🌱 Town Board Reorganization Meeting and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Town Board Reorganization Meeting at Mission Town Hall

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler; a brief a.m. shower, with a high of 44 and low of 32 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 38, low: 24.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 24 degrees.

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📸 Around Merrifield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Merrifield

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★ Featured events ★

Monday December 7

• Town Board Reorganization Meeting →
  Mission Town Hall, 29474 Co Rd 3, Merrifield
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Budget Committee →
  326 Laurel St, Brainerd
  9:00 am
• NO Teen/Tween Studio Night
  The Crossing Arts Alliance, 711 Laurel St, Brainerd
  3:30 pm
• Meat Raffles Thursdays & Saturdays! →
  B Merri, 19624 Co Rd 3, Brainerd
  6:00 pm
• Crowder Live! →
  Brainerd MN
  6:00 pm

Friday November 13

• LAKES BAND FESTIVAL (WS) - 7PM - GZCA
  Brainerd Band, 703 S 5th St, Brainerd
• Early Childhood Screening
  Eagle View Early Childhood Center
  8:00 am
• Kringle Market Opening
  The Crossing Arts Alliance, 711 Laurel St, Brainerd
  3:00 pm
• PLHS Fall Musical
  MS/HS Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• KRINGLE MARKET OPENING DAY
  The Crossing Arts Alliance, 711 Laurel St, Brainerd
• Kringle Market
  The Crossing Arts Alliance, 711 Laurel St, Brainerd
• Merry Makers & Mistletoe: A winter craft & vendor show →
  Lighthouse Beginnings, 8055 Industrial Park Rd, Baxter
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Nisswa. Apply here.
• Capital Vacations posted a job opening for R.O.- Hospitality Specialist in Nisswa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Merrifield here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Nisswa

• CJK Group acquires Viking Label & Packaging in Nisswa (pineandlakes.com)
• These 11 Towns In Minnesota Were Ranked Among US Favorites In 2026 (worldatlas.com)

Brainerd

• Beyond the Voice: Dawn Espe (kaxe.org)
• Gloria Budd (newmedia-wi.com)
• BHS theater students to stage ‘Curtains!' (brainerddispatch.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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