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🌱 How Castle Hayne surveillance footage is shaping a Wilmington murder trial
Castle Hayne, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Castle Hayne! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Castle Hayne surveillance footage is shaping a Wilmington murder trial
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Expert witnesses testify in TRU Colors case, defense pushback and another motion to sever (portcitydaily.com) — Prosecutors in a Wilmington double-homicide trial used phone records and surveillance video from the Circle K in Castle Hayne to outline the suspects’ movements before the shootings. Over several days, expert witnesses, detectives, and medical professionals detailed gang context, alleged travel routes through Castle Hayne, and forensic evidence as the defense pushed to limit testimony and separate the defendants’ cases. 
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Small Business Coalition - 1 Million Cups
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- Behind the Scenes
All in the Details. Castle Gardens LLC Events & Catering is so much more than just food. We customize our clients experience and bring their vision… (Nextdoor Creekstone Plumtree)
- Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Castle Hayne. Apply here.
- Food Lion posted a job opening for FT Assistant Deli Bakery Manager in Rocky Point. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Castle Hayne here.
🗞 Nearby News
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- From the Regions Porsche Club of America (pca.org)
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Wilmington
- Downtown Wilmington has hosted not one but two historic post offices (starnewsonline.com)
- Magnolia Grove Design & Cabinetry celebrates new Wilmington studio with ribbon cutting (wwaytv3.com)
- After 12 state titles, here are Wilmington's biggest reclassification winners (starnewsonline.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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