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🀄 Get your Mah Jong on Never played but heard it's all the rage? Now's your chance to learn how to play Mah Jong at the Rachel Kohl Community Library. This October, the library is hosting a four-day Friday series for beginners. From 10:30 am to 12:30 pm on October 2, 9, 16, and 23, learn all the rules and be ready to join the regular Mah Jong meetups. Now's your chance to get in on the game! The four sessions cost $20 (total), and registration is limited. Registration opens September 16, so...

🧺 More details on the Library's Annual Fundraising Dinner! I already told you that the annual Rachel Kohl Community Library fundraising dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15 at 5:30 pm at Fava in Glen Mills. You can catch all the details and grab your tickets here before they sell out! But did you know that there are also 8 raffle baskets (currently at the library) that will be raffled off at the dinner? There are some serious baskets this year, including items worth over $2,300, that...

📿A charming night at OsoSweet Have you heard of Brandywine Cool Girls? It's a cool group for girls (women, but c'mon... it was too easy). Owner Sarah James hosts a variety of fitness and community-building events for women to get out and get together around the Brandywine Valley. 💪🏻 Her next event is Thursday, August 20 at OsoSweet Bakery Cafe. She's hosting a Charm Bar night! Your ticket gets you all the materials for a customized charm keychain and a fun complimentary drink from OsoSweet....

I've only got one new article for you this week, and it took me months to pull together. I try to keep my cool about what I share, but this week's topic gets me fired up. 🔥 Our State House Rep. Craig Williams wants to convince you that my solar panels are jacking up your PECO bills. He says to non-solar owners, "A portion of your electricity bill is to compensate your solar neighbor, since they are not paying anything to be hooked up to the grid." He's wrong. Very wrong. I paid $2,786.30 to...

Are you ready to nerd out 🤓 about energy? Everyone is talking about our PECO bills these days. They've been a doozy. Energy markets are complicated; generating and moving electricity around the grid is more complex than one might imagine at first blush. There are lots of interconnected "toggles" in the physics and formulas (that ultimately power our lives) that move together but in different directions. When you change one variable, something else changes, whether you like it or not. That...