🌱 Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 12 more events

Hello Fairplay! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Frederick Welcome Spring on the Creek Art & Crafts Show at Carroll Creek Park
• Earth Day Celebration at Boonsboro Free Library
• Toddler Time at Boonsboro Free Library

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 54 degrees.
• Saturday: Very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 52. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 61 and low of 38 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairplay

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Frederick Welcome Spring on the Creek Art & Crafts Show
  Carroll Creek Park, Carroll Creek Linear Park, Frederick
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Earth Day Celebration
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  11:00 am

Tuesday April 21

• Toddler Time
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  11:00 am
• Afternoon Book Club
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  3:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Preschool Storytime
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  3:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Role Playing Game Guild
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  5:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Infant Lapsit Storytime
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  11:00 am

Saturday April 25

• Family Storytime
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  11:00 am
• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
  12:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Sensory Play for Toddlers
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Infant Lapsit Storytime
  Boonsboro Free Library , 401 Potomac Street , Boonsboro
  11:00 am
• Washington County Roots 2026 Fundraiser: Dan Spedden
  Washington County Historical Society , 135 W Washington St , Hagerstown
  2:00 pm
• Hagerstown Homesteaders
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  2:00 pm
• Festive Fridays
  Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch , 100 S. Potomac Street , Hagerstown
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Taskrabbit posted a job opening for Mover (Taskrabbit) in Keedysville. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Boonsboro

• HARC Hike fundraiser returns with canal and Appalachian Trail options (heraldmailmedia.com)
• People Live Their Whole Lives In Maryland And Somehow Miss These 8 Enchanting Places (familydestinationsguide.com)
• These 9 Towns In Maryland Are So Picture-Perfect, You'll Think They Were Made For Television (familydestinationsguide.com)

Williamsport

• Preliminary Injunction Granted Against I.C.E. Detention Center in Maryland (biologicaldiversity.org)
• Naomi G. Pfeltz 'Meme' • SSentinel.com (ssentinel.com)

Hagerstown

• Hagerstown's CASA, Inc. rallies community in show of support for domestic violence victims (dcnewsnow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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