🌱 How Penn State Mont Alto will host FCADC’s 40th anniversary celebration
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readWhat's up Mont Alto! 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 Penn State Mont Alto will host FCADC’s 40th anniversary celebration
- How a Mont Alto lecturer is reimagining ancient Greek philosophy today
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 55 degrees.
- Thursday: Very warm with sunshine, temps: high: 88, low: 62. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Record-breaking heat, with a high of 93 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• FCADC Industry Appreciation Dinner Set for Sept. 10 at Penn State Mont Alto (fcfreepresspa.com) — Franklin County’s business community will gather at Penn State Mont Alto on Sept. 10, 2026, for the Franklin County Area Development Corporation’s 40th annual Industry Appreciation Dinner. Held in the campus Multi-Purpose Activities Room before the site’s closure, the event will honor standout employers and an individual economic development leader, with multiple sponsorship levels available through Aug. 7. 
• Q&A: Faculty member's new books explore philosophy, language and interpretation (psu.edu) — A Penn State Mont Alto adjunct lecturer is drawing on ancient Greek philosophy to publish two new books that rethink how we interpret language and meaning. D. M. Spitzer’s recent works, along with his teaching on the Mont Alto campus, connect local students to big questions about imagination, translation, trauma and how people make sense of the world.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Music and Me Class →
Waynesboro Area YMCA, 810 E Main St, Waynesboro
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Besore - Splash of the Past-Reduce, Reuse, Recyclosaurus!
Lilian S Besore Memorial Library Lilian S. Besore Memorial Library, 305 E Baltimore St, Greencast
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Coyle: Explorations of Past and Present - Bugs in Amber
Coyle Free Library , 102 N Main St, Chambersburg, PA 17201, USA
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Music Bingo at Hidden Key Brewing Co... →
Hidden Key Brewing Co., 101 W Baltimore St, Greencastle
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Rough Edges Weekly Pub Trivia →
Rough Edges Brewing, 91 W Main St, Waynesboro
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Street Committee Meeting
Waynesboro Tax Collector, Kara Geesaman Second Floor Conference Room of Borough Hall
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Coyle: Outdoor Pals - Reservoir Hill
Coyle Free Library , 102 N Main St, Chambersburg, PA 17201, USA
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Besore- Sun Catcher Program
Lilian S Besore Memorial Library 305 E Baltimore St, Greencastle, PA 17225, USA
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Bowling League Night 4 @ Nellie Fox Bowl $
Arc-Franklin Fulton Counties 2314 Philadelphia Ave, Chambersburg, PA 17201
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Trivia @ Michaux Brewing Company →
Michaux Brewing Company, 11657 Buchanan Trail E, Waynesboro
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FREE CONCERT by RUDY & THE BLUEFISH at... →
Memorial Park, 1 Washabaugh Wy, Chambersburg
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Registration! Coyle: Storytime with the Chick-fil-A Cow
Coyle Free Library , 102 N Main St, Chambersburg, PA 17201, USA
10:00 am
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Any small companies looking to hire general labor to start immediately?
Or anybody have any leads to positions that are hiring immediately? (Nextdoor Mont Alto)
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser - Overnight in Waynesboro. Apply here.
- Ryder System, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Cycle Counter Inventory Clerk in Chambersburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mont Alto here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fayetteville
- Totem Pole announces cast and creative team for ‘Come from Away' (localnews1.org)
Waynesboro
- Summers events highlight regional library calendars (localnews1.org)
- Like father, like son: Lance and Cole Dewease both win at Williams Grove Speedway (localnews1.org)
- 'Janis Joplin' and K-pop hit the stage in Franklin County in June (publicopiniononline.com)
Chambersburg
- Downtown Chambersburg, Inc. earns 2026 Main Street America affiliate designation (localnews1.org)
- Chambersburg Ballet Concludes Season with Sleeping Beauty June 5 & 6 at the Capitol Theatre (fcfreepresspa.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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