🌱 How a West Manchester hospital attack is reshaping safety demands statewide

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• How a West Manchester hospital attack is reshaping safety demands statewide

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunshine mixing with clouds, with a high of 34 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, temps: high: 48, low: 25.
• Thursday: A passing afternoon shower, with a high of 50 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pa. health care workers seek better security with violence on rise (yorkdispatch.com) — Residents should know that UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester was the site of a February hostage and shooting incident involving ICU staff, highlighting growing violence against health care workers. Pennsylvania nurses, led by SEIU Healthcare, are now circulating a statewide petition and pressing UPMC for stronger security, better staffing, and panic buttons as contract talks continue and a possible strike looms.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Holiday Concert 7th, 8th, HS Orchestras
  Lower Dauphin High School
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday Concert 2nd & 5th Grade (2pm and 6:30pm)
  East Hanover elementary
• KC Spirit Day - Holiday Movie Day, dress like your favorite holiday movie character
  Kreutz Creek El Sch York, PA 17406
• Keystone Exams
  Lower Dauphin SD Elizabethtown, PA 17022
• Conewago Santa workshop
  Conewago Elementary School
• KC - Transition - Gingerbread House Decorating
  Kreutz Creek El Sch York, PA 17406
  1:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• KC Spirit Day - Ugly Sweater Day
  Kreutz Creek El Sch York, PA 17406
• KC Pellman Desserts Pick-up
  Kreutz Creek El Sch York, PA 17406
  3:30 pm
• Zoning Hearing Board Mtg If Needed
  Conoy Township Municipal Building , 211 Falmouth Rd , Bainbridge
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• KC Spirit Day - Holiday Colors, wear red, green, blue or gold
  Kreutz Creek El Sch York, PA 17406
• Junior Achievement Biztown
  Lower Dauphin Middle School

Saturday December 20

• Quarterly Giveaway and Feed the Homeless
  3175 N George St , Emigsville
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Store Merchandiser in Manchester. Apply here.
• Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Manchester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Manchester here.

🗞 Nearby News

York

• Staying in the family: Ashton Hirsch era begins for York Catholic girls basketball (fox43.com)
• York man accused of threatening to kill alleged rape victim, flee the country (abc27.com)
• 14 protesters cited following Starbucks strike in York (fox43.com)

West York

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