🌱 How rising fuel costs are hitting Dave’s Toybox in Mount Joy
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In today's newsletter:
- How rising fuel costs are hitting Dave’s Toybox in Mount Joy
Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Warm; breezy in the morning, with a high of 79 and low of 54 degrees.
- Saturday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 49.
- Sunday: Windy and cooler with showers, with a high of 56 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rising fuel costs squeeze local businesses across Pennsylvania (fox43.com) — Rising fuel and shipping costs are squeezing Dave’s Toybox right here in Mount Joy, slowing its growth and making it harder to stock popular toys. The story also tracks how similar price pressures are hitting other small businesses across Pennsylvania as postal fuel surcharges and high diesel prices loom. 
📸 Around Mount Joy
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Upcoming Events in
Mount Joy
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★ Featured events ★
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Joyful Stitchers
Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Rd, Mount Joy
9:15 am
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
12:00 pm -
Closely Knit
Milanof-Schock Library , 1184 Anderson Ferry Rd , Mount Joy
1:00 pm -
Mother’s Day Yoga/ Wine Event
Grandview Vineyard , 1489 Grandview Rd , Mount Joy
6:00 pm -
Mother’Day Yoga Grandview Vineyard
Grandview Vineyard , 1489 Grandview Rd , Mount Joy
6:00 pm -
The Wellness Edit
Melhorn Manor , 977 W Main St , Mount Joy
3:00 pm -
Joyful Stitchers
Milanof-Schock Library , 1184 Anderson Ferry Rd , Mount Joy
9:15 am
Saturday April 25
Monday April 27
Thursday May 7
Tuesday May 12
Saturday May 16
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🗓 Events Nearby
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EAHS Art Show
EAHS Bus Lobby
6:00 pm -
Wonderland High Tea
Piccola Stella , 11 S Market St , Elizabethtown
6:00 pm -
Marietta Cherry Blossom
McCleary's Pub , 130 W Front St , Marietta
1:00 pm -
Dramapalooza
Lower Dauphin High School
2:00 pm -
Headshot @ McCleary's Pub
McCleary's Pub , 130 W Front St , Marietta
9:00 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Report of police activity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
9:48PM on Apr 15: Nextdoor user reports 20 police cars blocking Lititz Pike between the Snoco red light and CVS red light. (Nextdoor )
- CRH Plc. posted a job opening for Yard Forklift Operator (Manheim, PA, US, 17545) in Manheim. Apply here.
- WK Kellogg Company posted a job opening for Boiler Operator in Lancaster. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Joy here.
🗞 Nearby News
Columbia
- Lancaster County resident grabs sword to fight off armed invaders during break-in, police say (abc27.com)
- Lancaster County pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by vehicle: police (pennlive.com)
- As a small business owner, I never expected to pay $100,000 protecting my business from ransomware (fortune.com)
Elizabethtown
- Solanco rallies late to extend softball win streak over Elizabethtown to 10 straight (lancasteronline.com)
- Mount Joy Twp. industrial plan faces neighbor scrutiny at packed hearing (lancasteronline.com)
- 2026 Spring Orchard Meetings Dates and Times (morningagclips.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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