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🌱 Cover2Cover Adult Book Club and 10 more events
Coming up: Children's Story Time on the Swanton Patch calendar
Morning Swanton! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Cover2Cover Adult Book Club at Kitzmiller Library
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 52 degrees.
- Wednesday: Turning cloudy, temps: high: 75, low: 57.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 61 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Swanton
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★ Featured events ★
- Cover2Cover Adult Book Club →
Kitzmiller Library, 288 W Main St, Kitzmiller
6:00 pm
Monday October 12
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📣 Swanton Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Children's Story Time →
Kitzmiller Branch, 288 W. Main Street, Kitzmiller
10:30 am - Story Time @ Oakland for Ages 6-36 months →
Oakland Branch, 6 North Second Street, Oakland
10:30 am - Teen Book Club
Kitzmiller Branch Library, 288 W. Main Street, Kitzmiller
5:30 pm - Oktoberfest →
Wisp Resort, 296 Marsh Hill Rd, McHenry
12:00 pm - Medicare 101
Kitzmiller Branch Library, 288 W. Main Street, Kitzmiller
5:30 pm - Book Reading & Q&A with Laura Treacy Bentley →
Main Library Community Room, Oakland Branch, 6 North Second Street, Oakland
4:00 pm - 2026 Maryland State Banjo, Fiddle, and Mandolin Championships →
Southern Garrett High School, 345 Oakland Drive, Oakland
6:00 pm - Autumn Glory 5k →
Broadford Lake, Mnt Lake Park, Mountain Lake Park
8:00 am - Autumn Glory Grand Feature Parade 2026 →
Oakland MD
1:00 pm - Southern Garrett High School Tournament of Bands — Town of Oakland, Maryland →
Southern Garrett High School, 345 Oakland Dr, Oakland
6:00 pm - Southern Garrett High School Tournament of Bands —... →
Southern Garrett High School, 345 Oakland Dr, Oakland
6:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- TowneBank posted a job opening for Housekeeper - Suites at Silver Tree in Oakland. Apply here.
- WVU Medicine - West Virginia University Hospital System posted a job opening for Supply Chain Technician in Oakland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Swanton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Oakland
- 59th Annual Autumn Glory Festival set for October 7 (wvnews.com)
Frostburg
- Three Ways to Experience Fall in this Adventure Corridor (washingtonian.com)
Cumberland
- Ebyland Expands Greenhouse Plant Selection in Cumberland, MD (cincinnati.com)
- Youghtoberfest draws hundreds for Ohiopyle borough fundraiser (observer-reporter.com)
- Allegany runs past Maret 57-21 for first win (cnhi.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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