🌱 Can Ephrata’s playoff push end with a title on its home court?
Ephrata, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readHey hey Ephrata! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Can Ephrata’s playoff push end with a title on its home court?
- Ephrata music educator takes the baton for Reading’s youth string orchestra
Also on today's calendar: Fun-Day in the Park and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a snake? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 64 and low of 40 degrees.
- Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 65, low: 47.
- Wednesday: Breezy with showers around, with a high of 64 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Previewing the L-L League boys volleyball semifinals, plus plenty of news, notes as playoffs arrive (lancasteronline.com) — Ephrata’s boys volleyball team is surging into the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs, facing undefeated Conestoga Valley in Monday’s semifinal and likely heading to District 3s. The league championship will be played Thursday at Ephrata Middle School, putting the town squarely at the center of this year’s postseason action. 
• Sanguinito new conductor of Reading Symphony Junior String Orchestra [Spotlight] (readingeagle.com) — An accomplished composer and educator who lives in Ephrata has been named the new conductor of the Reading Symphony Junior String Orchestra, strengthening the region’s youth music scene. Bryan Sanguinito’s extensive teaching and composing background will guide the program, while a new monthly blues and boogie jam series is also launching in Reading for local music fans.
📸 Around Ephrata
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★ Featured events ★
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Standup Comedy at Pour Man’s Brewing! (Ephrata, PA) →
Pour Man’s Brewing Company, 24 E Main St, Ephrata
8:00 pm
Friday May 15
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Other local events
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Intermunicipal Liquor License Transfer Hearing →
Ephrata Borough, PA Calendar, 124 S State Street, Ephrata
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Borough Council Voting Session →
Ephrata Borough, PA Calendar, 124 S State Street, Ephrata
7:00 pm -
School Board Regular meeting
Ephrata Area SD District Office Board Room, 803 Oak Blvd., Ephrata, PA
7:00 pm -
Fulton Elementary - Kindergarten, Here I Come!
Fulton Elementary School, 51 E Fulton St, Ephrata
6:00 pm -
Ephrata Area Joint Authority Meeting →
Ephrata Borough, PA Calendar, 124 S State Street, Ephrata
7:00 pm -
Fun-Day in the Park →
Thomas P. Grater Community Park, Cloister Ave, Ephrata
10:00 am -
Municipal Enterprises Committee Meeting →
Ephrata Borough, PA Calendar, 124 S State Street, Ephrata
5:30 pm
Monday May 11
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
Sunday May 17
Monday May 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Planning Commission →
Lancaster County, PA Calendar, 150 North Queen Street, Lancaster
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Building & Property Committee
Warwick SD District Office Conf Rm A
6:00 pm -
School Board Regular meeting
Ephrata Area SD District Office Board Room, 803 Oak Blvd., Ephrata, PA
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School Board Meeting
Cocalico SD Denver, PA 17517
7:30 pm
Monday May 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Lily, up and being feisty since her emergency surgery last week!!!
I'm forever grateful to the Chopper Foundation for saving her life for me. Thank you Sharon. (Nextdoor South State/Ephrata Park/The Brickyard) - Happy Mother's Day!
For me, every day is Mother’s Day. Every single day gives us the opportunity to be a loving son or daughter—with a kiss, an “I love you,” or a simple… (Nextdoor South State/Ephrata Park/The Brickyard)
- Wellspan Health System posted a job opening for Nursing Assistant and Unit Secretary - Medical Unit - Evening/Night in Ephrata. Apply here.
- Aerotek posted a job opening for 1st Shift Welder in Ephrata. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ephrata here.
🗞 Nearby News
New Holland
- Gas leak leads to evacuation at Tyson Food facility in New Holland (lancasteronline.com)
Lancaster
- Mobile hygiene unit 'Refresh Lancaster' faces closure, calls for funding (local21news.com)
- One person injured in Lancaster shooting: police (local21news.com)
- Lancaster is basically Philly's cool country cousin (inquirer.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In inches. Snakes don't have feet! (Thank you Kay L. for sending it in!)
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