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🌱 What Fallidays fun is planned at Silver Bell Square this month?
Be sure to catch Tanana Valley Children's Market - September on the North Pole Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- What Fallidays fun is planned at Silver Bell Square this month?
- How today's flood watch and wind advisory could affect North Pole
- What's really inside Santa's not-so-secret North Pole workshop?
Also on today's calendar: West Valley Girls Varsity Volleyball @ North Pole and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Cloudy, a couple of showers, with a high of 54 and low of 35 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 56, low: 42.
- Saturday: An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy, with a high of 53 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Celebrate the season with Fallidays at Silver Bell Square (thealaskacurrent.com) — A family-friendly Fallidays festival is coming to Silver Bell Square in North Pole on Sept. 26–27, with outdoor games, pumpkin picking, s'mores, and mini-golf next to Santa Claus House. Residents can explore the festive shop's North Pole-themed gifts and letters from Santa while enjoying new kids' play areas and plenty of seasonal treats. 
• Borough Emergency Operations say wind advisory is biggest concern amid flood watch (ktuu.com) — Water on the Chena River is running high just north of North Pole, and the area below Moose Creek Dam has reached minor flood stage as a four-day flood watch begins. Borough emergency officials say the bigger worry now is strong winds on saturated ground, which could down trees, cause power outages, and complicate access to some properties.
• Santa's workshop remains top secret as 100 Days to Christmas countdown begins (kutv.com) — North Pole residents are already seeing Santa on duty at the Santa House on Santa Claus Lane, as the 100-day countdown to Christmas begins. Visitors can peek at a replica of his letter-writing workshop and world map, while the real toy shop stays strictly off-limits and "top secret."
📸 Around North Pole
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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Pole
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★ Featured events ★
- Tanana Valley Children's Market - September →
Tanana Valley Farmers Market, 2600 College Rd, Fairbanks
9:00 am
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- West Valley Girls Varsity Volleyball @ North Pole →
North Pole High School, 601 NPHS Boulevard #7800, North Pole
3:00 pm - Great Interior Pumpkin Drop & Fly-In 2026 →
Bradley Sky Ranch (95Z), Old Richardson Highway, North Pole
12:00 pm - North Pole Girls JV Volleyball @ Lathrop →
Lathrop High School, 901 Airport Way, Fairbanks
4:30 pm - Timberlane Road Service Area Commission Meeting →
656 North Pole High School Boulevard, North Pole
6:00 pm - Lakloey Hill Service Area Commission Meeting →
785 Lakloey Drive, North Pole
6:30 pm - Wednesday - Greg Fitzsimmons at The North Pole Alehouse →
2643 Old Richardson Highway, North Pole
7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
Saturday September 26
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
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🗓 Events Nearby
- FAST Planning Draft 2050 Interim Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Update Steering Committee Meeting #6 →
100 Cushman St, Fairbanks
10:00 am - Tacos & Blue Ritas Special →
3:00 pm - Valdez Girls JV Volleyball @ North Pole →
North Pole High School, 601 NPHS Boulevard #7800, North Pole
4:30 pm - Elementary XC Race
Birch Hill Recreation Area, 101 Wilderness Dr, Fairbanks
5:30 pm - School Board Forum →
Fairbanks AK
5:45 pm
Thursday September 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I would like to warn my neighbors of a scam.
Someone called me claiming to be from the fraud department of Global Credit Union. They said that my account had been compromised and they wanted… (Nextdoor Chena Lakes)
- Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in North Pole. Apply here.
- Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Pizza Maker / Cook in Fairbanks. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near North Pole here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fairbanks
- Fairbanks school district partners with law enforcement for safety (ktuu.com)
- An aircraft mechanic from Alaska became a drone pilot in Ukraine (newsminer.com)
- Fairbanks City Council honors long-time departed employee (newsminer.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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