🌱 How did Manheim Central handle the rocky digital start to PSSAs?
Manheim, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readWhat's up Manheim! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How did Manheim Central handle the rocky digital start to PSSAs?
- How a Manheim-born inventor quietly changed percussion around the world
Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What is something you always have, but also leave behind? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 73 and low of 50 degrees.
- Saturday: Cooler with rain and drizzle, temps: high: 55, low: 44.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 61 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• PSSAs resume Wednesday after online system outages disrupted testing for many Pa. schools Tuesday (lancasteronline.com) — Manheim Central students were among those affected when an online system outage forced several Lancaster County districts to cancel Tuesday’s first day of PSSA testing, though only minor issues remained by Wednesday. Statewide, schools are now required to give these standardized tests digitally, and local administrators say the glitches raised concerns about the reliability of this year’s results. 
• The marimbist and inventor who put mallet percussion on the map (wrti.org) — A pioneering marimba designer and performer, Clair Omar Musser, was born in Manheim and is now honored with a new headstone in a local Mennonite cemetery. His inventive instruments and globe-touring marimba orchestras helped inspire today’s mallet percussion scene and a major research center at Kutztown University. Recent events there, including Gary Burton’s visit, highlight how Musser’s Lancaster County roots shaped a worldwide musical legacy.
📸 Around Manheim
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville
12:00 pm
Saturday April 25
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Other local events
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Board of Supervisors Meeting
Penn Township , 97 N Penryn Rd , Manheim
7:00 pm -
Penn Industrial Development Authority Meeting
Penn Township , 97 N Penryn Rd , Manheim
8:30 am -
Planning Commission Meeting
Penn Township , 97 N Penryn Rd , Manheim
7:00 pm -
The Baron Brew Fest
Market Square Manheim , 1 N Main St , Manheim
3:00 pm
Monday April 27
Tuesday April 28
Monday May 4
Saturday May 16
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Records Improvement Committee (RIC)
Lancaster County, PA Calendar , 50 North Duke Street , Lancaster
9:00 am -
Spring Cheesecakes
Zest Cooking School , 1180 Erbs Quarry Rd #4 , Lititz
5:00 pm -
Elementary Musical
Baron Elementary
7:00 pm -
Harrold & HS - Choir Concert
Harrold & HS East Petersburg, PA 17520
7:00 pm -
Mother’s Day Market at the Shops @ Rockvale
The Shops @ Rockvale , 35 S Willowdale Dr , Lancaster
10:00 am -
Annual Plant Exchange
Lititz Historical Foundation , 145 E Main St , Lititz
1:30 pm -
Long Island Ducks at Lancaster Stormers
Penn Medicine Park , 650 N Prince St , Lancaster
7:59 pm -
Drug & Alcohol Commission
Lancaster County, PA Calendar
6:00 pm
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
Sunday April 26
Monday April 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The Jay Group posted a job opening for Forklift Operator FT, 3rd Shift in Lancaster. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Lititz
- Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery puts twist on America's love of salty snack (fox43.com)
- What's the big structure outside of Lititz? Here's what we know (lancasteronline.com)
- Haller Enterprises Continues Providing Electrical Services to Local Residents (bakercityherald.com)
East Petersburg
- Pa. Senate passes bill to restrict transgender athletes, here's how Lancaster County lawmakers voted (lancasteronline.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Footprints. (Thank you LAURIE T. for sending it in!)
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