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🌱 How a Shippensburg linebacker earned national defensive player honors.
Coming up on the Shippensburg Patch calendar: Jake Groft @Shippensburg Wine and Beer festival
Hello again Shippensburg! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Shippensburg linebacker earned national defensive player honors.
Also on today's calendar: Nutrition and Oral Care Products — Personalized Oral Health and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 69 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 82, low: 57.
- Saturday: An afternoon shower possible, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• SHIP U.'s Alex Sauve named D2Football.com National Defensive Player of the Week (fcfreepresspa.com) — A standout performance by Shippensburg University junior linebacker Alex Sauve just earned him D2Football.com's National Defensive Player of the Week honor. Sauve racked up 17 tackles, forced two fumbles, and returned a fumble from the Shippensburg end zone, becoming the first Raider since 2013 to receive this national recognition. 
📸 Around Shippensburg
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shippensburg
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★ Featured events ★
- Jake Groft @Shippensburg Wine and Beer festival →
Shippensburg Fairgrounds, 10131 Possum Hollow Rd, Shippensburg
12:00 pm
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- Nutrition and Oral Care Products — Personalized Oral Health →
The Conference Center At, The Conference Center At Shippensburg University, Shippensburg
9:00 am - Kelso's Kicking Chicken Fundraiser for Branch Creek Place Senior Center & More →
Branch Creek Place, 115 N Fayette St, Shippensburg
11:00 am - Ship Family Day 2026 →
Shippensburg University, 408 Lancaster Dr, Shippensburg - Shippensburg Beer and Wine Festival →
Shippensburg Fairgrounds, 10131 Possum Hollow Road, Shippensburg - Middle Spring Family Fun Festival & Car Show →
Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, 135 Middle Spring Rd, Shippensburg
10:00 am - 2025 Shippensburg Beer & Wine Festival →
Shippensburg Fairgrounds, 10131 Possum Hollow Road, Shippensburg
1:00 pm - 2026 Shippensburg Beer & Wine Festival →
Shippensburg Fair Grounds, 10131 Possum Hollow Road, Shippensburg
1:00 pm - God, Girls, and Grace →
253 E Garfield St, Shippensburg
2:00 pm - Sunday Worship Service →
253 E Garfield St, Shippensburg
10:00 am - Fall Cuddle Corner →
Little Hooves Homestead, 1020 Baltimore Road, Shippensburg
4:00 pm - Brit Floyd →
Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg
7:30 pm
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
📣 Shippensburg Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Oshkosh Corporation posted a job opening for Assembler in Shippensburg. Apply here.
- Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Shippensburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shippensburg here.
🗞 Nearby News
Shippensburg University
- Men's soccer splits pair of home matches (theslateonline.com)
- Bio club scores big with back-to-school bingo (theslateonline.com)
- MSA welcomes more than 100 students at annual barbecue (theslateonline.com)
Fayetteville
- William R. Shafer, Sr. 1937-2026 (fcfreepresspa.com)
- Sandra J. Ubele 1939-2026 (fcfreepresspa.com)
- More than $4.6M in state grants awarded for Franklin, Adams projects (localnews1.org)
Ok Shippensburg! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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