🌱 How Slippery Rock’s senior star is rewriting the Rockets’ record book

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In today's newsletter:

• How Slippery Rock’s senior star is rewriting the Rockets’ record book

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Variable clouds; not as cold, with a high of 31 and low of 26 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 37, low: 29.
• Thursday: Cloudy and breezy; p.m. rain, with a high of 50 and low of 22 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How Slippery Rock basketball senior Madison Romanovich has elevated her play, attracted college attention (butlereagle.com) — Slippery Rock High School senior standout Madison Romanovich is off to a huge start, averaging more than 23 points per game and driving the Rockets’ 3-1 record. After a position switch unlocked her potential, she’s closing in on 1,000 career points and drawing interest from several Division II and III colleges while leading a hungry, fast-paced team back toward the state playoffs.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Summit Candy Gram Sales
  Summit Elementary School
  8:30 am
• UPMC Jameson Place
  UPMC Jameson , 1211 Wilmington Ave , New Castle
  10:30 am
• SHS Winter Chorus Concert
  Intermediate High School Auditorium
  7:00 pm
• A Merry Rockin’ Christmas starring Michael Cavanaugh
  Orr Auditorium , Westminster Dr , New Wilmington
  7:30 pm
• A Merry Rockin' Christmas
  Westminster College , 319 S Market St , New Wilmington
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• IHS Spirit Week- Candy Cane Attire
  Butler Area SD Butler, PA 16001
• Maria's Country Store
  Maria's Country Store , 832 Plain Grove Rd , Volant
  12:00 pm
• Summit Altitude Jump Party
  Altitude Trampoline Park , Clearview Mall
  6:00 pm
• Silent Book Club: Paint & Listen Edition
  Steele’s Brushes and Ceramics , 1631 N Main St Ext , Butler
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• IHS Spirit Week- Holiday Headwear
  Butler Area SD Butler, PA 16001

Friday December 19

• IHS Spirit Week- Ugly Holiday Sweater
  Butler Area SD Butler, PA 16001

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Need shoveled out?
  We're in the Slippery Rock and Grove City area today. Send a message! (Nextdoor Plain Grove)

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Janitor in Slippery Rock. Apply here.
• Veterans Staffing posted a job opening for Biology Assistant Professor | Tenure Track Fall 2026| I02457 in Slippery Rock. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Slippery Rock here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grove City

• Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies : 2025 Sustainability Highlights (marketscreener.com)
• School Closings and Delays for Monday, December 15, 2025 (gantnews.com)

Butler

• Local Filmmaker Turns Family Land, Vintage Footage into Psychological Horror Film ‘Monroe Acres' (explorevenango.com)

Harmony

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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