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In today's newsletter:

• Why Wernersville ranks among Pennsylvania's best small towns to retire.
• How Wernersville finally welcomed home a Korean War soldier.
• How much rain did Wernersville really see in September?

Also on today's calendar: Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival .

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 44 degrees.
• Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 72, low: 45.
• Saturday: Pleasant with high clouds, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• These Are the 30 Best Small Towns to Retire to in Pennsylvania (newsbreak.com) — Wernersville earns a spot among Pennsylvania's top small retirement towns, praised for its quiet streets, easy driving and historic main street surrounded by countryside. Once a South Mountain resort destination, it now scores very high for retirement friendliness, with Reading, Lancaster and Lebanon County amenities all within an easy drive for local seniors.
   

• Remains of Berks soldier killed in Korean War laid to rest (readingeagle.com) — Wernersville residents just helped lay to rest Army Pfc. Albert Faust, a Berks County soldier missing since fierce fighting near the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. After modern forensic work identified his remains, a service at Lamm & Witman Funeral Home in Wernersville preceded burial at Indiantown Gap, finally giving his local family long-awaited closure.
   

• Typically September temperatures in Berks with significant rainfall (readingeagle.com) — Wernersville picked up about 5.9 inches of rain in September, as Berks County saw a wetter-than-normal month that still wasn't enough to lift the ongoing drought warning. Temperatures ran slightly above average, with only one 90-degree day and an early-season nor'easter soaking eastern parts of the county late in the month.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wernersville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 24
• Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival →
  The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, 100 Station Ave, Oaks
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• Finance and Administration Committee Meeting →
  Wyomissing Borough, PA Calendar, 22 Reading Blvd, Wyomissing
  8:00 am
• Daily Vespers
  Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 1001 E Wyomissi, Whitfield
  4:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Spartan Homecoming Parade & Bonfire →
  Wyomissing Borough, PA Calendar, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Wyomissing
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Fall Walk Series →
  Wyomissing Borough, PA Calendar
  10:00 am
• Drive-Thru Dinner →
  Swamp Christian Fellowship, 390 Swamp Church Road, Reinholds
  4:00 pm
• Together for Maria Goldheart →
  RCC HQ, 51 W Lawn Ave, West Lawn
  5:30 pm
Sunday October 11
• Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
  Greek Festival/Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 1001 E Wyomissing Blvd, Reading
• Worship →
  Swamp Christian Fellowship, 390 Swamp Church Road, Reinholds
  9:00 am
Monday October 12
• St. Symeon the New Theologian
  Greek Festival/Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 1001 E Wyomissing Blvd, Reading
• Regional GOYA pilgrimage to Holy Protection Monastery
  Holy Protection Monastery, 1 St Josephs Wy, White Haven
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Daily Orthros
  Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 1001 E Wyomissi, Whitfield
  9:00 am
• BCTC Open House - West Campus
  Berks Career & Technology Center, 1057 County Welfare Road, Leespo
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• IICRC posted a job opening for Mitigation Supervisor/ Crew Leader in Denver. Apply here.
• Penske posted a job opening for Transportation Support Services Manager in Reading. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wernersville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sinking Spring

• Sinking Spring YMCA Presents Racquet Sports Open House and New Court Grand Opening (bctv.org)

West Lawn

• South Heidelberg police issue 19 citations during September traffic enforcement initiative (berksweekly.com)

Wyomissing

• Advance Auto Parts Opens First Wyomissing Store (counterman.com)
• Pennsylvania high school football rankings: Wilson, Twin Valley remain in the top ten in their class (readingeagle.com)
• MOScout Daily Update: Wilson Targeted? (moscout.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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