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The Bike Shop Moved Into the Old Newspaper Building.

Sep 11, 2026

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The Bike Shop Moved Into the Old Newspaper Building.

Plus a coffee cart at the Mount Joy library, a book club that meets at a brewery and asks you not to talk, and tea with a British murder mystery in Ephrata.

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Tonight, a Room Full of Strangers Will Build a Beat Together.

Sep 10, 2026

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Tonight, a Room Full of Strangers Will Build a Beat Together.

Plus a pickleball tournament in its sixth year in Mount Joy, a book club that only reads books under 300 pages, and board games for people who find party games too easy.

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Somebody Is Cutting a Ribbon on Market Street Friday.

Sep 9, 2026

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Somebody Is Cutting a Ribbon on Market Street Friday.

Plus dogs on the deck at a Mount Joy vineyard this afternoon, a book sale promising THOUSANDS of books, and a hike through what may be Pennsylvania's first public forest garden.

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The Director's Future Office Is Currently the Checkout Desk.

Sep 8, 2026

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The Director's Future Office Is Currently the Checkout Desk.

Plus Pennsylvania's largest native fruit and a steep hike to see it, an astronomy night with a strict arrival window, and bingo where the prizes are book vouchers.

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The Factories Left. Somebody Opened a Brewery.

Sep 7, 2026

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The Factories Left. Somebody Opened a Brewery.

Plus the one place in the county that's open on Labor Day, the 77th Solanco Fair and its parade, and a dog swim in Ephrata.

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It Started With One Car and Seven Banana Boxes.

Sep 4, 2026

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It Started With One Car and Seven Banana Boxes.

Plus the Long's Park Art Festival lands on the one weekend the weather cooperates, a book launch with two descendants of the Christiana Resistance, and five entrepreneurs pitching for cash at Zoetropolis.

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Sep 3, 2026

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He Gave Up Seven Earned Runs All Month.

Plus a TikTok chaos-blanket crochet class in Columbia, a Lititz book club that serves a matching dessert, and Central Market is open Friday and Saturday.

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The Smallest Grant Was $1,536. It's Going to a Dead Strip of Railroad Bed.

Sep 2, 2026

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The Smallest Grant Was $1,536. It's Going to a Dead Strip of Railroad Bed.

Plus a free bluegrass jam in Lancaster on Sunday, the W Donuts truck at the Mount Joy library, and a $5 puzzle sale in Manheim.

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He Handed a World Cup Player His Prototype. The Player Scored.

Sep 1, 2026

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He Handed a World Cup Player His Prototype. The Player Scored.

Plus a cat video festival at Zoetropolis, Root's is open today, and a therapy dog named Twinkle holds office hours in Adamstown.

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It Flooded. It Baked. They Played Anyway.

Aug 31, 2026

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It Flooded. It Baked. They Played Anyway.

Plus the Long's Park Art Festival over Labor Day weekend, ten Stormers home games in ten days, and mahjong at an Akron donut counter.

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They Fixed the Pond. Then a Frog Showed Up.

Aug 27, 2026

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They Fixed the Pond. Then a Frog Showed Up.

Plus trivia in Ephrata tonight, classic rock on a Lititz patio Saturday, and why you should not drive out to Climbers Run right now.

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Sixteen Pitched. Five Are Still Standing.

Aug 26, 2026

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Sixteen Pitched. Five Are Still Standing.

Plus glassblowing at a Mount Joy vineyard, a fire hall breakfast in Strasburg, and 10% of today's tab at a Denver restaurant goes to the library.

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Aug 25, 2026

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Sometimes Hope Looks Like a Hot Dog

Plus a Medicare counselor in Adamstown, the Elizabethtown Fair's last call, and three places today where someone will just sit down and help you.

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Someone Put a Table in the Library Lobby

Aug 24, 2026

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Someone Put a Table in the Library Lobby

Plus the Elizabethtown Fair opens tonight, the last free concert of Columbia's summer, and a $40 class where you paint the building you're sitting in.

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The Hay Field That Stopped Being a Hay Field

Aug 21, 2026

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The Hay Field That Stopped Being a Hay Field

Plus a juggler in Strasburg, a $200 bingo finale in Millersville, and a costume race with one very specific rule about necks.

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Aug 20, 2026

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They Livestreamed the Tractor Pull

Plus a 1:56-scale paint night, a jazz concert in Lititz whose registration closes at 4 p.m., and an all-ages Alzheimer's fundraiser on North Queen Street.

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Fifty Languages and Dialects, One Food Pantry

Aug 19, 2026

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Fifty Languages and Dialects, One Food Pantry

Plus deliberately bad art tonight, a stuffed animal sleepover at the library, and two county park programs that close registration at noon Friday.

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The New Chicken Shop Points You Somewhere Else for Dessert

Aug 18, 2026

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The New Chicken Shop Points You Somewhere Else for Dessert

Plus a free meadow hike tonight capped at 25 people, all-music trivia in Elizabethtown, and the Story Bench returns Friday with three Revolutionary War soldiers buried in town.

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He Turned 90, Then Jumped Out of an Airplane

Aug 17, 2026

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He Turned 90, Then Jumped Out of an Airplane

Plus a silent book club at a brewery tonight, a poolside book club Wednesday you need pool admission to reach, and a Mexican restaurant giving a library 10% of a day's sales.

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The Truck Convoy Needs Somewhere to Park

Aug 14, 2026

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The Truck Convoy Needs Somewhere to Park

Plus Celebrate Lancaster shuts down North Queen Street today with 112 headlining, a free six-hour Kids Zone, and the Elizabethtown Fair opens Monday week.

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