (pottsmerc.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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