🌱 How Oakland’s new UPMC tower could reshape hospital care in 2027

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• How Oakland’s new UPMC tower could reshape hospital care in 2027

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 40 and low of 23 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 44, low: 38.
• Friday: Rain and snow showers, with a high of 49 and low of 20 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• UPMC Presbyterian's billion-dollar tower has opening date (triblive.com) — A massive new UPMC Presbyterian hospital tower is set to open in Oakland on January 24, 2027, shifting hundreds of patients into a 17‑story, 636‑bed facility at Fifth and De Soto. The tower will specialize in transplants, cardiology, and neurology, add a 450‑space garage plus restaurants and public areas, and convert the old building to administrative space.
   

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📸 Around Oakland

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Last Stop Holiday Market at the Carbondale Farmers Market
  UNC Carbondale Farmers Market , 185 Fallbrook St , Carbondale
  2:00 pm
• Carbondale Farmers Market
  UNC Carbondale Farmers Market , 185 Fallbrook St , Carbondale
  2:00 pm
• Homebrewed Comedy at Country Trails Brewing Co.
  Country Trails Brewing Co. , 19815 PA-706 , Montrose
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Age Friendly Holidays at Indraloka
  Indraloka Animal Sanctuary , 336 Oak Dr , Dalton
  10:00 am
• Food Distribution
  Carbondale Public Library , 5 N Main St , Carbondale
  12:00 pm
• Christmas Pajama Party Game Night (FC)
  Forest City Branch Library , 531 Main St 1st floor , Forest City
  4:30 pm
• Dunmore Boys JV Basketball @ Lakeland
  Lakeland School District , 1355 Lakeland Dr , Scott
  6:45 pm
• Elk Lake Boys Varsity Basketball @ Forest City
  Forest City Regional School , 100 Susquehanna St , Forest City
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• December Self-Care Saturday: Winter Solstice Meditation Walk
  Indraloka Animal Sanctuary , 336 Oak Dr , Dalton
  10:00 am
• 12/20/25 & 12/21/25-Mosaic Letter Class with Elaine Helvig
  158 Church St , Montrose
  3:00 pm
• 🎤 A Charlie Brown Christmas + Cocoa, Coffee & Christmas Karaoke! OR SHOW ONLY
  Imagine NEPA - Performing Arts Center , 113 Church St , Dalton
  6:30 pm
• Live Music, Runaway Train Brewery
  Runaway Train Brewery: Brewhouse + Saloon , 2 Chapel St , Honesdale
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Carbondale

• Lackawanna County Court Notes, December 17, 2025 (thetimes-tribune.com)

Dalton

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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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