🌱 What $1.5 million will change on Shamokin’s Independence Street next
Shamokin, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min readCheers Shamokin! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What $1.5 million will change on Shamokin’s Independence Street next
- How Shamokin’s “paused” downtown quietly reveals its coal-town past
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; breezy, with a high of 65 and low of 47 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy, a shower; cool, temps: high: 58, low: 46.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Union Trail Crossing Project Part Of Regional Funding (wkok.com) — Shamokin is set to receive $1.5 million for Phase Three of the Independence Street streetscape project, part of a statewide package of pedestrian and safety grants. The funding comes through PennDOT’s Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside program, which is also backing trail and sidewalk improvements in several neighboring counties. These upgrades aim to make key corridors safer and more welcoming for walkers and cyclists. 
• 12 Boring Pennsylvania Towns With Strange Stories (myfamilytravels.com) — Shamokin is portrayed as a coal-built town that now feels paused, with quiet streets, hillside homes, and downtown buildings that still show the area’s industrial past. The writer emphasizes how the town’s calm surface hides layers of history and steady everyday life. It’s part of a broader look at Pennsylvania communities with deeper stories than their “boring” reputations suggest.
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Lourdes Regional WineFest 2026 →
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Title 1 Breakfast Parent Meeting →
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Thursday May 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Kindergarten Field Trip to Green Horse Farm
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Senior Finals
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1st & 2nd Grade Field Trip to Green Horse Farm
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Title 1 Parent Breakfast
Shamokin Area SD Coal Township, PA 17866
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Highland Orchards →
Highland Orchards, Inc., 1000 Marshallton Thorndale Rd, West Chester
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Rick K Road Trip →
Valley View Park, 524 Gap St, Valley View
6:00 pm
Monday May 18
Tuesday May 19
Saturday July 11
Saturday July 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Our farm stand is ready!
We will have more in stock as things get harvested and our 5 newest chickens start laying in another month-ish. In the meantime we will have soda and… (Nextdoor Shamokin)
- Nursing & Rehabilitation at The Mansion posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Sunbury. Apply here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ashland
- 602 Sportsman Crate Classic takes main spotlight this Friday at Big Diamond Speedway.$2000-to-win and $225 to start: 358 Modifieds and Roadrunners also in action (speedwaydigest.com)
- Schuylkill County Obituaries for May 12th, 2026 (skooknews.com)
Danville
- Danville Area fifth graders take part in First Green STEM Program (wnep.com)
- Berwick crash kills driver, passenger flown to hospital (northcentralpa.com)
- Allergies on the rise; how to find relief (alliednews.com)
Sunbury
- Latest GasBuddy Report: Gas Prices Surge Again (wkok.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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