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🌱 Will Main Street get a new tavern, distillery, and cidery?

Strasburg, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Will Main Street get a new tavern, distillery, and cidery?
  • Don’t miss free ice cream and art in Strasburg this Sunday.
  • How a Strasburg child care center helped showcase new state funding.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 70.
  • Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NOTICE The Strasburg Borough Zoning Hearing Board will meet on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at (lancasteronline.com) — Strasburg Borough’s Zoning Hearing Board will meet Wednesday, Aug. 19, to consider two applications that could bring a tavern/distillery and a brewpub/cidery to Main Street. The hearing will address alcohol production, live entertainment, parking variances, and loading space requirements for these proposed businesses in the Commercial Zone.
   

• 7 events in Lancaster County this week, from Lititz Rotary Club craft show to 2 ice cream events (lancasteronline.com) — Strasburg residents can enjoy free ice cream and local art this Sunday at the Lancaster County Art Association on Precision Avenue, right in town. The roundup also highlights other nearby concerts, craft shows, circus performances, and family events across Lancaster County happening this week and weekend.
   

• Supporting Child Care Workers & Families: Shapiro Administration Highlights $5 Million Increase in 2026-27 Budget for Child Care Recruitment and Retention Bonuses (pa.gov) — State officials visited Sunshine Corners in Strasburg to spotlight a $5 million boost in Pennsylvania’s 2026-27 budget for child care worker recruitment and retention bonuses. The expanded program will raise annual bonuses for Child Care Works staff and builds on broader statewide efforts to improve wages and stabilize early childhood education.
   

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  • Looking for referrals for a contractor who is knowledgeable and equipped to trim and prune trees & bushes.
    Must be insured and able to haul away trimmed branches. Looking to book for the fall. (Nextdoor Strasburg Boro)
  • Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Willow Street. Apply here.
  • Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Willow Street. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Strasburg here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Lancaster community discusses relationship-based solutions to homelessness (lancasteronline.com)
  • Lancaster company lauds benefits of direct employee ownership (cpbj.com)

Ok Strasburg! 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 he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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