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🌱 Patch AM: Oscar Hammerstein Museum Breaks Ground On Major Renovation Project

And on the Doylestown Patch calendar - Specters & Spirits

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What's up Doylestown! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Highland Farm renovation aims to make Doylestown a musical theater destination
  • How will Central Bucks fix its budget and special education challenges?

Also on today's calendar: Specters & Spirits and 13 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 76, low: 47.
  • Friday: Sunny and nice, with a high of 71 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oscar Hammerstein Museum Breaks Ground On Major Renovation Project (patch.com) — Doylestown residents are seeing a beloved landmark transformed as the Oscar Hammerstein Museum begins a major renovation of Highland Farm, long a familiar part of the local landscape. The project will restore the farmhouse, add museum-quality preservation systems, and eventually create a theatre and education center, positioning Doylestown as a national destination for musical theater history and arts education.
   

• New Central Bucks Superintendent Talks Finances, Staffing Concerns (TAPinto.net) — Central Bucks' new superintendent, Joanna Wexler, met with Doylestown-area parents to discuss the district's serious financial challenges and plans to rethink special education. She warned the district could run out of money in two years, outlined likely staffing cuts, and described efforts to better integrate special education with general instruction, while inviting residents to future listening sessions this month.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Stop Leaving Your Golf Swing on the Range: The Bucks County Player's Blueprint —Daniel Guest Read on Patch
  • How Do You Practice Lag Putting to Eliminate 3-Putts? —Daniel Guest Read on Patch
  • Is your front yard hiding under a bunch of weeds?
    Check out this transformation I just finished up! The weeds had completely taken over the mulch and rock beds hiding all of their beautiful bushes… (Nextdoor New Britain)
  • Aramark posted a job opening for Food Service Worker in Doylestown. Apply here.
  • Cima Network, Inc. posted a job opening for Sign Installer III in Chalfont. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Doylestown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Chalfont

  • Tired, gaining weight, always cold? It could be the thyroid (6abc.com)

Montgomeryville

  • More Than 20 Flock Cameras Around Greater Lansdale Area: See Where (patch.com)

Warminster

  • Spirit Golf Management Announces $25 Million Clubhouse at Five Ponds Golf Club in Warminster, PA (golfingmagazine.net)
  • Warminster Police Department welcomes a new recruit (bucksindependence.com)
  • Traffic Counting Planned In Warminster (patch.com)

Ok Doylestown! 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 do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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