Community Corner
🌱 How will Columbus Drive’s long closure change your daily drive?
Happening soon: 2026 Flower Farm Series on the Aberdeen Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How will Columbus Drive's long closure change your daily drive?
- How will Aberdeen's new planning director shape future growth?
Also on today's calendar: Cocktail Making Class @ Poplar Place (7pm Session) and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 85 and low of 55 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 59. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Columbus Drive Road Closure (thepilot.com) — Columbus Drive in Aberdeen will be closed for construction from the evening of Monday, Oct. 5, through the morning of Monday, Nov. 30, sending local drivers onto a signed detour. If you rely on this route from U.S. 15-501, plan extra time, follow NCDOT's alternate path, and watch for changing traffic patterns through the long closure. 
• Aberdeen Hopes to Build with New Planning Director (thepilot.com) — Aberdeen has a new planning director, Darryn Burich, stepping into a key role guiding development and zoning decisions that shape how the town grows. The story also reflects on former director Pam Graham's long service and how both leaders' approaches influence future projects, ordinances, and neighborhood changes that residents will see around town.
📸 Around Aberdeen
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Aberdeen
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★ Featured events ★
- 2026 Flower Farm Series →
149 Rembrandt Lane, Aberdeen
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Cocktail Making Class @ Poplar Place (7pm Session) →
108 North Poplar Street, Aberdeen - Cocktail Making Class @ Poplar Place (4pm Session) →
108 North Poplar Street, Aberdeen - PetSmart Adoption Event (NAW) →
PetSmart, 11088 US Highway 15 501 North, Aberdeen
11:00 am
Tuesday October 13
Saturday October 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Playful Learning →
Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst
10:00 am - Baby Rhymes →
Southern Pines NC
10:45 am - Technical Review Committee →
Southern Pines, NC Calendar
1:30 pm - Youth Ballroom & Latin Class (Ages 7-17) →
Carolina DanceWorks, 712 SW Broad Street, Southern Pines
6:00 pm - Learn & Play at the Library →
Southern Pines NC
10:00 am - ATLAS (At The Library After School) →
Southern Pines NC
3:30 pm - UNCORKED - a weekly wine experience →
CORK, 143 Northeast Broad Street, Southern Pines
7:00 pm - Story Time →
Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst
10:00 am
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I went to the concert that cooper ford hosted Saturday nite.
My concert days are not as enjoyable at 75 as they were 60 years ago. The opening bands played songs I didn't know music so loud it drown out the… (Nextdoor Calloway Corners) - MALWARE ALERT:
Heyya Neighbors- As I am sure most of us have visited First Health in some capacity over the years as its kind of our only option, quite a few of us… (Nextdoor Old Bethesda)
- Chick-fil-A posted a job opening for Front of House Team Member in Aberdeen. Apply here.
- Golden Corral posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member in Southern Pines. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Aberdeen here.
🗞 Nearby News
Southern Pines
- NC has three constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall. What you need to know (wfae.org)
Pinehurst
- Est Robert Franklin Hoffman (thepilot.com)
- Buckets Cup Finale Preview: The Malbon Tour Closes Its Season at Pinehurst No. 4 (amateurgolf.com)
- Miller: An Outstanding Amateur and Gift of Giving in Longleaf (thepilot.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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