🌱 Bucks County measles case follows travel to Central Pennsylvania

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• Bucks County measles case follows travel to Central Pennsylvania

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 56, low: 40.
• Friday: Cloudy, a shower; windy, with a high of 45 and low of 36 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Health officials confirm measles case in Bucks County (inquirer.com) — A Bucks County adult tested positive for measles after recently traveling to Central Pennsylvania, where cases have been reported this year. Officials say the person is no longer contagious and are notifying potentially exposed patients, as Pennsylvania’s outbreak has surpassed 1,500 cases statewide.
   

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📸 Around Smoketown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Smoketown

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Thursday November 12

• Lancaster County Investment Board →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster
  10:00 am
• Valued Volunteers: Together We Read workshop
  Burrowes Elementary, 1001 East Orange Street, Lancaster
  5:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Retirement Board →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster
  9:00 am

Monday November 16

• Children & Youth Social Service Agency Citizens' Advisory Board →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster
  8:30 am
• Lancaster Airport Authority →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar
  3:30 pm

Tuesday November 17

• County Commissioners' Work Session →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster
  10:00 am

Wednesday November 18

• Commissioners' Board Meeting →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster
  9:15 am
• South Central Transit Authority →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 45 Erick Rd, Lancaster
  6:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Lancaster County Vacant Property Reinvestment Board →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 28 Penn Square, Suite 200, Lancaster
  8:00 am
• Agricultural Preserve Board →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar
  8:00 am
• Prison Board →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster
  9:15 am
• LCCDBD Erosion/Sedimentation Committee →
  Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster
  1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Cargill posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Lampeter. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Ronks

• Jonathan Groff to voice character in animated musical film starring Cynthia Erivo (lancasteronline.com)
• 8 Pennsylvania Thanksgiving Activities That Make Holiday Memories With The Kids (newsbreak.com)

Lampeter

• Lancaster man sentenced to prison for illegal handgun purchase conspiracy (wgal.com)

Strasburg

• SEALED BIDS FOR MOWING The Township of Strasburg is seeking sealed bids for the mowing (lancasteronline.com)
• Lititz woman steals from father: Top 5 most read stories Nov. 2-8 [ICYMI] (lancasteronline.com)
• Lancaster County government calendar: Nov. 9, 2026 (lancasteronline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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