🌱 Remember when Ashland’s Golden Glove champ stepped into the Pottsville ring?
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In today's newsletter:
- Remember when Ashland’s Golden Glove champ stepped into the Pottsville ring?
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 40 and low of 23 degrees.
- Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 42, low: 39.
- Friday: Windy; rain in the morning, with a high of 48 and low of 20 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• December 15, 2025: Days Gone By (republicanherald.com) — A century-spanning “Days Gone By” column recalls milestones from around Schuylkill County, including church, school, and holiday events. Ashland gets a nod through Meagan White, a two-time state Golden Glove champion, who once sparred in a Pottsville kick-boxing demonstration supporting at-risk youth training. 
📸 Around Ashland
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Armstrong Co. Baby Bites: Infant & Family Meals
205 Market St , Kittanning
4:00 pm -
Canldelight Winter Solstice Yoga
Tree Of Life Shoppe LLC , 392 W Apple St Suite 3 , Ringtown
6:00 pm -
Armstrong WIC Kids in the Kitchen
205 Market St , Kittanning
6:00 pm -
Candlelight Winter Solstice Yoga
Tree Of Life Shoppe LLC , 392 W Apple St Suite 3 , Ringtown
6:30 pm -
Christmas Caroling @ Rohrbach’s Farm
Rohrbach's Farm Market , 240 Southern Dr , Catawissa
4:00 pm -
Toddler Time @ The Farm
Rohrbach's Farm Market , 240 Southern Dr , Catawissa
10:00 am -
Helping Harvest Pottsville Mobile Food Market
Fairlane Village Mall , 389 Pottsville St Clair Hwy , Pottsville
11:00 am -
Mount Carmel at Minersville
Minersville Area Jr./Sr. High School , 1 Battlin Miner Dr , Minersville
7:00 pm -
Nutcracker 2025
2000 W State St , Coal Township
11:00 pm -
Holiday Week Pop-Up Yoga at Tree of Life Shoppe
Tree Of Life Shoppe LLC , 392 W Apple St Suite 3 , Ringtown
6:00 pm -
Holiday Week Pop-Up Yoga
Tree Of Life Shoppe LLC , 392 W Apple St Suite 3 , Ringtown
6:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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Monday December 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Redner's Markets, Inc. posted a job opening for Scan Coordinator in Shenandoah. Apply here.
🗞 Nearby News
Frackville
- Dec. 16, 2025: Around the Region (republicanherald.com)
- Frackville Woman Charged After Alleged DUI, Police Pursuit Through Pottsville (skooknews.com)
- Schuylkill County Obituaries for December 15th, 2025 (skooknews.com)
Minersville
- Minersville Area School District Closed Tuesday Due to Cybersecurity Incident (skooknews.com)
- Basketball Game Preview: Mount Carmel RED TORNADOES vs. Minersville Battlin' Miners (maxpreps.com)
Ringtown
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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