🌱 Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 10 more events

Morning New Columbia! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Ribbon Cutting: Milton Public Library at Milton Public Library
• PSSA/ Grades 3-8 (ELA) at Milton Area SD
• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival

... and check out 2 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: Warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 77 and low of 51 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 79, low: 50.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 54 and low of 33 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Columbia

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Ribbon Cutting: Milton Public Library
  Milton Public Library, 541 Broadway St, Milton
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Monday April 20

• PSSA/ Grades 3-8 (ELA)
  Milton Area SD New Columbia, PA 17856
  8:00 am

Saturday April 25

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

Monday April 27

• PSSA/ Grades 3-8 (Math and Science)
  Milton Area SD New Columbia, PA 17856

Saturday May 16

• Uncork The Past Wine Festival
  Historic Warrior Run Church , 41 Warrior Ln , Watsontown
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Lisa Curtis
  Silk City , 435 Spring Garden St , Philadelphia
  7:00 pm
• Eric Roberson Improv Sessions
  City Winery Philadelphia , 990 Filbert St , Philadelphia
  7:30 pm
• Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies
  Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University , 525 Weis Dr , Lewisburg
  7:30 pm
• Touche Amore
  Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia , 1009 Canal St , Philadelphia
  8:00 pm
• Hannibal Buress
  City Winery Philadelphia , 990 Filbert St , Philadelphia
  9:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• National Animal Cracker Day Snack-tivity
  Milton Public Library , 541 Broadway St , Milton
  10:00 am
• Bird of Prey Day
  Clyde Peeling's Reptiland , 18628 US-15 , Allenwood
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• IICRC posted a job opening for Evening float cleaning in Watsontown. Apply here.
• Pratt Industries posted a job opening for Forklift Operator - 2nd Shift in Lewisburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Columbia here.

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🗞 Nearby News

North Hills

• 11 music shops we love for Record Store Day and beyond (nextpittsburgh.com)
• What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 16, 2026: Section series wrap up in Class 6A baseball (centredaily.com)

Milton

• East Pennsboro's Ryan Seibert collets three hits in win over Milton Hershey (pennlive.com)

Lewisburg

• Lewisburg plans Arbor Day event for April 24 (dailyitem.com)
• 2026 Patriot League Women's Tennis Championship Preview (4.16.26) (patriotleague.org)
• ‘We're excited': Walmart plans to remodel these 32 Pa. stores (pennlive.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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