🌱 How an Ahoskie scratch-off ticket helped fund a new elementary school

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• How an Ahoskie scratch-off ticket helped fund a new elementary school

Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 96 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very hot, temps: high: 99, low: 73.
• Friday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 75 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Hertford County woman will help her family with $200,000 win (nclottery.com) — A Murfreesboro woman won $200,000 on a scratch-off bought at the Duck Thru on East Memorial Drive in Ahoskie and plans to use the money to support her family. The story also notes that lottery funds recently provided a $15 million grant to build the new Ahoskie Elementary School, highlighting a direct benefit for local students and families.
   

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📸 Around Ahoskie

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday July 17

• River City Skippers at Edenton Steamers →
  Edenton Steamers, 111 E Freemason St, Edenton
  7:00 pm

Saturday July 18

• Sno Day - Let's Celebrate →
  Walker Gym, 824 N Oakum St, Edenton
  3:00 pm
• Edenton Steamers vs. New Bern Southpaws - Historic Hicks Field →
  Edenton Steamers, 111 E Freemason St, Edenton
  7:00 pm

Monday July 20

• Ranger Joe's Radical Reptiles →
  Merchants Millpond State Park, 176 Mill Pond Rd, Gatesville
  10:00 am

Tuesday July 21

• Career Fair →
  College of The Albemarle ⁠— Edenton-Chowan, 118 Blades St, Edenton
  2:00 pm

Monday July 27

• Museum of the Albemarle - Algonquians: The First Communities of Northeastern North Carolina →
  Merchants Millpond State Park, 176 Mill Pond Rd, Gatesville
  10:00 am
• Museum of the Albemarle - Algonquians: The First... →
  Merchants Millpond State Park, 176 Mill Pond Rd, Gatesville
  10:00 am
• Childbirth Class series at Chowan Hospital →
  ECU Health Chowan Hospital Emergency Department, 211 Virginia Rd, Edenton
  6:00 pm

Monday August 3

• Ranger Alan's Clever Camouflage →
  Merchants Millpond State Park, 176 Mill Pond Rd, Gatesville
  10:00 am
• Hertford-Northampton 4-H Livestock Show & Sale Meeting →
  Murfree Center, 201 E Broad St, Murfreesboro
  7:00 pm

Tuesday August 4

• Breastfeeding Class →
  ECU Health Chowan Hospital Emergency Department, 211 Virginia Rd, Edenton
  6:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Nature Makers: Art in the Park →
  Merchants Millpond State Park, 176 Mill Pond Rd, Gatesville
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• DaVita posted a job opening for Patient Care Technician in Ahoskie. Apply here.
• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Ahoskie. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ahoskie here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Edenton

• Summer in the Blacklands of Bearolina (morningagclips.com)
• Cannons roared at Harmony Hall during ‘Red, White & BOOM!' (bladenjournal.com)

Hertford

• Quinyotta Pettaway, former Clemson women's basketball forward, dies at 33 (greenvilleonline.com)
• Applications being accepted for FY 2027 North Carolina Boati... (thecoastlandtimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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