🌱 Want your kids to get gloriously messy with science this summer?
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Clarks Summit! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Want your kids to get gloriously messy with science this summer?
- See which Clarks Summit students made Keystone College’s top honors lists.
- Which local property buyers are now calling Clarks Summit home?
Also on today's calendar: Writing Group with Anne.
Today's riddle: Why did the barn collapse? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A morning shower in places, with a high of 78 and low of 61 degrees.
- Saturday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 72, low: 56.
- Sunday: Warmer; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 82 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Library program gives kids hands-on science experience (2822news.com) — Families in Clarks Summit can plug kids into hands-on science fun at Abington Community Library’s monthly “Messy with Science” sessions, running through July and August. Children dig for “dinosaur bones,” test salt density, and build problem-solving, teamwork, and patience while school is out. 
• Keystone College announces spring 2026 semester full-time honors students (keystone.edu) — Several Clarks Summit students have earned spots on Keystone College’s spring 2026 honors lists, including the prestigious president’s and dean’s lists. The announcement recognizes their strong GPAs alongside high-achieving classmates from across Northeast Pennsylvania and beyond, spotlighting local academic success just as summer break gets underway.
• Lackawanna County Court Notes, June 26, 2026 (thetimes-tribune.com) — Lackawanna County’s latest court notes include a real estate sale involving buyers from Clarks Summit purchasing a Dalton home, alongside other property deals across the county. The report also lists recent divorce filings, granted divorces, and newly filed estates, offering a snapshot of current legal and property activity affecting area residents.
📸 Around Clarks Summit
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Upcoming Events in
Clarks Summit
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★ Featured events ★
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The Fabulous 45s →
The Lounge of the Abingtons, 215 Clark Ave, Clarks Summit
8:00 pm
Friday July 3
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Other local events
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Writing Group with Anne →
The Gathering Place for Community, Arts & Education, 304 S State St, Clarks Summit
7:00 pm
Monday July 6
📣 Clarks Summit Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Stone Soup - Theater Camp →
Imagine NEPA - Performing Arts Center, 113 Church St, Dalton
9:00 am -
Old Forge Borough Festival Celebrating 250 Years of American Independence! →
Old Forge High School Veterans Memorial Stadium, 301 1st St, Old Forge
4:00 pm -
Music in Platt Park →
Platt Park, 106 N Turnpike Rd, Dalton
4:00 pm -
The 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s →
Taylor Community Library, 710 S Main St, Taylor
10:00 am -
Norfolk Tides at Scranton Wilkes Barre RailRiders →
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at PNC Field, 235 Montage Mountain Rd, Moosic
7:05 pm -
YMCA Summer Scholars Program
Mid Valley El Ctr Scranton, PA 18512
8:30 am -
Summer School
Mid Valley El Ctr Scranton, PA 18512
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School Board Work Session
Riverside SD Moosic, PA 18507
7:00 pm -
Full Moon in Capricorn Ceremony — The Salted Pixie →
The Salted Pixie, 1 Highland Blvd S #101, Archbald
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InterVarsity Bible Study →
Hibbard Campus Center, Factoryville
9:00 pm
Friday June 26
Saturday June 27
Sunday June 28
Tuesday June 30
Wednesday July 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Mr. Handyman International, LLC posted a job opening for Carpenter in Clarks Summit. Apply here.
- May Brands LLC posted a job opening for Dunkin Senior Assistant Manager in Clarks Summit. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Clarks Summit here.
🗞 Nearby News
Dalton
- Lackawanna County Court Notes, June 25, 2026 (thetimes-tribune.com)
Dickson City
- Community Calendar 6/25/26 (thetimes-tribune.com)
- New bill could put vape shops out of business, owner say (2822news.com)
- ICv2: Suspect Charged in New York Pokémon Robbery, but Thefts Continue (icv2.com)
Scranton
- Historic Scranton church becomes unique venue for Shakespeare Festival's 15th season (wnep.com)
- University of Scranton team to research the ionosphere (wnep.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It was un-stable. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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