🌱 Hancock Community Tree Planting and 12 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Frederick Welcome Spring on the Creek Art & Crafts Show at Carroll Creek Park
• Hancock Community Tree Planting at Widmeyer Memorial Park
• Mountain Ridge Varsity Softball @ Hancock

... 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: Very warm with sun and clouds, with a high of 81 and low of 54 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 47. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 58 and low of 37 degrees.

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📸 Around Hancock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hancock

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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

• Hancock Community Tree Planting
  Widmeyer Memorial Park
  10:00 am

Tuesday April 21

• Mountain Ridge Varsity Softball @ Hancock
  Hancock Middle Senior High School , 289 W Main St , Hancock
  4:45 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Preschool Storytime
  Hancock Veterans Memorial Library , 231 Hancock Veterans Parkway , Hancock
  11:30 am
• Preschool Story Time (HAN)
  Hancock Veterans Memorial Branch Library , 231 Hancock Veterans Pkwy , Hancock
  11:30 am

Thursday April 23

• Homeschool Day @ the Library
  Hancock Veterans Memorial Library , 231 Hancock Veterans Parkway , Hancock
  3:00 pm
• Adult Anime Club
  Hancock Veterans Memorial Library , 231 Hancock Veterans Parkway , Hancock
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Infant and Toddler Storytime
  Hancock Veterans Memorial Library , 231 Hancock Veterans Parkway , Hancock
  11:30 am
• Anson Funderburgh
  Buddylou's Eats Drinks & Antiques , 11 E Main St , Hancock
  6:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Infant and Toddler Storytime
  Hancock Veterans Memorial Branch Library , 231 Hancock Veterans Pkwy , Hancock
  11:30 am
• Preschool Story Time
  Clear Spring Branch (Leonard P. Snyder Memorial Branch Library) , 12624 Broadfording Road , Clear Spring
  11:30 am

Saturday April 18

• Greeting Cards
  Clear Spring Branch (Leonard P. Snyder Memorial Branch Library) , 12624 Broadfording Road , Clear Spring
  11:00 am

Sunday April 19

• Cash Bingo to support the Washington County Ag Expo
  12323 Big Spring Rd , Clear Spring
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Food Lion posted a job opening for PT Specialty Merchandise Associate in Hancock. Apply here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Clear Spring

• Robin Papa named Teacher of the Year (localnews1.org)

Williamsport

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

Hagerstown

• Wawa offers free hot coffee to Rewards members April 16 (heraldmailmedia.com)
• One month after a devastating fire, the Salvation Army faces critical decisions on their Dual Highway thrift store — and community support could be the difference (tristatealert.com)
• Darlene E. Brucksch 1958-2026 (fcfreepresspa.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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