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🌱 Patch AM: Tinder Date Eye Gouging, Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting: 2025 Top Eastern Montco Crimes

And on the Abington Patch calendar - Warminster Symphony Orchestra Presents "An Island Get Away" Annual Pops Gala and Fundraiser

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Hello Abington! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Abington officer-involved shooting tops a troubling year in local crime
  • See the Abington playoff moments captured in this 2025 photo gallery

Also on today's calendar: Warminster Symphony Orchestra Presents "An Island Get Away" Annual Pops Gala and Fundraiser and 9 more events.

Find out what's happening in Abingtonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Abingtonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Monday: Windy; rain in the morning, with a high of 54 and low of 26 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Windy and much colder, temps: high: 31, low: 25.
  • Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 36 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tinder Date Eye Gouging, Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting: 2025 Top Eastern Montco Crimes (patch.com) — Residents in Abington Township and neighboring eastern Montgomery County are looking back at several of 2025’s most serious crimes, including a fatal officer-involved shooting during a domestic dispute at a Glenside apartment complex. The roundup also recounts a violent Tinder date in Horsham, a teen charged with killing her ex-boyfriend, and two disturbing family violence cases.
   

• Best of 2025 sports photos from the Bucks County Courier Times (phillyburbs.com) — Abington High boys’ soccer is prominently featured in this 2025 photo roundup, including Zach Yurchyshyn’s winning goal and a 1-0 playoff victory over Central Bucks South on Abington’s home field. The gallery also highlights other local high school standouts and Eagles fans celebrating a Super Bowl win across the region.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Glenside

  • Today in History with Chuck: The Keswick Theatre's opening night in 1928, changes through the years (glensidelocal.com)
  • Sens. Haywood, Collett co-sponsor bill which would require PA K-12 schools to prohibit cellphones ‘bell-to-bell' (glensidelocal.com)
  • Tinder Date Eye Gouging, Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting: 2025 Top Eastern Montco Crimes (patch.com)

Horsham

  • FDA Clears Five-Minute Lung Cancer Shot, Redefining EGFR Treatment (mychesco.com)

Warminster

Ok Abington! 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: Lunch and dinner. (From Norine S.)
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