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The Sanderson Sisters are moving into Montgomery Mall, and they’ve picked a fitting address: the former Hot Topic. The space will become the Hocus Pocus Speakeasy from Sept. 12-Nov. 8. Inspired by the 1993 Disney movie, the pop-up will bring interactive Halloween shows, themed drinks and plenty of witchy mischief to North Wales. Tickets for the recurring weekend performances start at $35. Actors portraying Winifred, Sarah and Mary will lead performances at 7 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

At Shirley's Cookie Company, Facilities Maintenance Manager Richard Weyant detailed the efforts he'd overseen to keep utility costs down at their Blair County facility. They included thousands of dollars invested to upgrade to LED lighting alongside new and more efficient HVAC systems. While electricity use went down by 5.7% over four years, he told Republican state lawmakers at an Altoona policy committee meeting on Thursday, their bills increased by 17.4%.

These findings stopped me in my tracks because those two jobs rely on the same thing as my own work: maps. MORE: At least 1 in 4 NFL players develop CTE — and that's likely an undercount, new study finds I have spent more than two decades staring at maps. Not paper maps on a wall, but digital ones with multiple layers: flood boundaries draped over census blocks, car crash hot spots plotted against road geometry, and satellite readings of rainfall stitched across river basins.

In their third preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Philadelphia Eagles played 60 snaps on offense and 67 on defense. Let's just get right to the snap counts, some notes, and some special recognition. • 32 snaps: Tanner McKee • 25 snaps: Andy Dalton • 3 snaps: Cole Payton Notes: Payton got 15 snaps in the first preseason game against the Ravens, and he was the only QB who did anything worth watching that night.

The Philadelphia Eagles (and the rest of the NFL's teams, for that matter) have to cut down to 53 players by 6 p.m. on Sunday. As reports of cuts trickle in, we'll update them here. • The Eagles are waiving WR Samori Toure, Per Ian Rapoport. Toure overlapped for one training camp in Green Bay with Sean Mannion, but did not make the team that year either. 14 career catches, 163 yards, 1 TD. Toure made a few plays throughout camp, and is a practice squad candidate.

It isn't the sexiest position in fantasy football. In fact, some leagues are formatted to eliminate the position altogether. But for most fantasy football owners, kicker remains a part of the starting roster, and every owner needs to know who the most dependable ones are before they draft. Like any position, there is year-to-year variance at kicker, but it can be a more volatile position than others.

During the college football season each year, as long as you're watching the games, we point out five players each week to keep an eye on who make logical sense for the Philadelphia Eagles in the following year's NFL Draft. In case you were unaware, the new college season begins on Saturday, though it's a limited slate of games. The Eagles will probably be shopping for a quarterback next offseason, as they only have two under contract in 2027 and beyond.

Roxborough’s take on Oktoberfest comes with beer gardens and steinholding, but also costumed pets, scarecrows and classic cars. The free Roxtoberfest street festival returns to Ridge Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 3, from noon to 6 p.m. The festival stretches from Lyceum to Leverington avenues and will have three stages of entertainment, food trucks, local vendors and activities for adults, children and their dogs. Live music will play throughout the afternoon on the Main Stage and RoxYunk Stage.

And yet in 2020, Jian announced his retirement, his storied career cut short by chronic wrist and arm injuries. He was 25 years old. MORE: With measles cases in Pennsylvania rising, Philly pushes to increase school vaccination rates Video games have a reputation for keeping people glued to the couch. But for those who compete against the best players in the world, gaming can be surprisingly physically and mentally taxing. The best esports players often have grinding schedules.

People seeking unspoiled nature in New Jersey have long found it at places like the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in South Jersey and the Great Swamp in Morris County, public lands where federal protections allow fish, migratory birds and other native species to flourish.