🌱 What the newly certified dam means for Boiling Spring Lakes’ dry docks

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• What the newly certified dam means for Boiling Spring Lakes’ dry docks

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 70 degrees.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 71. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: A couple of showers, with a high of 90 and low of 74 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘We need our lakes back': N.C. certifies Boiling Spring Lakes dam to hold water again (wect.com) — Boiling Spring Lakes’ upper dam is now certified to hold water again, meaning the upstream lake can finally begin refilling after years of storm damage and drought. City leaders say this is the first of four dam projects to hit this milestone, and residents with long‑dry docks could see water levels rising over the coming weeks.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• LIVE LARGE AND LAUGH LARGER!!! →
  Oak Island Moose Lodge # 2059, 4239 Long Beach Rd SE, Southport
  7:00 pm

Monday July 27

• Library Board of Trustees →
  Brunswick County, NC Calendar, 8200 East Oak Island Drive, Oak Island
  4:00 pm
• Brunswick County Health & Human Services Advisory Board Meeting →
  Brunswick County, NC Calendar, 25 Courthouse Drive NE, Bolivia
  6:30 pm

Friday July 31

• Rusty Hooks Dockside Grill →
  Rusty Hooks Dockside Grill, 4907 Fish Factory Rd SE, Southport
  6:00 pm
• Hood's Creek: American Fish Company, Southport, NC, 7:00 →
  American Fish Company, 150 Yacht Basin Dr, Southport
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 1

• Unleashed Adoption Event →
  Unleashed, the Dog & Cat Store of Southport, 1671 N Howe St, Southport
  12:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Hood's Creek: Rusty Hooks, Southport, NC 6:00 PM →
  Rusty Hooks Dockside Grill, 4907 Fish Factory Rd SE, Southport
  6:00 pm
• Oak Island Concert Series →
  Middleton Park, 102 SE 47th St, Oak Island
  6:30 pm

Saturday August 8

• The Grape & Ale →
  The Grape & Ale, 8521 E Oak Island Dr, Oak Island
  7:00 pm

Friday August 14

• The Conspiracy rocks Southport! →
  American Fish Company, 150 Yacht Basin Dr, Southport
  7:00 pm

Thursday August 20

• Charles Latham @ Ocean Grill & Tiki Bar →
  Ocean Grill & Tiki Bar, 1211 Lake Park Blvd S, Carolina Beach
  7:00 pm
• Charles Latham →
  Ocean Grill & Tiki Bar, 1211 Lake Park Blvd S, Carolina Beach
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Bolivia

• 1538 W White Egret Lane NE Lot 805, Bolivia, NC 28422 (zillow.com)
• N.C. Forest Service denies Brunswick County's request for state burn ban (wwaytv3.com)

Southport

• Massive alligator roams North Carolina yards near the coast before police relocate it (thecooldown.com)
• Brunswick County Planning Board Public Hearing Notice (Z-943) (brunswickcountync.gov)
• Walking with 'The Emperor of Gladness,' author Ocean Vuong (whqr.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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