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🌱 How $2 million could reshape 200 of Shenandoah’s most blighted properties

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning to you Shenandoah! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How $2 million could reshape 200 of Shenandoah’s most blighted properties
  • Route 54 is open again—see what changed for Shenandoah-area drivers

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 65 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Clouds and sun with a shower, temps: high: 57, low: 45.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 65 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Senator asks for federal funding to back Shenandoah blight fight (shensentinel.com) — Shenandoah officials are backing a $2 million federal funding request that could demolish about 200 long-blighted, unsafe homes in the borough. Leaders say the money, if approved in the federal budget, would significantly improve public safety, property values, and redevelopment prospects after decades of abandoned structures dragging down neighborhoods.
   

• Route 54 reopens after closure for bridge replacement (shensentinel.com) — Route 54 through William Penn and Lost Creek is back open after PennDOT replaced a deteriorating culvert over a Shenandoah Creek tributary and resurfaced the roadway. The closure had pushed traffic through Gilberton and forced Shenandoah Valley School District to reroute buses, so normal travel should now be easier for local drivers and students.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Tonight’s walk took the last potentially hateful staircase in Pottsville off my to-do list.
    The South Center Street staircase, adjacent to Black Rock Brewing, is actually two stairwells with a landing midway, so it's not even all that… (Nextdoor Flower Gardens)
  • Cracker Barrel posted a job opening for Server in Frackville. Apply here.
  • CROSSMARK posted a job opening for (Immediate Hire) Retail Merchandiser in Mahanoy City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shenandoah here.

🗞 Nearby News

Frackville

  • Schuylkill County Obituaries for May 12th, 2026 (skooknews.com)

Mahanoy City

Ok Shenandoah! 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: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Shenandoah

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