Community Corner

Five Things for August 11

What's going on around town today.

  • The Warminster board of supervisors meets tonight at the township at 7 p.m. Part of the agenda by the Communication Advisory Committee its 2010 Map Project.
  • Mostly sunny with a high near 83 today, according to the National Weather Service.
  • A Horsham physician is at the center of a nearly two-year drug trafficking ring in which conspirators are said to have unlawfully acquired and distributed more than 200,000 pills containing oxycodone, Hatboro-HorshamPatch .
  • The Statue of Liberty will close for a year at the end of October as it undergoes a $27.25 million renovation that will make the interior safer and more accessible, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
  • On this day, August 11, 1929, Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to reach 500 home runs.


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