🌱 How a disabled car sparked a serious three-vehicle crash in Throop

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In today's newsletter:

• How a disabled car sparked a serious three-vehicle crash in Throop

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 2 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.
• Saturday: Warm with periods of sun, temps: high: 75, low: 43.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 50 and low of 30 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Drivers sent to hospital after three vehicle crash (2822news.com) — Two drivers were hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash Thursday morning on Route 6 Casey Highway in Throop, where a pickup slammed into a disabled car and pushed it across both lanes into another vehicle. Throop firefighters say one truck was demolished and another car heavily damaged, and the drivers’ current conditions have not yet been released.
   

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📸 Around Throop

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Throop

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Spring Book Sale
  Valley Community Library, 739 River St, Peckville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday April 21

• Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day - Israel)
  Scranton JCC , 601 Jefferson Ave , Scranton

Wednesday April 22

• Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence day)
  Scranton JCC , 601 Jefferson Ave , Scranton

Thursday April 23

• Yoga for Healing with The Greenhouse Project
  Throop Community Civic Center , 500 Sanderson St , Throop
  1:00 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

• 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
• Dunmore Varsity Softball @ Western Wayne
  Western Wayne High School , 1970 Easton Turnpike , Lake Ariel
  4:30 pm
• Trivia Night
  Groove Brewing , 1401 Sanderson Ave , Scranton
  6:30 pm
• The Fabulous 45s at the Honky Tonk
  Chaplin's Honky Tonk Restaurant & Saloon , 763 E Drinker St , Scranton
  7:00 pm
• Save Ferris
  The Ritz Theater , 222 Wyoming Ave , Scranton
  7:00 pm
• Boots & Beers Line Dancing with Whiskey Way Line Dancing
  Breaker Brewing Outpost , 192 Wildcat Rd , Archbald
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for a reputable auto mechanic.
  Pretty sure Burne Honda is trying to charge us way more than they should. (Nextdoor Throop)

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🗞 Nearby News

Olyphant

• Olyphant invalidates own zoning to buy more time to regulate data centers (thetimes-tribune.com)
• Community Calendar 4/16/26 (thetimes-tribune.com)
• Lackawanna County Court Notes, April 16, 2026 (thetimes-tribune.com)

Dunmore

• HS FOOTBALL: Jack Miles appointed as new Scranton head coach (thetimes-tribune.com)
• Catholic Foundation hosting online art auction featuring paintings of local churches (dioceseofscranton.org)
• Orthopedics Back on Track Three Days After Devastating Dickson City Fire (lvhn.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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