🌱 How did Bessemer City and Bessemer Academy fare under the lights?

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In today's newsletter:

• How did Bessemer City and Bessemer Academy fare under the lights?

Also on today's calendar: MONEY WAR and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 93, low: 71.
• Tuesday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Alabama High School Football Scores: Week of Sept. 19 (calhounjournal.com) — Bessemer football fans can celebrate a strong week, with Bessemer City rolling past Hueytown 40–7 and Bessemer Academy putting up 41 points in a high-scoring loss to Morgan Academy. The roundup lists scores from dozens of games statewide, giving context for how local teams stack up across Alabama.
   

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📸 Around Bessemer

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bessemer

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 5

• Clarke Prep Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Bessemer Academy →
  Bessemer Academy, 1705 4th Ave SW, Bessemer
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday September 27

• MONEY WAR →
  4000 Bessemer Super Highway, Bessemer

Saturday October 3

• PINKTOPPS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY →
  Pinktopps, 1931 3rd Avenue North, Bessemer
• Southern Soul Extravaganza →
  711 19th Street North, Bessemer

Saturday October 10

• A Solcial Veg Experience →
  Grade A Cafe & Lounge, 830 22nd Street North, Bessemer

Sunday October 11

• REAL MEN WEAR PINK →
  Bessemer Civic Center, 1130 9th Avenue SW, Bessemer

Saturday October 17

• 2nd Annual Runway of Resilience Breast Cancer Awareness and Fashion Show →
  La Petite Occasions, 1904 2nd Avenue North, Bessemer

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday September 21

• VHMC Upward Basketball Registration - K4-K5 →
  Vestavia Hills Methodist Church, 2061 Kentucky Avenue, Vestavia Hills
• Baby Playdate
  Hoover Public Library - Youth Program Room
  9:30 am
• Libby Meet & Greet
  Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
  10:30 am
• Let’s Talk about Medicare: Questions and Answers for the
  Powderly Branch Library
  11:00 am
• Chair Yoga
  Hoover Public Library - Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• LOST CAT!
  She is calico with a orange face. May be Wearing a White Vet Collar With KitKat Cobb On It Be on the look out around the birmingham/Irondale area… (Nextdoor Bessemer Gardens)
• Good morning!
  Looking for someone that might be able to haul off a refrigerator today or tomorrow. We live in Hueytown! Please send quotes on cost. It is in the… (Nextdoor Bessemer Gardens)

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Bessemer. Apply here.
• AVI Foodsystems, Inc. posted a job opening for Market Merchandiser (Temporary) in Bessemer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bessemer here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hueytown

• High school football scores, 9/18/2026 (1819news.com)

Hoover

• Hoover lands Alabama's first HomeSense in Riverchase Crossings deal (al.com)
• Hoover neighbors ask city to act on vacant, deteriorating home (wbrc.com)
• ‘It's just been a nightmare': Hills at Hoover residents frustrated by ongoing maintenance issues (wvtm13.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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