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🌱 Bentonville Battlefield welcomes families for a fall festival Saturday
Four Oaks, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Four Oaks! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Bentonville Battlefield welcomes families for a fall festival Saturday
- Four Oaks woman targeted by credit card pickup scam
- Three arrested in drug investigation near Four Oaks Elementary
Also on today's calendar: Christmas Jubilee and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 48 degrees.
- Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 71, low: 43.
- Friday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 59 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Celebrate Fall At Bentonville Battlefield's Fall Festival Nov. 14 (jocoreport.com) — Wagon rides, live music and historic trades demonstrations will fill Bentonville Battlefield’s Harper farm during its November 14 fall festival. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 5466 Harper House Road, with admission of $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and military, and $2 for children 13 and under. 
• Credit Card Pickup Scam Targets 70-Year-Old Woman (jocoreport.com) — A 70-year-old Four Oaks woman’s credit card was used for $4,003 in transactions after a caller persuaded her to leave it in her mailbox for pickup, deputies say. Investigators have not identified who collected it. Authorities warn that legitimate banks do not send couriers to collect customers’ cards.
• Two Arrested In Earlier Drug Raid Among Three Charged Near Four Oaks Elementary (jocoreport.com) — Three people face drug-related charges after a November 6 investigation on Civitan Road, within 1,000 feet of Four Oaks Elementary School. Johnston County deputies say they seized suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl. Two of those arrested had also been charged during an October raid near town, and the investigation continues.
📸 Around Four Oaks
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Upcoming Events in
Four Oaks
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★ Featured events ★
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Kids Markets at Four Oaks Night Market →
Barbour's Grove Park, 300 N Baker St, Four Oaks
4:00 pm
Saturday November 21
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Other local events
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Unified Basketball @ Princeton
South Johnston High Four Oaks, NC 27524
7:45 am -
Swim- JCPS Championship- SRAC
South Johnston High Four Oaks, NC 27524
5:30 pm -
Basketball vs Midway
South Johnston High Four Oaks, NC 27524
4:00 pm -
Christmas Jubilee →
Live at The Rudy Theatre, 300 N Raiford St, Selma
12:45 pm
Thursday November 12
Thursday November 19
Thursday December 3
📣 Four Oaks Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Meadow Restaurant Spirit Night
Meadow School Benson, NC 27504
5:30 pm -
Maverick Rose at The Boiler Room Benson →
The Boiler Room Benson, 109 Northwest Railroad St., Benson
6:00 pm -
YOGA →
1024 S. Pollock Street, Selma
6:30 pm -
Ribbon Cutting - Zena's Gift Shop →
Selma NC -
New Patient Special →
805 N. Pollock Street, Selma
9:00 am -
4th Annual Veterans Day of Honor Ride & Whole Hog Cookoff →
Freedom Biker Church, 669 Tarheel Rd, Benson
9:00 am -
Pine Level Write-In →
Wool Family Farm, 330 Pine Level Micro Rd, Selma
11:00 am
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Coastal Beverage Company posted a job opening for Beer/Beverage Retail Merchandiser in Smithfield. Apply here.
- Johnston Community College posted a job opening for PT Day and Evening HVACR Instructor *POOL POSITION* in Smithfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Four Oaks here.
🗞 Nearby News
Smithfield
- Smithfield's Freedmen's Schoolhouse: Where Freedom Went To School (worldfootprints.com)
- Smithfield Man Killed, Woman Critically Injured In Goldsboro Shooting (jocoreport.com)
- Johnston County to launch online permitting portal Jan. 11 (johnstoniannews.com)
Benson
- Cheapest gas stations in Raleigh (rrdailyherald.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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