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🌱 Patch AM: Hellertown crews rush to help as Lower Saucon home erupts in flames

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In today's newsletter:

  • Hellertown crews rush to help as Lower Saucon home erupts in flames
  • How a Saucon Valley golfer won districts on Hellertown's home course

Also on today's calendar: Family Afternoons @ Hellertown Library and 5 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 72 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 69, low: 51.
  • Sunday: Some rain in the p.m.; cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man hospitalized with burns in Lower Saucon blaze, fire official says (lehighvalleylive.com) — Hellertown's Dewey Fire Company joined Lower Saucon crews overnight to battle a fierce house fire on Apple Street that partially collapsed the structure and sent one man to the hospital with burn injuries. With no hydrants nearby, firefighters had to call a Tender Task Force and mutual aid from three counties while investigators now work to determine what caused the blaze.
   

• New irons, attitude turned Saucon's Albano into District 11 golf championship (mcall.com) — A Saucon Valley High School golfer just captured the District 11 Class 3A title on his home course at Steel Club in Hellertown, shooting an even-par 72 with three clutch birdies on the back nine. The championship round brought dozens of top high school players to Hellertown, with several advancing to the state tournament later this month at Penn State.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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