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Blowing Rock, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Cheers Blowing Rock! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which weekends will transform downtown Blowing Rock into an open-air art show?
  • See where Blowing Rock’s new community picnic tables just appeared.
  • See which Blowing Rock teacher earned countywide Teacher of the Year honors

Also on today's calendar: JB and The Section and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 64 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Thursday: Some sun, breezy and cooler, temps: high: 56, low: 39.
  • Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Art in the Park returns to Blowing Rock for its 64th season (wataugademocrat.com) — Art in the Park is coming back to downtown Blowing Rock with six Saturday dates from May through October, filling Park Avenue with fine art and handcrafted goods. The free, rain-or-shine event includes shuttle service, plus Sunday concerts in Memorial Park, making it an easy full-weekend outing for residents and visitors.
   

2. 2026 Leadership Challenge Class completes community project in Blowing Rock (wataugademocrat.com) — Blowing Rock’s 2026 Leadership Challenge class has wrapped up its community project by funding, building, and installing six new picnic tables for local use. Four tables now serve students and families at Blowing Rock School, while two enhance gathering space at Blue Ridge Conservancy, all supported by local businesses and the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce.
   

3. Hardin Park educator named WCS Teacher of the Year (wataugademocrat.com) — Blowing Rock families will be glad to know Carrie Ingram of Blowing Rock School has been named one of Watauga County Schools’ 2026-27 Teachers of the Year, alongside overall winner Meghan Scott from Hardin Park. The countywide banquet at Meadowbrook Inn honored standout educators from every school and highlighted the relationships and classroom experiences that make a lasting difference for local students.
   

4. Watauga, Avery Obituaries – May 12th, 2026 (hcpress.com) — Blowing Rock readers will recognize Judith Sue Coffey Wesson, born and raised in town, whose life of social work and service is being honored with a May 16 celebration in Boone. A shared obituary list also remembers longtime local educator Lois Strickland, former commissioner Phil Smalling, and several other High Country residents with upcoming services and memorial details for friends and neighbors.
   

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  • Earth Fare, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce Clerk in Boone. Apply here.
  • Appalachian State University posted a job opening for Assistant Professor of Quantitative Ecology in Boone. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blowing Rock here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Blowing Rock

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.