🌱 How a Haw River-built ATV just won statewide bragging rights

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Haw River-built ATV just won statewide bragging rights

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
• Sunday: Periods of rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 66, low: 59.
• Monday: Decreasing clouds and warmer, with a high of 78 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• NC Chamber announces 2026 ‘Coolest Thing Made in NC' winners (carolinajournal.com) — Honda’s FourTrax Foreman 4×4, built right in Haw River, has been named the NC Chamber’s 2026 “Coolest Thing Made in NC” in the medium‑business category, putting the town’s manufacturing on the statewide map. The award, chosen through public voting, recognizes the ATV alongside winning products from Charlotte and Albemarle and underscores manufacturing’s major role in North Carolina’s economy and local jobs.
   

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📸 Around Haw River

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Haw River

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Monday October 5

• PTO-sponsored Roll-A-Bout Skate Night; $5 per person at the door (
  Alexander Wilson Elementary Graham, NC 27253
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Dual Language Parent Night
  Eastlawn Elementary, 502 N Graham Hopedale Rd, Burlington
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 13

• Board of Education Work Session
  Southern Alamance High, 1712 Vaughn Rd, Burlington
  12:30 pm

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📣 Haw River Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Downtown Mebane Farmers Market →
  Farmers Market, 102 E. Ruffin Street, Mebane
  8:30 am
• 2nd Annual Mebane Walk 4 CMT →
  Mebane Arts & Community Center, 633 Corregidor St, Mebane
  9:00 am
• Sisterhood Monthly Birthday Breakfast →
  820 Blue Lake Drive, Mebane
  9:30 am
• AutumnFest →
  Mebane NC
  10:00 am
• 17th Annual AutumnFest →
  Downtown Mebane, 111 West Clay Street, Mebane
  10:00 am
• Firefighter Crafts Week →
  Children's Museum of Alamance County, 217 S. Main Street, Graham
  10:00 am
• Parade of Homes Tour →
  Alamance Caswell Home Builders, 2450 Hanford Rd, Burlington
  1:00 pm

Monday October 5

• Senior Programming and Activities: Monday →
  Mebane Arts & Community Center, 633 Corregidor Street, Mebane
  8:00 am
• Ribbon Cutting: Waypoint Wellness Foundation
  Alamance County Chamber-Commerce, 408 S. Spring Street, Burlington
  3:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Food Lion posted a job opening for PT Customer Service Leader in Haw River. Apply here.
• City of Graham North Carolina posted a job opening for PT Afterschool Counselor in Graham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Haw River here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Graham

• Eno River Academy Girls JV Volleyball @ DSA (maxpreps.com)

Mebane

• Visiting judge dismisses long-running lawsuit over parking dispute at Mebane's Manorfield subdivision (alamancenews.com)
• People Love To Plant: Growing participation helps conservation group boost native trees and flowers (thelocalreporter.press)

Burlington

• Burlington, NC: Community Mourns Jakari Hudson, Performer and Aspiring Teacher (richlandtoday.com)
• Ace Speedway sold to Burlington businessman (myfox8.com)
• Burlington nursing home settles with North Carolina in fake nurse fraud case: AG (wxii12.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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