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Morning Update: Candlelight Vigil Planned for Brendan Murray
Holiday tours of the Pennypacker Mansion

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• of the mansion from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• “” at the Gallery, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Mark Your Calendars
• students are planning a candlelight vigil for to be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the football stadium. There will be stations where people can write down either a memory or a note to the family as well as a station for donations.
• Collegeville Main will be hosting a Christmas Tree Lighting Festival on Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. at the Trail Parking Lot at Third Avenue and Main Street. A 5K Jingle Jog will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Collegeville Station (Third Avenue) Registration: www.u2canrun.org
• Cookies with Santa at 11 a.m. Dec. 3 at the
• The is giving you face time with authors Lisa and Francesca Scottoline – Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. – and Judy Schachner – Dec. 4 at 2 p.m.
RSVP for either event by calling 610-454-0640.
• Trappe Today and Tomorrow is hosting the first-ever tree lighting at the Speaker’s House, Dec. 7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Park at the shopping center and be safely escorted across Main Street. Singing, music, and cookies and refreshments the boy and girl scouts will be selling refreshments. Santa will also attend.
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Today in History
From History.com
• Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) born (1835)
• Winston Churchill born (1874)
• “America’s First Female Serial Killer” strikes (1989)
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