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🌱 Why Wernersville ranks among Pennsylvania’s best small towns to retire.
And check out Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival on the Wernersville Patch calendar
Good morning Wernersville! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
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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!)
- 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.
📸 Around Wernersville
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wernersville
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★ Featured events ★
- Pennsylvania Chocolate and Coffee Festival →
The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, 100 Station Ave, Oaks
9:00 am
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
📣 Wernersville Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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 - Spartan Homecoming Parade & Bonfire →
Wyomissing Borough, PA Calendar, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Wyomissing
6:00 pm - 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 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 - 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 - 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
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
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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)
Ok Wernersville! 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: "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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