🌱 Symphony of Rutherford County and 10 more events

Good morning Spindale! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• National Day of Protest at Rutherford County Courthouse
• Symphony of Rutherford County at Foundation Performing Arts & Conference Center
• Symphony of Rutherford - Spring Concert

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Breezy and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 55.
• Sunday: Cooler; an a.m. shower or two, with a high of 68 and low of 39 degrees.

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📸 Around Spindale

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Spindale

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★ Featured events ★

Friday May 1

• National Day of Protest
  Rutherford County Courthouse, 229 N Main St, Rutherfordton
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday May 3

• Symphony of Rutherford County
  Foundation Performing Arts & Conference Center , 172 Rapid Ct , Forest City
  3:00 pm
• Symphony of Rutherford - Spring Concert
  Foundation Performing Arts Center& Conference Center , 286 I C C Loop Rd , Spindale
  3:00 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Planning Board & Board of Adjustment Meeting
  Spindale House , 119 Tanner St , Spindale
  9:30 am

Friday May 8

• Indivisible RuCo Planning Meeting
  Rutherford County Library , 145 College Ave Suite D , Rutherfordton
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Chase Trojans vs Hibriten Panthers
  Chase High School , 1603 Chase High Rd , Forest City
  6:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Boogie Nights! Second Chance Prom to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters
  Main Street Market , 187 N Main St , Rutherfordton
  7:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Sunday Chamber Series – April 2026
  450 W Main St , Forest City
  8:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Baseball vs. Shelby (AWAY)
  Shelby Middle School , 1480 S Dekalb St , Shelby
  4:00 pm
• Girls Soccer vs. Shelby (AWAY)
  Shelby Middle School , 1480 S Dekalb St , Shelby
  4:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Women's Soccer (Home)
  East Rutherford
  6:00 pm
• Softball (Home)
  East Rutherford
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We receive numerous calls here at the Wildlife Commission during the growing season from panicked landowners who have “a bunch of little bees hovering over the ground.
  ” We are here to help! Believe it or not, most of the more than 500 native bee species in North Carolina nest underground. (Hopefully you haven’t… (Nextdoor )

• Chilli's posted a job opening for Line Cook - Forest City Chili's in Forest City. Apply here.
• Fenix Parts, Inc. posted a job opening for Parts Puller in Forest City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Spindale here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Rutherfordton

• Doris "Dee" Westcot (rutherfordweekly.com)
• Danny Wofford Thompson, age 74, of Forest City (rutherfordweekly.com)
• Rhein's one-two showing paces Polk at Tri-City Invitational (polksports.com)

Forest City

• Brenda Dills Bridges, age 71, formerly of Forest City (rutherfordweekly.com)
• Veterans Gather for Fellowship at Polk County Vietnam Era Meeting (rutherfordweekly.com)
• Raymond "Red" Simpson, age 88, of Sandy Mush (rutherfordweekly.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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