🌱 Earth Day in West Virginia and 11 more events

Good morning Follansbee! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• PLAY & CONNECT at Brooke County Public Library And Visitors Center
• Earth Day in West Virginia at Brooke Hills Park
• Edison Varsity Softball @ Brooke

... and check out 6 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 variable clouds, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
• Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 81, low: 44.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy; windy, cooler, with a high of 52 and low of 35 degrees.

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📸 Around Follansbee

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Follansbee

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• PLAY & CONNECT
  Brooke County Public Library And Visitors Center, 945 Main St, Wellsburg
  10:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Earth Day in West Virginia
  Brooke Hills Park , 140 Gist Lane , Wellsburg
  11:00 am
• Edison Varsity Softball @ Brooke
  Brooke High School , 29 Bruin Dr , Wellsburg
  2:30 pm

Monday April 20

• GERI-FIT - FOLLANSBEE
  Follansbee Public Library , 844 Main St , Follansbee
  10:00 am
• TAI CHI- WELLSBURG
  Brooke County Public Library And Visitors Center , 945 Main St , Wellsburg
  11:00 am
• Story Hour - Branch Location
  Follansbee Public Library , 844 Main St , Follansbee
  12:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• YA D&D Club
  Brooke County Public Library And Visitors Center , 945 Main St , Wellsburg
  6:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• GERI-FIT - FOLLANSBEE
  Follansbee Public Library , 844 Main St , Follansbee
  10:00 am

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

• 8th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot — ACE Mentor Program of Western PA
  Coal Ridge Sporting Clays , 3245 Warwick Rd , Weirton
  9:00 am
• MAH JONGG FRIDAYS
  Brooke County Public Library And Visitors Center , 945 Main St , Wellsburg
  1:00 pm
• Catholic Central Varsity Baseball @ Weir
  Weir High School , 100 Red Rider Rd , Weirton
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Planetarium--Sensory Program
  Mary H. Weir Public Library , 3442 Main Street , Weirton
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Follansbee. Apply here.
• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Weirton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Follansbee here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wellsburg

• Wellsburg discussing rules for junked, abandoned vehicles (weirtondailytimes.com)
• Big Red wins marathon game at Brooke (weirtondailytimes.com)
• Brooke Commission to return focus to opioid funds (weirtondailytimes.com)

Weirton

• WVU Medicine awards $20 million for new cancer treatment center at Weirton Medical Center (wtov9.com)
• WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center opens expanded ICU (weirtondailytimes.com)
• Morrisey announced $3.3 million to aid Weirton (theintermountain.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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