🌱 Inspiring Action: How to Tell Authentic and Persuasive Stories and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and hot, with a high of 91 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Hot with a couple of showers, temps: high: 91, low: 69.
• Saturday: Cloudy and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 66 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Inspiring Action: How to Tell Authentic and Persuasive Stories →
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce The COMMUNITY: Maine's Nonprofit Hub 700 Mount Hope Avenue Suite 101 Bangor, ME 04401
  9:00 am
• Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine Exhibitions
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 40 Harlow St. Norumbega Hall Bangor, ME 04401
  10:00 am
• Meeting - Robert Shaw (Room 3)
  Old Town Public Library 46 Middle Street, Old Town, ME 04468
  11:30 am
• Open Mic Every Thursday Night @ The Lakeshore House in Monson, Me. →
  The Lakeshore House - Lodge & Pub, 9 Tenney Hill Rd, Monson
  5:00 pm
• FUSION:FIRST - Friends & Family Night at Maine Discovery Museum
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 74 Main St Bangor, ME 04401
  5:30 pm

Friday August 7

• Reading & Signing with Laura Krieger Emack
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce BookSpace 48 Columbia Street Bangor ME
  6:30 pm

Saturday August 8

• Artist Series: Painting Wildflowers in Watercolor with Cassie Sano
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Fields Pond Audubon Center 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden, ME 04429
  10:00 am
• Three Rivers Kiwanis Cribbage SATURDAYS 2026 →
  Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo/ Brownville, 15 Harris Pond Rd, Milo
  1:00 pm
• Whatever It Takes (Hip Hop Showcase) →
  The Old Town Theatre, 261 Main St, Old Town
  6:00 pm

Sunday August 9

• Bangor Humane Society's Paws on the Green
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Hermon Meadow Golf Club 281 Billings Rd. Hermon, ME 04401
  8:00 am
• Unplug and Reconnect Game Night @ Turning Page Farm →
  Turning Page Farm Brewery, 842 N Guilford Rd, Monson
  3:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• School Board Mtg.
  Rsu 80/msad 04 Piscataquis Community Elementary School, 25 Campus Dr, Guilford
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Newport. Apply here.
• R. H. Foster Energy posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Newport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Dover-Foxcroft

• Hundreds of ducks take flight during inaugural ‘Chuck a Duck' fundraiser (observer-me.com)
• Obituary: Ray Richard (sunjournal.com)

Bangor

• Greenville health worker begins walking from Bangor to Boston to raise money for Boston Children's Hospital (wagmtv.com)
• Pencils, backpacks, and relief: Supply drive helps ease back-to-school stress (wabi.tv)
• ‘Life-changing funding': UMaine professor advocates for Chronic Fatigue research funding (wabi.tv)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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