New events every morning, Monday through Saturday.
25 family events from Monday to Sunday, 3 of them free, including Harvest Fest at the Elmwood Park Zoo and Ardmore Day 2026.
Monday brings 8-Bit Club at the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library and a Saturn Sighting Party at Fort Washington State Park. Wednesday has Junior Book Club at the Conshohocken Free Library. Saturday is the busiest day, with the Conshohocken Farmers' Market, the Halloween Parade at Mary Wood Park House and Harvest Fest at the Elmwood Park Zoo, which repeats Sunday.
Norristown · NPL Community Room, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
Kids join the library's Minecraft server to build and play with other players.
Fort Washington · Fort Washington State Park
An evening of viewing Saturn through telescopes, with a lesson on using a star map to find fall constellations and their stories.
Held with the Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers.
Norristown · NPL Teen Area, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
Teens make their own papel picado paper banners as part of the library's Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
Children in grades 1 and 2 paint a spooky background with acrylics and add a silhouette overlay.
King of Prussia · Freedom Hall, Upper Merion Township Library
Families play games and activities with Child Guidance Resource Center, with raffle baskets to win.
Gladwyne · Gladwyne Junior Room, Gladwyne Library
A craft afternoon celebrating Bat Appreciation Week in the library's junior room.
King of Prussia · Little Theatre, Upper Merion Township Library
Students hear a book read aloud, learn how chocolate is made and test candy at a chocolate party.
Conshohocken · CFL Community Room, Conshohocken Free Library
Readers in grades 4 to 7 discuss the book Holes, do an activity and have snacks.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
Families in pajamas hear nighttime-themed stories and music with Ms. Rachel.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
Children in grades 3 to 5 paint a spooky background with acrylics and add a silhouette overlay.
Norristown · NPL Community Room, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
Children hear a picture book read aloud, then make a piece of art inspired by its illustrations to take home.
Belmont Hills · Belmont Hills Library
A seasonal craft or activity for all ages at the Belmont Hills Library.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo, Discovery Center Classroom
Educators lead hands-on activities and games and an up-close look at bats to start Bat Week.
Payment is taken at the start of the program and is cashless.
Conshohocken · Plaza at SORA West
Weekly Saturday market with 16 to 24 vendors, breakfast from 1874 Social, outdoor seating and live music from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
Free parking is available. Well-behaved dogs are welcome.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A fall celebration at the zoo with carnival games, live music and face painting around the Stony Creek Stage.
Free with zoo admission; games and activities may cost extra
Tickets must be purchased at the carnival games to play.
Ambler · Ambler Theater
The Ambler Theater shows the 2004 Scooby-Doo sequel on the big screen as part of its $5 Family Matinee series.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A Halloween event where the zoo is decorated and children in costume visit treat and activity stations.
Ardmore · Schauffele Plaza
Downtown Ardmore holds a community celebration with a dog parade and costume contest, a classic car show, a family corn maze, a trackless train, bumper cars, live music and face painting.
Belmont Hills · Belmont Hills Library
Participants make a messy craft with Mr. Evan and are asked to wear old clothes.
East Falls · Ridge & Midvale
East Falls holds a street festival with live music all day, free pumpkin decorating, family activities, food vendors, a beer garden and local makers.
Conshohocken · CFL Community Room, Conshohocken Free Library
A children's author leads a writing workshop on world-building for tween and teen writers.
Conshohocken · Mary Wood Park House
Costumed children, families and dogs walk a short parade route from Mary Wood Park House, with refreshments and costume prizes afterward.
Registration is in front of Mary Wood Park House. Prizes go to the top three costumes in each age group.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A fall celebration at the zoo with carnival games, live music and face painting around the Stony Creek Stage.
Free with zoo admission; games and activities may cost extra
Tickets must be purchased at the carnival games to play.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A Halloween event where the zoo is decorated and children in costume visit treat and activity stations.
Fort Washington · Historic Hope Lodge
A short film and guided tours of the historic mansion, with tours starting at 1:00 and 2:30.
Site closes at 4:00 pm. Cash, check, or PayPal only.
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The Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection and Health and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced a "Do Not Eat" advisory on October 7 for fish in the Wissahickon Creek Basin. Regulators found high levels of PFAS chemicals in fish tissue sampled from the creek and its tributaries. Details are in MoreThanTheCurve's report.
If your family fishes up that way, I'd take the advisory at its word and skip the fish fry.
The Conshohocken Police Department is asking the public to help identify a suspect connected to an assault. Patch describes it as an attack at the Conshohocken VFW and asks readers if they recognize the man police want to find.
The summaries we have do not say when it happened or how to send in a tip. The MoreThanTheCurve post is the place to start.
Conshohocken Borough Hall is closed today, Monday, October 12, 2026. According to the borough's news page, Public Services will run a holiday collection schedule for trash and recycling.
The notice we pulled is cut off before the specifics, so I can't tell you exactly which pickups shift. Well, yes, that is a little annoying. The borough's news page under Borough Closures and Holidays has the full details before you haul the bins to the curb.
Whitemarsh Township's Planning Commission meets October 13 with a sketch plan from the Hankin Group for apartments and retail next to the Fort Washington train station. A sketch plan is an early look, not an approval.
Last Thursday, October 8, the township's board of supervisors was scheduled to consider a proposed $12 million contribution toward preserving a 67-acre quarry property in Plymouth Meeting. Our material does not say what the board decided, so check MoreThanTheCurve for updates.
Boomi, headquartered in Conshohocken, has been named a Leader in Forrester's latest ranking of adaptive process orchestration platforms. It earned the top strategy score among 13 vendors, according to a roundup in the Conshohocken Patch morning newsletter.
The ranking highlighted the company's vendor-neutral AI automation platform, its innovation roadmap and its recent Lunar.dev acquisition. I'll admit the jargon is thick, but a hometown company topping a list of 13 is worth a nod.
| Date | Events | Lead story |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 Sat | 9 | Conshohocken Police Ask Public to Help Identify Assault Suspect |
| 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 |