🌱 Veterans Day shifts Maumelle trash pickup to Thursday

Good morning Maumelle! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Veterans Day shifts Maumelle trash pickup to Thursday
• Remembering Richard Allen Pierson, Maumelle resident and longtime UAMS leader
• Maumelle stepfather faces murder charge after Village Way shooting

Also on today's calendar: Welcome Center Opening and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Warmer with clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 47 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 69, low: 38.
• Friday: Sunny and cooler, with a high of 57 and low of 32 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Veterans Day closings (nwaonline.com) — Maumelle’s Wednesday garbage routes will run Thursday, November 12, because of Veterans Day, and city government offices are closed Wednesday. Post offices and Central Arkansas Library System branches are also closed for the holiday. Rock Region Metro buses and streetcars will operate on their regular schedules.
   

• Richard Allen Pierson (emporiagazette.com) — Richard Allen Pierson of Maumelle, a longtime UAMS leader who helped guide the medical center’s expansion, died November 6 at 81. His 31-year career included serving as vice chancellor for clinical programs and executive director of UAMS Medical Center. Visitation is November 12 in Little Rock, followed by funeral services November 13 in North Little Rock.
   

• Maumelle man charged with murder in shooting death of stepson (kark.com) — Maumelle police arrested Scott Strauss after finding his stepson dead at a Village Way home Saturday, saying evidence did not support an initial report of a possible suicide. Strauss faces first-degree murder and evidence-tampering charges. Police have not released the victim’s name or disclosed what led to the shooting, and the investigation remains open.
   

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📸 Around Maumelle

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Maumelle

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 12

• Sounds in the Stacks: The Field Devils →
  Maumelle Library -- Central Arkansas Library System, 10 Lake Pointe Dr, Maumelle
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• Boys Basketball vs Morrilton
  Maumelle Charter High School Maumelle, AR 72113
  4:30 pm
• Girls Basketball vs. LRCA
  Maumelle Middle School, 1000 Carnahan Dr, Maumelle
  5:00 pm
• Boys Basketball @ LRCA
  Little Rock Christian Academy, 19010 Cantrell Rd, Little Rock
  5:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Basketball vs Jasper
  Maumelle Charter High School Maumelle, AR 72113
  5:00 pm

Monday November 16

• Welcome Center Opening →
  550 Edgewood Dr, Maumelle
  4:00 pm
• Basketball vs Woodlawn
  Maumelle Charter High School Maumelle, AR 72113
  4:30 pm
• Boys Basketball vs Mills
  Maumelle Middle School, 1000 Carnahan Dr, Maumelle
  5:00 pm
• Girls Basketball @ Mills
  Mills Middle School, 1205 E Dixon Rd, Little Rock
  5:00 pm
• Maumelle City Council Meeting →
  Council Chambers, 550 Edgewood Dr, Maumelle
  6:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Girls Basketball @ Siloam Springs
  Maumelle Charter High School Maumelle, AR 72113
  4:00 pm
• Boys Basketball @ Lake Hamilton
  Maumelle Charter High School Maumelle, AR 72113
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Arby's - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Maumelle. Apply here.
• Whataburger posted a job opening for Team Member - Maumelle 1483 (North Little Rock, AR) in Maumelle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maumelle here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Little Rock

• Col. Phillips to lead Veterans Day ceremony at UA Little Rock (ualr.edu)
• Little Rock Police confirms missing Amber Alert child has been located and is safe and sound (todayinfortsmith.com)
• Arkansas Rep to celebrate season with ‘A Little Rockin' Christmas' Dec. 17-22 (arkansasonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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