🌱 Swarthmore Makers Market and 11 more events

Hello again Glenolden! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Merchants of Swarthmore Night Market at Park Ave.
• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
• Post Prom 2026 - Afer Senior Prom Events at Ridley High School

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A morning shower or two, with a high of 66 and low of 48 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 74, low: 52.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 69 and low of 48 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Glenolden

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 24

• Merchants of Swarthmore Night Market
  Park Ave., Park Ave,
  5:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Post Prom 2026 - Afer Senior Prom Events
  Ridley High School Folsom, PA 19033
  6:30 pm

Friday April 24

• District Musical
  APHS Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Monday April 27

• EL Program - EL Parent Engagement Night
  Ridley High School Folsom, PA 19033
  5:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Post Prom 2026 - Afer Senior Prom Events
  Ridley High School Folsom, PA 19033
  6:30 pm
• College/Career Parent Knight (Next Steps After College Acceptance)
  Southeast Delco SD , 300 Calcon Hook Rd , Sharon Hill
  6:30 pm

Sunday May 3

• Swarthmore Makers Market
  The Inn at Swarthmore , 10 S Chester Rd , Swarthmore
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Accessible Green Roof Tour
  McCabe Library , 500 College Ave. , Swarthmore
  12:00 pm
• Quizzo : a Virtual Trivia Game
  Springfield Township Library
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• ELA PSSA Grd 3,4,5
  Scenic Hills Elementary Springfield, PA 19064
• The 39 Steps
  Players Club of Swarthmore , 614 Fairview Rd , Swarthmore
  11:30 am
• Picture Book Playtime — Upper Darby Township + Sellers Memorial Free Public Library
  Upper Darby Library Primos-Secane Branch , 409 Ashland Ave , Secane
  1:30 pm
• UDHS - Science National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
  Upper Darby High School , 601 N Lansdowne Ave , Drexel Hill
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Collingdale

• House Fire Kills 2 Dogs, Heavily Damages Delco Duplex (patch.com)

Sharon Hill

• Darby police tree a burglar on Highland Avenue (delcotimes.com)
• Jalen Duren reveals his mom had to bring his birth certificate to every youth game: 'I was always bigger than everybody' (basketballnetwork.net)
• NuvemRx Launches Mission Control, a Strategic Intelligence Operation to Help Safety-Net Providers Get Ahead of 340B Complexity (businesswire.com)

Darby

• Upper Darby parking enforcement learns of its accreditation (delcotimes.com)
• High Schools: O'Hara's Marquis reaches 100-goal milestone (delcotimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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