Community Corner

Five Things for July 17

What's going on around town today.

  • The stone monument that rested at the corner of Street and York roads will have a new home. Check out Patch later today to find out where.
  • What do you think about a $151 billion high speed rail system that will get commuters from Philadelphia to New York City in 37 minutes? ?
  • Looks like it's going up to 98 today, according to the National Weather Service. Stay cool, people.
  • The FBI says it has launched an investigation into the discovery of sewing needles in four turkey sandwiches on separate Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to the United States, CNN reports. The objects were discovered in food on planes as they were en route from Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands to Minneapolis, Seattle and two flights to Atlanta, according to Delta spokeswoman Kristin Baur.
  • On this day, July 17, 1918, The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; 5 lives are lost.


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