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9 family events from Saturday to Friday, 1 of them free, including the Conshohocken Farmers' Market and Fall Into Conshy on Fayette Street this morning.
In Conshohocken this morning, the Farmers' Market runs from 9 AM to noon at the Plaza at SORA West, and the Fall Into Conshy sidewalk event brings local businesses, makers, artists and authors to Fayette Street between First and Tenth Avenues from 10 AM to 2 PM. Saturday also brings the Fall Fun Festival at Nor-View Farm in King of Prussia, plus Harvest Fest and Boo at the Zoo at Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, with both zoo events running through Sunday. Sunday adds the free Fall Festival 2026 at the Kaiserman JCC in Wynnewood. Monday evening is the Saturn Sighting Party at Fort Washington State Park, Thursday is Book Bedazzling at the Ambler library branch, and Friday is Celebrate Bats at the zoo.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
The zoo hosts a fall celebration with carnival games, carousel rides and live music.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
The whole zoo is decorated for a daytime Halloween celebration aimed at little ghouls and ghosts.
Conshohocken · Plaza at SORA West, Hotel West & Main
A Saturday market with 16 to 24 vendors, outdoor seating, breakfast from 1874 Social and live music from 10 AM to noon.
Free parking in the garage next to the hotel; use 36 West Elm Street for GPS. Well-behaved dogs are welcome.
King of Prussia · Nor-View Farm
A farm festival with wagon rides, a corn maze, a straw bale maze, mechanical bull rides, face painting, sheep shearing demonstrations and a pie eating contest.
Pie eating contest at 1:30 pm; sign up at the festival between 12 pm and 1 pm. Also held October 17 and 24.
Conshohocken · Fayette Street
Local businesses, makers, artists and authors set up along Fayette Street for a small business sidewalk event.
Wynnewood · Kaiserman JCC
A community fall festival with live music, yard games, a vendor market, food trucks, a Touch-a-Truck display, crafts, a petting zoo and bounce houses.
Free to enter; many kids' activities need tickets or an unlimited wristband
Rain or shine; some activities may move indoors if it rains.
Fort Washington · Fort Washington State Park
Visitors view Saturn at night and learn to use a star map to find the fall constellations and the stories behind them, with Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers.
Ambler · Wissahickon Valley Public Library, Ambler Branch
Kids decorate a paperback book, and the library provides books for anyone who forgets one.
Please only register the kids in your party.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A Bat Week family program at the zoo about why bats matter.
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Conshohocken police are asking for the public's help identifying a man connected to an assault. Patch reports the attack happened at the Conshohocken VFW, and MoreThanTheCurve carried the department's request on Friday. The details we have are thin, so we will not guess at the rest. If you recognize the man, contact the Conshohocken Police Department directly. A sharp-eyed neighbor has solved stranger things, I guess.
State agencies have issued a "Do Not Eat" advisory for fish from the Wissahickon Creek Basin. The Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection and Health and the Fish and Boat Commission announced it October 7, according to MoreThanTheCurve. WHYY reports regulators found high levels of PFAS chemicals in fish tissue from the creek and its tributaries. Anglers in the family should skip the fish fry for this one.
Colonial School District ranks above every nearby district in Niche's latest rankings of Philadelphia-area schools, with one big exception. The districts on the Main Line still come out ahead, according to MoreThanTheCurve. Patch also ran a comparison with neighboring districts. Second place to the Main Line is a position many of us would happily accept at the next school board meeting.
The Whitemarsh Township Planning Commission will review a sketch plan from the Hankin Group on Tuesday, October 13. The plan involves apartments and retail development next to the Fort Washington train station, per MoreThanTheCurve. A sketch plan is an early look, well before any final approvals. Neighbors who care about traffic and train-station parking may want to watch the agenda.
| Date | Events | Lead story |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 Fri | 10 | Do Not Eat Advisory Issued for Fish in Wissahickon Creek Basin |
| 2026-10-08 Thu | 7 | Hallowell Street faces four to six weeks of paving and concrete work |
| 2026-10-07 Wed | 6 | Whitemarsh Supervisors Will Weigh a $12 Million Check Toward a 67-Acre Quarry |
| 2026-10-06 Tue | 6 | Council Meets Wednesday and an Insurance Brokerage Picks Conshy for Its New East Region |
| 2026-10-05 Mon | 7 | Norristown Line Trains Become Buses Again This Weekend and Next |
| 2026-10-03 Sat | 6 | SEPTA Swaps Trains for Buses on the Norristown Line This Weekend and Next |