🌱 How will $275,000 transform Penbrook Borough Community Park soon?
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- How will $275,000 transform Penbrook Borough Community Park soon?
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn’t take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Sunday: Rain, with a high of 62 and low of 59 degrees.
- Monday: A.M. mist; clearing, warmer, temps: high: 74, low: 55.
- Tuesday: A p.m. shower in places, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• State announces new round of Conservation Partnerships Program grants (abc27.com) — Penbrook Borough Community Park is set to receive $275,000 in new state conservation funding, earmarked for upgrades that should improve how residents use and enjoy the space. The grant is part of a wider round of Community Conservation Partnerships Program awards supporting park, trail, and green-space projects across Dauphin County and the surrounding region. 
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Scott Early Learning Center - Fall Festival for Children Ages 3-5 Y
Harrisburg City SD, 1900 Derry Street, Harrisburg
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Cougar Academy Family Literacy Night
Harrisburg City SD, 1721 N 6th St, Harrisburg
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Downey Family Literacy Night
Downey School, 1313 Monroe St, Harrisburg
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EmpowerED Families - Special Education Parent Academy
Harrisburg School District Administration Building, 1010 N. 7th S, Penbrook
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Steele School Trunk or Treat
Steele Elementary School, 2537 N 5th St, Harrisburg
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Lincoln School Trunk or Treat
Lincoln School, 1601 State Street, Harrisburg
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Camp Curtin Family Literacy Night
Camp Curtin Academy, 2900 N. 6th Street, Harrisburg
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Scott Early Learning Center & YMCA BOO BASH
Scott Early Learning Center, 1900 Derry Street, Harrisburg
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🗓 Events Nearby
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PUMPKIN FEST →
ADAMS RICCI PARK, 100 EAST PENN DRIVE, ENOLA
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Pixie Hollow Flitterific Fairy Party →
The Event Cafe, 206 3rd Street, New Cumberland
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EHS Flay Play - 12 Angry Jurors
EHS Auditorium
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Trinity Concert Series: Jonathan Ragonese, saxophone. The Dalí Quartet, strings. →
Trinity Lutheran, 2000 Chestnut Street, Camp Hill
3:00 pm
Sunday October 11
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🗞 Nearby News
Harrisburg
- Grenade found outside Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' facility in Harrisburg (abc27.com)
- Spring River Walk (wordpress.com)
- Coroner Called After Fatal Harrisburg House Fire Reportedly Started By Space Heater (dailyvoice.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn’t take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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