New events every morning, Monday through Saturday.
28 family events from Thursday to Wednesday, 2 of them free, including Harvest Fest at the Elmwood Park Zoo and Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND.
Thursday has Nature Explorers at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown and a Paper Airplane Workshop in Ambler. Friday brings a movie at the Conshohocken Free Library, plus Halloween Hikes and Hayrides at the Schuylkill Center in Roxborough. Saturday and Sunday center on the free Harvest Fest and Boo at the Zoo at the Elmwood Park Zoo, with the Conshohocken Farmers' Market at the Plaza at SORA West on Saturday morning. Wednesday has STEM in Pajamas at the Conshohocken Free Library.
Plymouth Meeting · LEGOLAND Discovery Center Philadelphia
Halloween event at the LEGOLAND Discovery Center with Halloween LEGO builds, workshops and The Great Monster Chase 4D movie.
Runs during attraction hours.
Bala Cynwyd · Bala Cynwyd Library
A monthly scavenger hunt at the library that families can do during open hours.
Bala Cynwyd · Bala Cynwyd Library
Visitors pick up a take and make craft kit at the Junior Room desk while supplies last.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
Young children sketch one of the zoo's animals in a short outdoor program, with an adult staying with each child.
Program locations are emailed to guests before the program date.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
Children in grades 3 to 5 design and build an air conditioning and ductwork system as a engineering challenge.
Ambler · Wissahickon Valley Public Library, Ambler Branch
Kids make paper airplanes, learn folding tricks and see whose plane flies the farthest.
Norristown · NPL Community Room, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
Children hear a picture book read aloud and then make their own art inspired by its illustrations.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Board Room
Teens drop in for therapy dogs, fidget making, slime and snacks.
Conshohocken · Conshohocken Free Library
The library shows a newly added DVD of The Mandalorian & Grogu in the Community Room for kids who are out of school that day.
Norristown · NPL Community Room, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
Kids paint and decorate pumpkins in a fall art activity offered on a school early dismissal day.
Space is limited.
Belmont Hills · Belmont Hills Library
A seasonal craft or activity for all ages at the Belmont Hills Library.
Roxborough · The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
An evening family festival with crafts, s'mores by the fire, hayrides, an evening hike to look for nocturnal creatures, and outdoor Halloween movies.
Abington · Briar Bush Nature Center
Families meet animal ambassadors often seen as spooky, take a guided night hike to look for these creatures, then have s'mores around the campfire.
Registration closes 10/23/26 at 12:00pm. Adult registration is required when registering children. The campfire depends on the weather.
Conshohocken · Plaza at SORA West
Weekly Saturday market with 16 to 24 vendors, outdoor seating, breakfast from 1874 Social and live music from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
The market welcomes well-behaved dogs.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A fall celebration at the Stony Creek Stage with carnival games, live music and face painting.
Free to attend with zoo admission; games and activities may cost extra
Tickets must be purchased at the carnival games to play.
Villanova · Black Rock Middle School
A book festival with visiting authors and illustrators of children's, middle years' and young adult books, plus panel talks, book signings, character photos and creative workshops.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A Halloween event across the zoo with costumes, trick-or-treating, a straw maze, games and live music.
Free zoo admission tickets, discounts and coupons cannot be used on Boo at the Zoo weekends.
Roxborough · The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
A Saturday family festival with crafts, s'mores by the fire, hayrides, an evening hike to look for nocturnal creatures, and outdoor Halloween movies.
Fort Washington · Historic Hope Lodge
Visitors explore Hope Lodge by lantern light on a spooky evening adventure.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A fall celebration at the Stony Creek Stage with carnival games, live music and face painting.
Free to attend 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 across the zoo with costumes, trick-or-treating, a straw maze, games and live music.
Free zoo admission tickets, discounts and coupons cannot be used on Boo at the Zoo weekends.
Norristown · NPL Community Room, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
Kids join the library's Minecraft server to play and build with other players.
King of Prussia · Valley Forge Room, Upper Merion Township Library
A monthly knitting and crochet evening where experienced knitters help beginners learn.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
Children in grades 1 and 2 discuss the book Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea! and do related activities.
Gladwyne · Gladwyne Library
Kids decorate Day of the Dead crafts using colorful paper, stickers and markers in the Junior Room.
King of Prussia · Little Theatre, Upper Merion Township Library
Children in grades K to 4 make Halloween crafts and join spooky season activities.
Conshohocken · Conshohocken Free Library
Children come in pajamas to investigate space rocks in a science detective activity.
Children under 8 need a person 14 or older to stay with them.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
The library screens the live-action Moana for families, with free popcorn.
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A home rule charter is on the ballot in Conshohocken, with the Nov. 3 general election coming up. MoreThanTheCurve has published an opinion piece on what it calls almost everything you need to know about the charter. It labels the piece opinion because the outlet offers opinions on the issue, so read it with that in mind, which I guess is good advice for anything about a ballot question. Official Pennsylvania resources let you find your polling place and check your registration.
Flocco's Shoes, Clothes & Formalwear has called Fayette Street in Conshohocken home for 100 years, and it celebrates on Sunday, October 25th. That is a long time for one shop to keep a street's feet happy. MoreThanTheCurve has the announcement, and MONTCO.Today ran a look at how the family shop helped shape the borough over those 100 years.
SEPTA's real-time tracking tools are temporarily down while the agency installs a PHP security update, according to 6abc. Officials say real-time bus and Metro information is still available through Google Maps and the Transit App. Separately, the Borough of Conshohocken says buses will replace trains on the Norristown Line between Conshohocken Station and Elm Street Station on October 24 and 25, because of PECO wire repair work. The same swap returns November 7 and 8, so build in extra time.
Pennsylvania schools will enact a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in the 2027-28 school year, 6abc reports. Chris Lilienthal of the Pennsylvania State Education Association said the legislation could help teachers keep students engaged in the classroom. That gives families roughly a year to rehearse the conversation, and kids a year of phones at lunch. Now my biases are obvious.
| Date | Events | Lead story |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 Wed | 27 | Conshohocken Borough Council meets tonight at 7 PM |
| 2026-10-20 Tue | 17 | Data center application withdrawn in Upper Merion while West Conshohocken proposal waits |
| 2026-10-19 Mon | 21 | Data center proposal lands in West Conshohocken |
| 2026-10-17 Sat | 22 | Data center proposal filed in West Conshohocken |
| 2026-10-16 Fri | 12 | Data center zoning hearing returns to Plymouth Township |
| 2026-10-15 Thu | 20 | Data center zoning hearing resumes today in Conshohocken |
