🌱 Patch AM: How Pennsbury’s new residency checks could affect Yardley families

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• How Pennsbury's new residency checks could affect Yardley families

Also on today's calendar: Summer Opera Fest Aug 28-30: Romeo & Juliet, Il Trovatore, Pearl Fishers, Barber of Seville and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 70.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pennsbury Cracks Down On Nonresident Enrollment Using Technology (levittownnow.com) — Pennsbury schools are tightening residency checks to ensure only students from Falls, Lower Makefield, Yardley Borough, and Tullytown receive district-funded education, using new Thomson Reuters CLEAR software. The district also approved several tech contracts and will roll out a Lightspeed Parent Portal so families can better monitor student device use outside school hours.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Yardley

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30
• Summer Opera Fest Aug 28-30: Romeo & Juliet, Il Trovatore, Pearl Fishers, Barber of Seville →
  Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township
  2:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Property Restoration Business Liquidation | Langhorne, PA | Tools | Commercial Equipment →
  Bid at alderferauction.com,
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Interior Remodeling: Kitchens and Bathroom Brunch and Learn →
  4814 York Rd, Doylestown
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• New Life Thrift Shop →
  1700 Makefield Rd, Yardley
  10:00 am
Saturday August 29
• Yardley Farmers Market →
  Buttonwood Park, Yardley
  9:00 am
• The Painters' Collective Gallery at Prallsville Mills →
  Prallsville Mills, 33 Risler St, Stockton, NJ, 08559
  12:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• The Painters' Collective Gallery at Prallsville Mills →
  Prallsville Mills, 33 Risler St, Stockton
  12:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Our Founding Waters - A Community River Festival →
  Washington Crossing Historic Park, 1112 River Rd, Washington Crossing
  9:30 am
Thursday September 10
• Quakers and Slavery:From Enslavers to Allies →
  The Old Library by Lake Afton, 46 W Afton Ave, Yardley
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Yardley Friends Meeting Flea Market →
  Yardley Friends Meeting, 65 N Main St, Yardley
  8:00 am
• The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution →
  Yardley-Makefield Branch, Bucks County Free Library, 1080 Edgewood Rd, Yardley
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 26
• Academic Success Program Orientation →
  Cairn University Manor Hall Building Manor Hall
  11:00 am
Thursday August 27
• Welcome Back Teachers!
  Mill Creek Levittown, PA 19055
• Community Gathering/Student Welcome →
  Cairn University Chatlos Chapel Auditorium
  1:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Welcome Week →
  Cairn University Chatlos Chapel Auditorium
  8:00 am

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Levittown

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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