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

And on the Royersford Patch calendar - Ukrainian Folk Festival 2026

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Hi Royersford! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

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.
   

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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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🗞 Nearby News

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