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🌱 Patch AM: Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Yardley This Fall

Also, don't miss Specters & Spirits on the Yardley Patch calendar

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Good morning to you Yardley! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Plan your perfect pumpkin-picking day near Yardley
  • Police seek tips after vandalism at Yardley's Garden of Reflection.
  • How Yardley's new income tax could cut your property tax bill

Also on today's calendar: Specters & Spirits and 31 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Saturday: High clouds and nice, temps: high: 70, low: 51.
  • Sunday: Some rain in the p.m.; cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Yardley This Fall (patch.com) — Families in and around Yardley can celebrate fall by visiting nearby pumpkin patches and farms that offer hayrides, corn mazes, and other seasonal fun while supporting local growers. The piece also walks Yardley residents through practical tips for choosing and carving the perfect jack-o'-lantern to display on their porches.
   

2. Pa. 9/11 memorial vandalized days after ceremony marking 25 years (newsbreak.com) — Vandals recently scratched several glass panels at the Garden of Reflection 9/11 Memorial in Yardley's official memorial to the attacks, just days after a 25th-anniversary ceremony. Lower Makefield police are investigating and asking anyone who noticed suspicious activity at the site to contact Detective R. Meehl or submit an online tip to help protect this important community gathering place.
   

3. Yardley Borough approves earned income tax (bucksindependence.com) — Yardley Borough Council has approved a new one-percent earned income tax expected to erase a current budget deficit, generate over $1.2 million next year, and enable a significant cut to local real estate, per capita, and occupational taxes. While no final vote was taken on the exact millage reduction, officials say the move could reduce the borough's 30-mill property tax by about ten mills starting next year.
   

4. Marriage brought an Irish native 2 loves: his wife and the Eagles. Now, he's heading to London. (cbsnews.com) — An Irish-born Philadelphia Eagles superfan now living in Yardley, Bucks County, is heading to London to watch the Birds play the Jacksonville Jaguars. After moving from London 18 months ago, he settled in Yardley for its easy drive to the Linc and now helps connect British and Irish Eagles fans through an international supporters group and podcast.
   

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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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