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🌱 What’s planned for this year’s Fort Ligonier Days festival downtown?

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  • What's planned for this year's Fort Ligonier Days festival downtown?

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  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 75, low: 47.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• From frights to foliage: 12 things to do in Pa. this October (keystonenewsroom.com) — Fort Ligonier Days will soon turn downtown Ligonier and the historic fort into a packed fall festival with battle reenactments, a 5K, arts and crafts, and fireworks. The statewide roundup also spotlights other October festivals, but this long-running Ligonier celebration remains a signature autumn draw for tens of thousands of visitors to the Laurel Highlands.
   

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