🌱 See which Claremont educators just earned top countywide honors
Claremont, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Claremont! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- See which Claremont educators just earned top countywide honors
Also on today's calendar: Farm Feast 2026 and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 81 and low of 54 degrees.
- Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 84, low: 59.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 90 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Catawba County Schools Honors Top Employees During Annual Celebration (whky.com) — Claremont residents can celebrate that Claremont Elementary’s Christian Underwood was named Catawba County Schools’ 2026 Teacher of the Year, with robotics coach Meredith Huret also honored. The countywide End-of-Year Employee Celebration in Newton spotlighted standout teachers, staff, and support employees from multiple schools, with local businesses and the Education Foundation helping recognize their work. 
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COMFREY Salve How-To (Healing Herbal Ointment with... →
True Cut Ranch, 5221 Bolick Rd, Claremont
5:00 pm
Saturday June 6
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Other local events
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Report Cards Issued
River Bend Claremont, NC 28610 -
PTO Meetings
Oxford Claremont, NC 28610
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Farm Feast 2026 →
True Cut Ranch, 5221 Bolick Rd, Claremont
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Pressure Canning Meat: Hands-On Traditional Skills... →
True Cut Ranch, 5221 Bolick Rd, Claremont
4:00 pm
Friday June 5
Thursday June 11
Saturday June 13
Friday June 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Optional Teacher WD
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Quarter 4 Report Cards Go Home
St. Stephens Newton, NC 28658 -
SSE PTO Monthly Meeting
St. Stephens Newton, NC 28658
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Napoleon Dynamite - Film and Conversation →
Newton Performing Arts Center, 60 W 6th St, Newton
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Report Cards Issued
Balls Creek Newton, NC 28658 -
Carla Burns' Birthday
Jacobs Fork Maiden, NC 28650 -
Report Cards
Maiden Newton, NC 28658
Thursday June 4
Friday June 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- 🐾After years of dedicated service, K9 Loki is officially retiring from the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.
Loki joined our office on July 1, 2019, thanks to the generous support and donations from GKN, Poppleman Plastics, and the Maiden Sportsman Club… (Nextdoor ) - Reward offerd!
Inside cat! Been missing about 40 days. Riverbend and rest home road and Riverbend and highway 16. (Nextdoor Claremont Sales)
- Saint-Gobain S.A. posted a job opening for Extrusion Machine Operator in Claremont. Apply here.
- Tyson Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Bakery Machine Operator – 2nd Shift - Claremont, NC in Claremont. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Claremont here.
🗞 Nearby News
Conover
- Conover husband, wife killed in car crash after hitting telephone pole, overpass (hickoryrecord.com)
- Diamond Properties Acquires Conover Distribution Center in Charlotte Industrial Market (businesswire.com)
- White House ‘reviewing' college sports bill ahead of Senate hearing (hickoryrecord.com)
Newton
- Sundown Audio Show 2025 Brings Extreme Bass to North Carolina (gaugemagazine.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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