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Happening soon: Girls Basketball @ Faith Christian on the Mertztown Patch calendar

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- Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 32 and low of 21 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, temps: high: 46, low: 21.
- Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 46 and low of 41 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Boys Basketball Practice
Eyer Middle School , 5616 Buckeye Rd #1739 , Macungie
2:45 pm - Girls Basketball @ Faith Christian
Faith Christian Academy , 2255 Allentown Rd , Quakertown
4:00 pm - Zoning Hearing Board
Lower Macungie Township, PA Calendar , 3400 Brookside Road , Macungie
6:00 pm - Planning Commission Workshop, if needed
Lower Macungie Township, PA Calendar , 3400 Brookside Road , Macungie
6:00 pm - LMMS BOYS BASKETBALL GAME- AWAY
Francis D. Raub Middle School , 102 S St Cloud St , Allentown
4:00 pm - Girls Basketball @Nazareth
Nazareth Area Middle School , 94 Friedenstahl Ave , Nazareth
4:00 pm - Boys Basketball vs Nazareth
Eyer Middle School , 5616 Buckeye Rd #1739 , Macungie
4:00 pm - Building Code Board of Appeals
Lower Macungie Township, PA Calendar , 3400 Brookside Road , Macungie
6:00 pm - Smencil Sale
Wescosville El Sch Allentown, PA 18106
8:45 am - Sing-a-long
Wescosville El Sch Allentown, PA 18106
7:00 pm - The Nutcracker
Schaeffer Auditorium , 15200 Kutztown Rd , Kutztown
6:00 pm - Hanukkah begins at Sunset
Alburtis El Sch Alburtis, PA 18011
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Electro-Space Fabricators, Inc posted a job opening for Welder - Submarine Building in Topton. Apply here.
- Phenom People posted a job opening for Package Handler- Switcher PT in Breinigsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mertztown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Kutztown
- Kutztown football coach Jim Clements named AFCA D2 National Coach of the Year. (wfmz.com)
- Business Weekly Agenda for December 14 (readingeagle.com)
- Who is he? Genetic genealogy revives 2003 Schuylkill River mystery in Berks (readingeagle.com)
Fleetwood
- Bulletin board: Penn State Berks hosting Thon event (readingeagle.com)
- Berks man sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for killing his wife (readingeagle.com)
- Basketball Game Preview: Fleetwood Tigers vs. Southern Lehigh Spartans (maxpreps.com)
Northampton
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