🌱 PTO's Grinch Village and 11 more events
New Pekin, Indiana Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning New Pekin! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- PTO's Grinch Village at East Washington Elementary School
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 68 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: A couple of showers possible, temps: high: 50, low: 33.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning; cloudy, with a high of 44 and low of 27 degrees.
📸 Around New Pekin
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Upcoming Events in
New Pekin
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PTO's Grinch Village
East Washington Elementary School Pekin, IN 47165
5:30 pm
Thursday November 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Annual Dinner →
Cornerstone Chapel & Celebration Center, Salem
5:00 pm -
Scottsburg Senior High School: Phi Beta Psi BINGO
Scottsburg Senior High School Scottsburg, IN 47170
6:00 pm -
CMP 1911 Pistol Match →
SIRPC Indoor Range, 5950 Gun Club Rd NE, Georgetown
6:00 pm -
Basketball (Girls JV) – Orleans →
Salem IN
6:00 pm -
Basketball (Girls V) – Orleans →
Salem IN
7:30 pm -
Basketball (Girls 7) – RJ Tip-Off Tourney →
Salem IN
9:00 am -
Basketball (Boys 7) – RJ Tip-Off Tourney →
Salem IN
9:00 am -
Sellersburg Holiday Craft Market →
Life Center, 11515 US-31 N, Sellersburg
9:00 am -
Salem Christmas Craft Market →
Southern Hills Church, 1645 IN-135, Salem
9:00 am -
Basketball (Girls 8) – RJ Tip-Off Tourney →
Salem IN
9:00 am -
IN-5 Fall Closer →
IN-5 Clubhouse, 3186 Nubian Rd., Salem
6:00 pm
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Laundry Worker in New Albany. Apply here.
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Senior Reset Merchandiser in New Albany. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Pekin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Salem
- Erin Houchin shares legislative priorities and community outreach in recent social media posts (kentuckianatimes.com)
Sellersburg
- How No. 24 UK & No. 15 Kansas match up at each position — with a game prediction (kentucky.com)
New Albany
- New Albany woman waits for answers from Facebook Marketplace months after receiving fake iPhone (wave3.com)
- Nelson County Jail Logs — Nov. 2-8, 2026 (nelsoncountygazette.com)
- Variable-Speed Stirrers Handle Lab and Small-Batch Mixing (pcimag.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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