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🌱 Patch AM: How Yardley is permanently honoring its trailblazing former mayor

Also check out Bucks County Human Relations Council - America 250 Program on the Yardley Patch calendar

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Greetings Yardley! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Yardley is permanently honoring its trailblazing former mayor
  • Why some Yardley Republicans may abandon Brian Fitzpatrick this year

Also on today's calendar: Bucks County Human Relations Council - America 250 Program and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., with a high of 68 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Tuesday: A little rain, temps: high: 62, low: 52.
  • Wednesday: Brisk and cool, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Yardley paying tribute to first Black mayor Edward E. Robinson (trentonian.com) — Yardley Borough has officially renamed Buttonwood Park's pavilion the Edward E. Robinson Memorial Pavilion, honoring the town's and Pennsylvania's first Black mayor. Local leaders and the Gather Place museum are now planning a fundraising campaign to add educational signage about Robinson and Yardley's mayoral history, with hopes of completing the project by spring 2027.
   

• AP Top News at 6:20 p.m. EDT (inquirer.com) — An AP political dispatch datelined Yardley spotlights local Republican voters reconsidering support for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick because of frustration with Donald Trump's influence. While the broader story surveys national and international developments, it underscores how voters in Yardley and the 1st Congressional District could shape control of Congress in the upcoming midterms.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • We have postponed the start date of the upcoming Skyhawks MultiSportsTots and Volleyball classes to September 26th.
    Register here: https://tinyurl.com/lmtyouthfitness If you haven't registered yet, now's your opportunity to give your children an introduction to… (Nextdoor )
  • Anyone in Yardley area have a good, recent experience with a garage door opener installation?
    Can you share rough cost? Mine is a single car width and it is not a heavy wood door, just aluminum filled with styrofoam. Thanks (Nextdoor Edgewood Park, LMT)

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Bestselling Novelist Final Judge For Bucks County Short Fiction Contest (levittownnow.com)
  • Why Bucks County Businesses Are Rethinking Their Employee Benefits Strategy in 2026 (blogspot.com)
  • Just One Bucks County Creamery Made Pennsylvania's 2026 Ice Cream Trail. Here Are 5 More Within Driving Distance. (bucksco.today)

Ok Yardley! 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: Beef Tips (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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