🌱 How Shenandoah bingo friends surprised a soon-to-be 100-year-old regular

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In today's newsletter:

• How Shenandoah bingo friends surprised a soon-to-be 100-year-old regular

Also on today's calendar: MMIPS Boys Varsity Basketball @ Shenandoah Valley.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 41 and low of 37 degrees.
• Friday: Windy; rain in the morning, temps: high: 53, low: 24.
• Saturday: Much colder, with a high of 33 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Soon-to-be centenarian celebrated by ‘bingo buddies' in Shenandoah (shensentinel.com) — Shenandoah’s Greater Shenandoah Area Senior Citizens Center hosted a surprise early 100th birthday celebration for longtime bingo regular Sylvia Yonalunas of Frackville. Friends gathered on North Market Street with cake, gifts, and hugs as Sylvia reflected on decades of nursing work and volunteer service, including her annual reading of “In Flanders Fields” at Frackville’s Memorial Day ceremony.
   

📸 Around Shenandoah

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shenandoah

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★ Featured events ★

Monday December 22

• 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

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Other local events

Tuesday December 30

• MMIPS Boys Varsity Basketball @ Shenandoah Valley
  Shenandoah Valley High School , 805 W Centre St , Shenandoah
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Williams Valley Boys Varsity Basketball @ Nativity BVM
  Nativity BVM High School , 1 Lawtons Hill , Pottsville
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Helping Harvest Pottsville Mobile Food Market
  Fairlane Village Mall , 389 Pottsville St Clair Hwy , Pottsville
  11:00 am
• Pioneer Tunnel Santa Train
  Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train , 1900 Oak St , Ashland
  4:30 pm
• Mount Carmel at Minersville
  Minersville Area Jr./Sr. High School , 1 Battlin Miner Dr , Minersville
  7:00 pm
• Rose Ostrowski: R&B Acoustic @ Monfort Lounge
  Montfort Motel & Restaurant , 982 Center St , Sheppton
  7:30 pm
• Bradin Kemp: R&B Acoustic live at the Montfort Lounge
  Montfort Motel & Restaurant , 982 Center St , Sheppton
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Healing Touch Chakra Meditation with Melanie Jay
  YOGA B YOGA , 1120 Centre Turnpike , Orwigsburg
  10:15 am
• Metropolitan Mount Carmel Gamers Guild Session
  Mount Carmel Area Public Library , 30 S Oak St , Mt Carmel
  3:00 pm
• LLA Boys Varsity Basketball @ Nativity BVM
  Nativity BVM High School , 1 Lawtons Hill , Pottsville
  5:30 pm

Monday December 22

• Holiday Week Pop-Up Yoga
  Tree Of Life Shoppe LLC , 392 W Apple St Suite 3 , Ringtown
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Redner's Markets Inc. posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Shenandoah. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep(09072) - 620 West Centre St. in Shenandoah. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shenandoah here.

🗞 Nearby News

Frackville

• PPL plans new 37-mile high voltage line between Sunbury and Frackville (republicanherald.com)
• Dec. 16, 2025: Around the Region (republicanherald.com)
• PSP: Man brandishes firearm, robs Hometown store, flees (shensentinel.com)

Mahanoy City

• Mahanoy City adopts 2026 budget with no tax increase (republicanherald.com)
• Hazleton man wanted for Banks Township shooting (shensentinel.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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