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🌱 Open Mic Night at Silos and 5 more events
Oriental, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min readWhat's up Oriental! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Open Mic Night @Silos at The Silos Restaurant
- Open Mic Night at Silos at The Silos Restaurant
- 🔁 Open Mic Night @Silos at The Silos Restaurant
... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 76.
- Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 74 degrees.
📸 Around Oriental
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Open Mic Night @Silos →
The Silos Restaurant, 1111 Broad St Ext, Oriental
7:00 pm
Wednesday August 12
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Other local events
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Open Mic Night at Silos →
The Silos Restaurant, 1111 Broad St Ext, Oriental
7:00 pm -
🔁 Open Mic Night @Silos →
The Silos Restaurant, 1111 Broad St Ext, Oriental
7:00 pm -
Open Mic Night at Silos →
The Silos Restaurant, 1111 Broad St Ext, Oriental
7:00 pm -
🔁 Open Mic Night @Silos →
The Silos Restaurant, 1111 Broad St Ext, Oriental
7:00 pm
Wednesday August 12
Wednesday August 19
Wednesday August 26
📣 Oriental Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Havelock Anime-Fest →
Havelock Tourist & Event Center, 201 Tourist Center Dr, Havelock
10:00 am -
Pokekon-Fest - Havelock, North Carolina →
Havelock Tourist & Event Center, 201 Tourist Center Dr, Havelock
10:00 am
Saturday August 29
Saturday December 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The Grand Prize winner of this year’s Wildlife in North Carolina Magazine Photo Competition is Stephanie Sheffield, an insurance agency owner from Gastonia.
Her photograph of an anole tucked inside a flower beat out 2,795 other images to win the top prize. “I took up photography about 10 years ago as a… (Nextdoor )
- Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Havelock. Apply here.
- O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Bridgeton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oriental here.
🗞 Nearby News
Havelock
- Havelock Animal Control continues adoption programs during temporary modified schedule (wcti12.com)
- Football coaches pick Havelock second in Coastal Conference (newbernsj.com)
- Petition to restore Havelock Animal Services volunteers tops 1,400 signatures (wcti12.com)
Beaufort
- ECU football opens preseason camp as Pirates prepare for season opener at Alabama (wcti12.com)
Morehead City
- Scholarship fundraiser aims to ease financial barriers for Beaufort CCC students (wcti12.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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