🌱 How Cresson’s firefighters are using teddy bears to calm kids

Hi Cresson! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Cresson’s firefighters are using teddy bears to calm kids

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 3 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 73 and low of 53 degrees.
• Saturday: Warm; a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 37.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 47 and low of 27 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Providing comfort (altoonamirror.com) — Keystone Regional Fire Rescue’s Cresson Station is now stocking donated teddy bears on its emergency vehicles to comfort children during traumatic calls. Saint Francis University’s Criminal Justice Club and faculty member Mark Buckwalter organized the donation, aiming to ease anxiety for young Cresson-area patients when emergencies strike.
   

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📸 Around Cresson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cresson

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★ Featured events ★

Friday May 1

• Bald Eagle Area Varsity Softball @ Penn Cambria
  Penn Cambria High School, 401 Linden Ave, Cresson
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

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

Saturday May 2

• Spring Open House
  Mount Aloysius College , 7373 Admiral Peary Hwy , Cresson
  10:00 am

Friday May 8

• Cambria Heights Varsity Softball @ Penn Cambria
  Penn Cambria High School , 401 Linden Ave , Cresson
  4:30 pm

Friday May 15

• The Syndicate 6: The return home
  Cresson Sanatorium and Prison , 251 Correction Rd , Lilly
  1:00 pm
• Airsoft - The Syndicate 6: The Return Home
  251 Correction Rd , Cresson
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Lincoln Caverns Presents: BATS
  Altoona Area Public Library , 1600 5th Ave , Altoona
  10:30 am
• Cow Check-In Storytime & Craft
  Altoona Area Public Library , 1600 5th Ave , Altoona
  3:00 pm
• Youth Book Club
  Portage Public Library , 704 Main St , Portage
  4:30 pm
• Vintage Market
  Coffee on 3rd , 1524 3rd Ave , Duncansville
  5:00 pm
• Turn To Stone - ELO Tribute
  Historic Mishler Theatre/Blair County Arts Foundation , 1208 12th Ave #206 , Altoona
  7:30 pm
• Public Sky Watch
  Canoe Creek State Park , 205 Canoe Creek Rd , Hollidaysburg
  8:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Pizza Maker/Shift Leader in Cresson. Apply here.
• Vontier posted a job opening for Second Shift Production Supervisor in Duncansville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cresson here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ebensburg

• $500 prize for hiker who conquers 29 trailhead challenge in PA (wtaj.com)
• 2026 Summer fairs and festivals in Central Pennsylvania (wtaj.com)
• Balancing Tradition and Growth In Changing Industry (mcheraldonline.com)

Duncansville

• Blair School of Martial Arts teaches confidence, discipline, and fitness in Duncansville (wtaj.com)
• Walmart plans to remodel 32 stores across Pennsylvania (altoonamirror.com)
• Burn Bans Issued (mcheraldonline.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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