🌱 How East Camden’s missile boom is reshaping jobs and housing now

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• How East Camden's missile boom is reshaping jobs and housing now

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 96 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 93, low: 72.
• Thursday: A couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Defense companies ramp up hiring around Camden as more missiles are needed for war (camdenarknews.com) — Major defense contractors in East Camden are rapidly expanding missile and rocket production, bringing hundreds of new high-paying jobs and over a billion dollars in investment to the area. Local leaders say the boom is straining housing in East Camden and Camden but helping the region recover from past industrial losses, with SAU Tech and Highland Industrial Park central to the town's future.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• Volleyball (7-JrB-Jr.A-JV-Var) vs. Spring Hill
  Smackover-Norphlet School District Smackover, AR
  4:30 pm
Thursday October 1
• @ Fordyce vs Drew Central JR
  Fordyce School District Fordyce, AR 71742, USA
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• EHS Football vs Marion
  Washington Middle School, 1205 N West Ave, El Dorado
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Move the Mission →
  Norphlet AR
Monday October 5
• Emerson at Camden Fairview →
  Camden Fairview High School, 1750 Cash Rd SW, Camden
  4:30 pm
• Lafayette County at Camden Fairview →
  Camden Fairview High School, 1750 Cash Rd SW, Camden
  5:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Bookmobile at Dalton's Place →
  Dalton's Place, Fordyce
• Dalton's Place →
  Fordyce AR
• Magnolia at Camden Fairview →
  Camden Fairview High School, 1750 Cash Rd SW, Camden
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Flatland Cavalry: First Financial Music Hall →
  First Financial Music Hall, 101 E Locust St, El Dorado
  12:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Watson Chapel at Camden Fairview →
  Camden Fairview High School, 1750 Cash Rd SW, Camden
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Zach Rushing →
  Murphy Arts District, 101 E Locust St, El Dorado
  7:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

🗞 Nearby News

Camden

• Gary Denzel Teague, 74, Camden – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)
• James Myron 'Birdshot' Wreyford, age 85 (anaturalstatefuneralservice.com)
• Camden police cancel Flock Safety contract (katv.com)

Magnolia

• Razorbacks pound Panthers in 5A-South Conference opener (magnoliabannernews.com)
• Langerbein selected for World War II faculty seminar (gilmermirror.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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