🌱 What you need to know before heading to Biglerville’s Apple Harvest Festival

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In today's newsletter:

• What you need to know before heading to Biglerville's Apple Harvest Festival
• Why Biglerville's apple festival makes this statewide must-do list
• How Biglerville's own is being honored in the Sports Hall of Fame

Also on today's calendar: The National Apple Harvest Festival and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
• Friday: A shower in the afternoon, temps: high: 84, low: 56.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 70 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• National Apple Harvest Festival (macaronikid.com) — Biglerville residents can get ready for the National Apple Harvest Festival returning to South Mountain Fairgrounds on October 3–4 and 10–11, with admission including parking, shuttles, hayrides, and live entertainment. Just outside town at 615 Narrows Road, you'll find hundreds of craft vendors, orchard tours, kids' activities, and nonstop apple treats, all happening rain or shine with clear guidance on tickets and what to expect.
   

• From frights to foliage: 12 things to do in Pa. this October (keystonenewsroom.com) — Biglerville gets a prime shout-out in this statewide October festival roundup, spotlighting the National Apple Harvest Festival as a must-visit event. Locals are reminded their town's orchards and more than 300 craft vendors will draw visitors for apple syrup demos, puppet shows, bluegrass, and more on October weekends, alongside other fall happenings across Pennsylvania.
   

• Adams County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame announces 2026 inductees (communitymedia.net) — Adams County's Sports Hall of Fame is honoring several standout athletes this fall, including the late Barry Jacoby, a multi-sport star from Biglerville High School. Residents can attend the November 7 induction dinner at Gettysburg College, with reservations due by October 30, to celebrate Jacoby and other local legends from Delone Catholic, New Oxford, and Bermudian Springs.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Biglerville

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 7
• Stories and More! →
  Harbaugh-Thomas Library, 59 W York St, Biglerville
  10:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• The National Apple Harvest Festival →
  National Apple Harvest Festival, 615 Narrows Road, Biglerville
• Apple Harvest Weekends →
  Hollabaugh Bros., Inc., 545 Carlisle Road, Biglerville
  12:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• National Apple Harvest Festival →
  Apple Harvest, South Mountain Fairgrounds, 615 Narrows Rd., Biglersville
  10:00 am
• Apple Harvest Weekends →
  Hollabaugh Bros., Inc., 545 Carlisle Road, Biglerville
  12:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Morning Chill at Hauser Hill →
  Hauser Hill Event Center, 410 Cashtown Road, Biglerville
  9:00 am
• Tuesday Morning Work Day at Nawakwa →
  Nawakwa, 1033 Nawakwa Rd, Biglerville
  9:00 am
• Tuesday Morning Work Day at Nawakwa! →
  Nawakwa, 1033 Nawakwa Rd, Biglerville
  9:00 am
• Morning Chill at Hauser Hill (with Coffee and Crepes or Quiche) →
  Hauser Hill Event Center, 410 Cashtown Road, Biglerville
  9:00 am
• Adult Study Retreat →
  Nawakwa, 1033 Nawakwa Rd, Biglerville
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• Fall Homeschool Days →
  Fields of Adventure, 64 Tree Ln, Aspers
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• National Apple Harvest Festival 2026 →
  South Mountain Fairgrounds, 615 Narrows Road, Arendtsville
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Join us Sunday, October 25 at 1 p.
  m. at the Southcentral Region Office (8627 William Penn Hwy., Huntingdon) for an engaging look into the world of the Allegheny Woodrat, a state… (Nextdoor )
• Ready to see nature in a whole new way?
  Join us for "A Walk in Penn's Woods" as part of our Middle Creek Explorer Series celebrating Pennsylvania's incredible forests! When: Saturday,… (Nextdoor )

• TJX posted a job opening for Retail Merchandising Coordniator in Gettysburg. Apply here.
• Packaging Corporation of America posted a job opening for 2nd Shift Auto Folder Gluer Assistant in New Oxford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Biglerville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gettysburg

• Thanksgiving 2026 at Hotel Gettysburg (communitymedia.net)
• The Bridges We Build: Stories of Kindness and Community (gettysburgconnection.org)
• Gettysburg council backs further study of shared housing, parking changes (gettysburgconnection.org)

New Oxford

• Mice and Bats and Bugs, Oh My: Thirteen Official Food Recalls Where the Contaminant Was an Animal, 2009 to 2026 (marlerblog.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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