🌱 How new cleanup efforts could further restore Centralia’s abandoned mine lands

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In today's newsletter:

• How new cleanup efforts could further restore Centralia’s abandoned mine lands

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warm with variable cloudiness, with a high of 72 and low of 52 degrees.
• Saturday: Warm with periods of sun, temps: high: 75, low: 45.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 51 and low of 31 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Becomes Newest Keep PA Beautiful Affiliate (blogspot.com) — Centralia’s abandoned mine lands are among the sites where a newly designated Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful affiliate, the Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, has already completed cleanup and restoration work. The group’s expanded role will support more litter cleanups, mine land reclamation, and watershed protection across Columbia and nearby counties, backed by statewide resources and volunteer-driven projects.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Centralia

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Saturday April 25

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

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday April 21

• CHORAL SPRING CONCERT
  Shamokin Area SD Coal Township, PA 17866
  7:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Earth Day Yoga
  Tree Of Life Shoppe LLC , 392 W Apple St Suite 3 , Ringtown
  6:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Spring Re-Opening Weekend
  Rohrbach's Farm Market , 240 Southern Dr , Catawissa
  10:00 am
• Toddler Time @ Rohrbach’s
  Rohrbach's Farm Market , 240 Southern Dr , Catawissa
  10:00 am
• Rohrbach’s Opening Weekend
  Rohrbach's Farm Market , 240 Southern Dr , Catawissa
  11:00 am
• Elementary Shrek Musical!
  Minersville Area Jr./Sr. High School , 1 Battlin Miner Dr , Minersville
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Composting Workshop
  Rohrbach's Farm Market , 240 Southern Dr , Catawissa
  11:00 am

Monday April 27

• Rohrbach's Strawberry Night
  Shamokin Area SD Coal Township, PA 17866
  5:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• May Day Metaphysical Market
  Pottsville Free Public Library , 215 W Market St , Pottsville
  11:00 am
• May Afternoon Tea
  The Maid's Quarters Bed, Breakfast & Tearoom , 402 S Centre St , Pottsville
  12:00 pm
• Pottsville, Pa - Saturday - May 2nd, 2026 - 2:00pm
  Big Diamond Speedway , 392 Forest Ln , Pottsville
  2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Ashland

• Calendar: April 16, 2026 (republicanherald.com)
• 11-year-old Little Leaguer defying silence and chasing his dreams (wnep.com)
• Schuylkill County Obituaries for April 15th, 2026 (skooknews.com)

Frackville

• Information session planned for PPL Sunbury-Frackville Line Project (republicanherald.com)
• Calendar: April 17, 2026 (republicanherald.com)
• UPDATE: Multiple Charged in Girardville Shooting; Affidavits Detail Fight, Threats, and Events Leading to Gunfire (skooknews.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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