🌱 How new state grants will upgrade Souderton’s wastewater treatment plant

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In today's newsletter:

• How new state grants will upgrade Souderton's wastewater treatment plant
• Why a Souderton tip helped bring LifeWise Academy to Quakertown

Also on today's calendar: Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza 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!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a shower in places, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
• Friday: Clouds and sun; less humid, temps: high: 81, low: 54.
• Saturday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 74 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Montgomery County secures $8 million in state grants (pottsmerc.com subscription) — State lawmakers secured part of an $8.4 million grant package to upgrade Souderton's wastewater treatment plant, a project that directly affects local infrastructure and environmental quality. Additional grants fund park improvements, sewer repairs, and public safety upgrades across Montgomery County, but Souderton's plant work is among the most tangible changes residents here will notice.
   

• LifeWise Academy Brings Bible Study Program to Quakertown Elementary, Eyes Four Other Bucks County School Districts (buckscountybeacon.com) — A church member told a Quakertown organizer that LifeWise Academy was expected to launch in nearby Souderton, prompting her to bring the Bible-based, school-day program to Quakertown Community Elementary. The piece explains how LifeWise operates under Pennsylvania's released-time law, outlines its conservative Christian nationalist ties, and highlights both supporters' hopes and local parents' concerns about church–state separation.
   

📸 Around Souderton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Souderton

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 17
• Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza →
  The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, 100 Station Ave, Oaks
  9:00 am
• Verason Young Singers Children's Choir Open House →
  Verason Studio, 569 Abbott Dr, Broomall
  6:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Brittany Pointe Quilt & Craft Fair →
  9:00 am
Saturday September 19
• On-Site Public Auction for the Late Bruce Weikel →
  Bruce Weikel Estate, 718 Callowhill Rd, Perkasie
  8:30 am
• Liberty Belles 5th Annual Concert →
  Souderton Mennonite Church, 105 W Chestnut St, Souderton
  2:00 pm
• LAUGH & BE HYPNOTIZED Dr. Scarpati's Hilarious Comedy Hypnosis Show →
  Comedy Cabaret Comedy Club, 625 N Main St, Doylestown
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday September 17
• Employee Benefits Webinar Series →
  Everence Webinar
  10:00 am
• Boys Varsity Water Polo Souderton Area High School vs Wissahickon High School →
  Souderton Area SD, 625 Lower Road, Souderton
  6:30 pm
• Free Medicare and Social Security Educational Workshop with Everence →
  Souderton Mennonite Church, 105 W Chestnut St, Souderton
  6:30 pm
• Girls Varsity Field Hockey Souderton Area High School vs North Penn High School →
  Souderton Area SD, 625 Lower Road, Souderton
  6:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Boys Junior Varsity Soccer Souderton Area High School vs Archbishop Carroll High School →
  Souderton Area SD, 625 Lower Road, Souderton
  3:15 pm
Thursday September 24
• Employee Benefits Webinar Series →
  Everence Webinar
  10:00 am

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Business Liquidation and Asset Recovery | Alderfer Auction
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Souderton. Apply here.
• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Hatfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Souderton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hatfield

• Local Gigs & Services: Business Liquidation and Asset Recovery (patch.com)
• Senator Collett, State Reps Celebrate $6.1 Million for Public Safety & Infrastructure Projects Across Montgomery County (pasenate.com)
• Pennsylvania Print Company's Large-Format Banners Helped Build Burning Man's Iconic Centerpiece Installation (businessinsider.com)

Harleysville

• 53rd Apple Butter Frolic at Mennonite Heritage Center kicks off harvest season (thereporteronline.com)
• Man who shot his gun in backyard while inebriated hit one neighbor's house, police say (northpennnow.com)

Lansdale

• PHOTOS: At the Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival, beer connoisseurs taste the best beers from the borough and beyond (northpennnow.com)

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-- 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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