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🌱 Lake Lure lands over $7 million for critical wastewater upgrades

Lake Lure, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Lake Lure lands over $7 million for critical wastewater upgrades
  • How Lake Lure’s Dirty Dancing past still shapes tourism today

Also on today's calendar: The Festival of the Flying Stone @ Fae Nectar and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 82 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 53.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• DEQ awards $215M for water projects from Helene damage (carolinajournal.com) — Lake Lure is set to receive more than $7.1 million in Helene-related state water funds to design and build a new wastewater treatment plant and force main. The awards are part of $215 million in statewide drinking water and sewer projects, aimed at rebuilding damaged systems and improving resilience after Hurricane Helene across multiple mountain communities.
   

• New Blumenthal Arts season: Broadway hits, classics + a star just in Charlotte (charlotteobserver.com) — Lake Lure gets a nod as the iconic 1986 filming location for “Dirty Dancing,” which helped turn the town into a lasting tourist draw. The new Blumenthal Arts Broadway season in Charlotte will feature a refreshed “Dirty Dancing: The Musical” alongside big-name shows like “Phantom of the Opera,” “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” and “Beauty and the Beast,” many running through 2027.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday April 22
  • Track @ Pisgah
    North Henderson High , 35 Fruitland Road , Hendersonville
    4:00 pm
  • Softball vs Apple Valley
    Rugby Middle , 3345 Haywood Road , Hendersonville
    4:30 pm
  • Baseball vs Apple Valley
    Rugby Middle , 3345 Haywood Road , Hendersonville
    4:30 pm
  • Soccer vs Apple Valley
    Rugby Middle , 3345 Haywood Road , Hendersonville
    4:30 pm
    • Thursday April 23
  • Track @ T.C.Roberson
    North Henderson High , 35 Fruitland Road , Hendersonville
    4:00 pm
  • Soccer @ Hendersonville
    Rugby Middle , 3345 Haywood Road , Hendersonville
    4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • It’s that time of year – again!
    Springtime means our native black bears become more active and remain so through summer and fall. Time to remove those wildlife attractants, leash up… (Nextdoor )
  • Weichert, Realtors posted a job opening for Real Estate Agent in Lake Lure. Apply here.
  • Isothermal Community College posted a job opening for Workforce Continuing Education Instructors in Columbus. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Lure here.

🗞 Nearby News

Columbus

Black Mountain

  • Robert Rauschenberg's Penchant for Invention and Spectacle (theatlantic.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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