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🌱 Train fatality closes key Pinehurst crossing near the resort

Pinehurst, North Carolina Patch AM: a 5 min read

What's up Pinehurst! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Train fatality closes key Pinehurst crossing near the resort
  • How a surprise Pinehurst proposal led to a Lowcountry dream wedding
  • How a Pinehurst-linked startup just caught the Pentagon’s eye

Also on today's calendar: Look What You Made Me Do~ Swifty inspired Murder Mystery and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: 4. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cooler with rain and drizzle, temps: high: 58, low: 42.
  • Sunday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man fatally struck by train in Pinehurst (sandhillssentinel.com) — A man was killed Thursday night when a slow-moving CSX freight train struck him at the Morganton Road and N.C. 5 crossing near Pinehurst Resort, closing the crossing for an extended investigation. Pinehurst police, fire, and Moore County agencies responded, and officials say the victim had been at the resort with friends before walking onto the tracks. His identity and hometown have not yet been released.
   

• A Lowcountry Wedding at Agapae Oaks with Meadow-Inspired Florals and a Checkered Dance Floor (stylemepretty.com) — A bride who grew up in Pinehurst shares how her fiancé secretly planned a surprise proposal during an Easter weekend visit home, complete with a stop at The Village Wine Shop and a walk through the village. That Pinehurst moment set the stage for their Lowcountry wedding at Agapae Oaks in South Carolina, filled with meadow-inspired florals, chef-driven food stations, and a lively checkered dance floor celebration.
   

• Five Companies Win the Pentagon's Drone Munition Lethality Prize Challenge (insideunmannedsystems.com) — A defense startup with facilities in Pinehurst and nearby West End, Kraken Kinetics, has been selected by the Pentagon as one of five preferred makers of modular warheads for small kamikaze drones. Its Terminus warhead, already used in Ukraine, will be integrated into future U.S. FPV drone designs, potentially bringing more high-tech defense work and visibility to the Pinehurst area.
   

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  • SP woman charged after drugs found during park check (sandhillssentinel.com)
  • ‘Armed and dangerous' man wanted after Southern Pines officer assaulted, taken to hospital, police say (cbs17.com)
  • One airlifted after power pole crash (sandhillssentinel.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter R (Thank you Brenda C. for sending it in!)
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