🌱 How the Art Coast festival can anchor your next foodie getaway

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In today's newsletter:

• How the Art Coast festival can anchor your next foodie getaway

Also on today's calendar: Preserved! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain, with a high of 66 and low of 52 degrees.
• Friday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 63, low: 43.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How to travel like a foodie: Tips for planning a culinary vacation (homenewshere.com) — Food-focused travelers in Douglas are highlighted through the November Art Coast Food and Wine Festival in nearby Saugatuck Douglas, used as a prime example of planning trips around regional flavors. The piece shares practical tips on timing visits with Michigan harvest seasons, exploring immigrant-influenced food scenes, joining hands-on farm and cooking experiences, and pairing local wines and ingredients for a deeper sense of place.
   

📸 Around Douglas

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Douglas

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Preserved! →
  LaFontsee Galleries, 1504 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Preserved! →
  LaFontsee Galleries, 1504 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids
  11:00 am
• Captain While You Can Tailgate Tour →
  2000 S Mission St, Mt Pleasant
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Homecoming Football Game
  FHS Blackhawk Stadium
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Kelly's Bar And Grill – Holland →
  Kelly's Bar & Grill, 977 Butternut Dr, Holland
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Modales at Community PRIDE Oktoberfest in Douglas →
  Douglas MI
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• No Kings: Voting Early →
  Walkway South of the Blue Star Hyw. Bridge, 176 Blue Star Hwy, Douglas
  12:00 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Family History Help Session →
  Saugatuck-Douglas District Library, 174 Center Street, Douglas
  3:00 pm
Friday October 30
• Halloween Weekend at The Dunes Resort →
  The Dunes Resort LGBTQIA+, 333 Blue Star Hwy, Douglas
  9:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Scott Pellegrom & Kevin Kozel Live at Modales →
  Fennville MI
  4:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Fall Into The Dunes Weekend →
  Saugatuck MI
• Saugatuck Farmers Market | The Market at SCA →
  Saugatuck MI
  9:00 am
• Homecoming Football Game
  FHS Blackhawk Stadium
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Fenn Valley Vine Wine'd →
  Fennville MI
• Saugatuck Film Festival →
  Saugatuck MI
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Forum At Rancho San Antonio posted a job opening for Utility Technician / Busser in Holland. Apply here.
• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Holland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Douglas here.

🗞 Nearby News

Saugatuck

• "Democracy Noir: A New Dawn" Film (hope.edu)
• Saugatuck volleyball splits pair of matches (wilcoxnewspapers.com)
• Responding to fire showed South Haven as good neighbor community (wilcoxnewspapers.com)

Fennville

• Dix Street Elementary students relocated to temporary location (wwmt.com)

Holland

• Convergix Expands Michigan Operations with New Facility in Holland (convergixautomation.com)
• Stephen Michael Pejchl (whtc.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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