🌱 How Mills River’s new humane society plans could change pet adoptions

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In today's newsletter:

• How Mills River’s new humane society plans could change pet adoptions

Also on today's calendar: Holy Family Episcopal Church & Mills River Presbyterian Church Blessing of the Pets and 8 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 70, low: 62.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 78 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Adoption fees for dogs, cats waived in October at Blue Ridge Humane Society (wlos.com) — Blue Ridge Humane Society has purchased property in Mills River for a future adoption center, while also waiving all dog and cat adoption fees throughout October. Partnering with Hunter Subaru’s Subaru Loves Pets initiative, the group hopes to remove cost barriers, encourage adoptions, and invite residents to get involved or share their #MakeADogsDay celebrations online.
   

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📸 Around Mills River

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mills River

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4

• Ben Bjorlie Band at Sierra Nevada →
  100 Sierra Nevada Way, 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Fletcher
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4

• Holy Family Episcopal Church & Mills River Presbyterian Church Blessing of the Pets →
  72 School House Rd, Mills River
  4:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Community Support Market →
  353 Banner Farm Road, Mills River
  1:00 pm
• Planning Board →
  Mills River, NC Calendar Mills River, NC 28759
  6:30 pm

Wednesday October 7

• COMING OCTOBER 7th | STRFKR w/ Happy Sad Face →
  Sierra Nevada Mills River, 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River
• Special Called Board of Adjustment meeting →
  Mills River, NC Calendar Mills River, NC 28759
  7:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue w/ Abraham Alexander →
  Amphitheater | Sierra Nevada Brewing co., 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River
  6:00 pm

Tuesday October 13

• Community Support Market →
  353 Banner Farm Road, Mills River
  1:00 pm
• Board of Adjustment Meeting →
  Mills River, NC Calendar, 124 Town Center Dr, Mills River
  7:00 pm

Wednesday October 14

• Nature Preserve Stewards - Mouth of Mud Creek/Mills River →
  Mouth of Mud Creek, 35.406279, -82.529429, Mills River
  10:00 am

Friday October 16

• Ag Advisory Committee Meeting →
  Mills River, NC Calendar Mills River, NC 28759
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 5

• Soccer vs Brevard
  Rugby Middle, 3345 Haywood Road, Hendersonville
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Where are all the birds??
  I haven’t had them around my bird feeders in a couple weeks now! I still have some hummingbirds though but that’s it! Surely, they didn’t fly south… (Nextdoor High Vista)

• Paradies Lagardere posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor - Aletitude in Fletcher. Apply here.
• ResProp Management posted a job opening for Assistant Manager - Evado Asheville in Fletcher. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mills River here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hendersonville

• Rebuilt after Helene, 4 homes in Hendersonville neighborhood set for demolition (wlos.com)
• Deputies: 2 arrested for child sex crimes after search warrants executed in Hendersonville (foxcarolina.com)
• Historic marker to be unveiled for Civil War Buffalo Soldier at Oakdale Cemetery (wlos.com)

Flat Rock

• The Apples of Their Eyes (flatrocktogether.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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