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🌱 Patch AM: Where and when you can honor 9/11 around Macungie Friday

Be sure to catch Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza on the Macungie Patch calendar

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What's up Macungie! 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:

  • Where and when you can honor 9/11 around Macungie Friday
  • What Chobani's $1.2B Upper Macungie plant means for local jobs

Also on today's calendar: Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Turning sunny and less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Saturday: An afternoon shower in spots, temps: high: 79, low: 65.
  • Sunday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at these events in the Lehigh Valley (mcall.com) — Residents near Macungie have several ways to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, including a community remembrance by Upper and Lower Macungie emergency services in Trexlertown Friday evening. Additional ceremonies, school activities, and rides across the Lehigh Valley offer opportunities to honor first responders, reflect on the attacks, and join neighbors in remembrance over the coming days.
   

• Chobani, Burlington Bring $1.57B, Nearly 3,000 Jobs To Pennsylvania (businessfacilities.com) — A massive new Chobani dairy plant in Upper Macungie, supported by nearby Lower Macungie and other local partners, is set to bring 900 jobs and huge new demand for Pennsylvania milk by 2027. Alongside Burlington's headquarters move to Philadelphia, state officials say these investments mark record-setting private spending that could boost farms, suppliers, and the broader Lehigh Valley economy.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hey looking for recommendations on someone to do some
    Interior painting? We have some pretty high ceilings (Nextdoor Lower Macungie)
  • TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Light Equipment Operator/Meter Machine Operator in Breinigsville. Apply here.
  • Olympus Corporation posted a job opening for Distribution Associate II in Breinigsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Macungie here.

🗞 Nearby News

Emmaus

  • Field Hockey Player of the Week for Sept. 10: She leads the region in goals so far this season (lehighvalleylive.com)
  • Wednesday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 9.9.26 (blogspot.com)
  • Nurse Externship, Research Fellowship Provide Head Start For New Nurse's Career Development (lvhn.org)

Allentown

  • Letters: Allentown Fair concert was a show to remember (mcall.com)
  • Fall arts preview: Your guide to Lehigh Valley festivals, music, theater, art exhibits and more (mcall.com)
  • PPL Electric and DOE showcase federally funded grid technologies at Allentown training center (energiesmedia.com)

Ok Macungie! 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: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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