🌱 Which Dunmore events and deadlines are coming up fastest for your family?
Good day Dunmore! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Which Dunmore events and deadlines are coming up fastest for your family?
- See how a Dunmore church is featured in this online auction
- See which Dunmore track stars topped this week’s conference honor roll
Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, temps: high: 76, low: 43.
- Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 50 and low of 30 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Community Calendar 4/16/26 (thetimes-tribune.com) — Dunmore residents can donate items for St. Joseph’s Center’s sidewalk sale at the DeNaples Building on Blakely Street and bring kids to Greater Scranton YMCA’s free Healthy Kids Day on May 2 in Dunmore. The wider calendar also highlights nearby church dinners, book sales, health programs, and family events across neighboring towns through mid‑May. 
• Catholic Foundation hosting online art auction featuring paintings of local churches (dioceseofscranton.org) — An online art auction is showcasing an original painting of St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church in Dunmore among more than 20 works featuring Catholic churches across the region. Hosted by the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Scranton through May 1, the sale benefits long-term pastoral, educational, and service ministries, with all paintings donated by local artist and philanthropist Austin Burke.
• HS TRACK AND FIELD: 2026 Lackawanna Track Conference Division III-IV Honor Roll (Week 4) (thetimes-tribune.com) — Dunmore boys track athletes are turning heads in the Lackawanna Track Conference, with Weston Yannone, Jake Costanzo, Josh Dudick, and Carter Sload all posting top marks. Dunmore’s 400 and 1600 relay teams also lead Division III in this week’s honor roll.
📸 Around Dunmore
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Upcoming Events in
Dunmore
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★ Featured events ★
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Trivia Night
Groove Brewing, 1401 Sanderson Ave, Scranton
6:30 pm
Friday April 17
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Other local events
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The Fabulous 45s at the Honky Tonk
Chaplin's Honky Tonk Restaurant & Saloon , 763 E Drinker St , Scranton
7:00 pm -
Emo Night at The V Spot
The V Spot Bar , 906 Providence Rd , Scranton
8:00 pm -
Monoline Calligraphy with a Speedball B Nib
Marywood University , 2300 Adams Ave , Dunmore
9:00 am -
Earth Day Pop-Up Market @ Scranton Public Market. April 18th 12-5pm
Scranton Public Market , 2nd floor Marketplace at Steamtown: , 300 Lackawanna Ave , Scranton
12:00 pm -
2026 NEPTA Awards
Holiday Inn Scranton East - Dunmore by IHG , 200 Tigue St , Dunmore
5:30 pm -
PSSA ELS Grades 3 through 6
Dunmore El Ctr Scranton, PA 18512
8:30 am -
PSSA Grade 3 through 6
Dunmore El Ctr Scranton, PA 18512
8:30 am -
Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
12:00 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
Saturday April 25
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Needlework Afternoon
Valley Community Library , 739 River St , Peckville
1:00 pm -
Coloring Club
Lackawanna County Children's Library , 520 Vine St , Scranton
2:30 pm -
Boots & Beers Line Dancing with Whiskey Way Line Dancing
Breaker Brewing Outpost , 192 Wildcat Rd , Archbald
7:00 pm -
Save Ferris
The Ritz Theater , 222 Wyoming Ave , Scranton
7:00 pm
Friday April 17
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🗞 Nearby News
Throop
- Drivers sent to hospital after three vehicle crash (2822news.com)
- Olyphant invalidates own zoning to buy more time to regulate data centers (thetimes-tribune.com)
Olyphant
- Lackawanna County Court Notes, April 16, 2026 (thetimes-tribune.com)
Scranton
- EARTH DAY EVENTFUL: Plant indigenous seeds with a Lenape Elder in Scranton, plus more events around the region (wvia.org)
- 1019 S Webster Ave, Scranton, PA 18505 (realtor.com)
- Community Foundation Grant Helps WVIA Sustain Critical Local Arts Programs (wvia.org)
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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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