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🌱 Which Rocky Mount teams are playing today and Friday night?
Coming up on the Rocky Mount Patch calendar: The 5th Annual Buck Leonard Golf Classic
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- Which Rocky Mount teams are playing today and Friday night?
Also on today's calendar: Haunted 5K, 10K, & 13.1M at Rocky Mount, NC (40) and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 93, low: 68.
- Saturday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Area Calendar, Oct. 1-2, 2026 (wilsontimes.com) — Rocky Mount sports fans have a busy couple of days ahead, with Rocky Mount Academy and Rocky Mount Prep teams playing soccer, volleyball, tennis and JV matchups across Wilson and nearby towns today and Friday. The schedule includes home and away contests against Greenfield, Southern Nash and others, giving local families several options to catch student athletes in action close to home. 
📸 Around Rocky Mount
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rocky Mount
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★ Featured events ★
- The 5th Annual Buck Leonard Golf Classic →
Belmont Lake Golf Club, 201 Belmont Club Way, Rocky Mount
11:00 am
Friday October 2
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Other local events
- Haunted 5K, 10K, & 13.1M at Rocky Mount, NC (40) →
Rocky Mount NC
8:30 am - Homecoming 2026 →
NC Wesleyan University Campus, Rocky Mount
10:30 am - NCWU 2026 Homecoming Party →
Mixers Kocktail Bar, 1139 Falls Road, Rocky Mount
9:00 pm - The President's Own, United States Marine Band →
The Dunn Center, Rocky Mount
7:30 pm - Nash County High School Art Exhibit →
Mims Art Gallery, Rocky Mount - FREE Natural Hair Care Class →
The House of Ke, 118 Sunset Avenue, Rocky Mount - Queens of Chrome MC's 21st Anniversary: Welcome to The Queendom! →
Rocky Mount Event Center, 285 Northeast Main Street, Rocky Mount
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
📣 Rocky Mount Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Nashville Cars N Coffee (3rd Party Event) →
Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville
9:00 am - Audi Club Tennessee: Nashville Cars N Coffee (3rd Party Event) →
Nashville
9:00 am - Homesteading Basics →
N.C. Cooperative Extension | Nash County Center, 1006 Eastern Avenue, Nashville
9:00 am - Homesteading Workshop →
1006 Eastern Ave, Nashville
9:00 am
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Mg Commercial & Residential lawn care LLC
252-231-5711 trimming today, before and after, call or text, we have many services. (Nextdoor Cross Creek)
- Hubbell Incorporated posted a job opening for Assembler - Manufacturing in Rocky Mount. Apply here.
- Dunham's Sports posted a job opening for Team Member in Rocky Mount. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rocky Mount here.
🗞 Nearby News
Elm City
- Sheriff seizes drugs, guns in 'Operation Zero' (wilsontimes.com)
Tarboro
- Lieutenant governor includes historic downtown Tarboro in her recent stop (reflector.com)
- A day of renaissance life showcased at the Tarborough Faire (reflector.com)
- Tarboro, Rocky Mount Prep own highest RPI rankings this week in football (reflector.com)
Wilson
- CAREs Flexible Funding Program 2026 (North Carolina) (fundsforngos.org)
- Donald Evans presented Order of the Long Leaf Pine (wilsontimes.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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