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Garner, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Garner! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Garner fast charger helped Porsche set an EV record.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 92, low: 70.
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Porsche's Cayenne Electric turns a 10% charging challenge into a road-trip record (thecooldown.com) — Garner quietly plays a starring role in a new EV road-trip test, where Porsche’s upcoming Cayenne Electric set a record after charging at the IONNA fast-charging station in town. The piece explains how improving chargers like Garner’s and faster-charging vehicles could make long-distance electric travel easier and cheaper for everyday drivers. 
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Rene Vaca - Raleigh Improv →
Raleigh Improv, 1224 Parkside Main St, Cary
9:00 pm
Saturday August 8
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Coworking Mondays at PAK
Garner Chamber of Commerce 1002 Vandora Springs Rd. Garner, NC 27529 -
Commissioner's column
North Carolina State Farmers Public Market 1201 Agriculture St, Raleigh, NC 27603 -
Meet-the-teacher Openhouse
The Exploris School Raleigh, NC 27603
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Discovering NC Ag: International Shipping of Tobacco with Cathy Ma
North Carolina State Farmers Public Market 1201 Agriculture St, Raleigh, NC 27603 -
Triangle Women's Mastermind
Garner Chamber of Commerce North Carolina State University Club 4200 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, NC 27606
11:00 am -
Board of Education Meeting
Polenta Elementary Johnston County Board Of Education, US-70 BUS, Smithfield, NC 2
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Business Exchange Breakfast Sponsored by Able to Serve and Denny's
Garner Chamber of Commerce Denny's 4380 Fayetteville Rd., Raleigh, NC 27603
7:30 am
Monday August 10
Tuesday August 11
Wednesday August 12
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Soccer Summer Workouts
Riverwood Middle Clayton, NC 27527
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Cap/Gown Pictures and CPR For Seniors
Wake Early College of Health and Science 2901 Holston Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610
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Junior Orientation
Wake Early College of Health and Science 2901 Holston Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610
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Teen Time →
Clayton, NC Calendar, 100 S. Church Street, Clayton
3:00 pm
Thursday August 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Trying this for the first time.
This is some good pizza. Main Street Clayton. $8.99, 2 slices and a drink. (Nextdoor Cornwallis and Justin Rd) - # 919-892-0618
Jekinda will make your house smell and shine. So happy with her work. (Nextdoor Cornwallis and Justin Rd)
- Papa John's Pizza posted a job opening for Distribution Team Member in Garner. Apply here.
- Michaels Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Garner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garner here.
🗞 Nearby News
Knightdale
- Two killed, two injured when gunfire erupts outside bar at 1:30 am, NC police say (newsobserver.com)
Fuquay-Varina
- Cardinals top the Yankees and make some trades (ozarkradionews.com)
- Fidelity Bank Completes Affinity Bancshares Acquisition And Reaches $5.5 Billion In Assets (pulse2.com)
Cary
- Take 5 Oil Change opens in Cary, offers $25 off oil changes - Triangle on the Cheap (triangleonthecheap.com)
- No. 30 (thecaryreport.com)
- Tickets on sale for 11th annual North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival (cbs17.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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