Community Corner
🌱 Why Stem’s mayor just earned a major regional leadership honor.
Also check out The Exhale For Educators on the Stem Patch calendar
Greetings Stem! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why Stem's mayor just earned a major regional leadership honor.
Also on today's calendar: The Exhale For Educators.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 57 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 64. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Dover honored for leadership (theledgernews.com) — Stem residents can take pride that Mayor Casey Dover has been named Outstanding Municipal Elected Official for the Kerr-Tar region, recognizing his years of service and vision. The honor highlights his role in expanding local nature preserves, shaping downtown redevelopment, and stepping in personally whenever the town needs a steady hand, from big planning decisions to quirky everyday problems. 
📸 Around Stem
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stem
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- The Exhale For Educators →
Carolina Friends School Dance Studio, 4809 Friends School Rd, Durham
10:00 am
Saturday October 17
📣 Stem Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Doodle & Drink →
Ment Beverage Co., 312 Blackwell St. Suite 103, Durham
8:00 am - Tours of the Calvin Jones House →
Wake Forest NC
10:30 am - NGMS Title I Night
Northern Granville Middle Oxford, NC 27565
5:00 pm - JIM MCKEON: DURHAM SWEET DURHAM →
5 Points Gallery, 109 E Chapel Hill St, Durham
5:00 pm - Environmental Issues Advisory Committee Meeting →
Person County Senior Center, 87 Semora Rd, Roxboro
5:30 pm - Connecting Point →
249 Holden Road, Youngsville
6:00 pm - 4-H County Council →
N.C. Cooperative Extension - Granville County Center, 125 Oxford Loop Rd, Oxford
6:00 pm - Wines with Brian →
Sticks & Vine, 905 Fayetteville Rd Ste 203, Durham
6:00 pm - Introduction to Fused Glass Class Trinket Tray/Suncatcher →
Fusion Gallery, 321 W Main St, Durham
6:00 pm - Latinos & Latinas Run Club →
The Glass Jug Downtown, 545 Foster Street, Suite 10, Durham
6:30 pm - 2026 Spirits of Wake Forest →
301 Brooks St, Wake Forest
6:30 pm
Thursday October 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Check out the excellent in-person and virtual fishing classes being offered by the NCWRC Fishing Education Team in October.
Visit our class calendar and register at: https://bit.ly/44YkCxs Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville: October 2: Soft Plastics Lure… (Nextdoor ) - Good morning, I'm looking to switch to a wireless 5g internet provider.
Spectrum is terrible and unreliable for us. Does anyone have any experience with the wireless internet? (Nextdoor Prestwick)
- Allied Universal Security Services posted a job opening for Security Officer Flex Patrol in Butner. Apply here.
- CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Creedmoor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stem here.
🗞 Nearby News
Oxford
- Looking back: Going to the moon, and the Big Leagues, with r... (theledgernews.com)
Durham
- Bull City Blues Ramble — Free Blues at Five Stages in Durham on Oct. 4 (triangleonthecheap.com)
- How Is Oxford Biomedica (LSE:OXB) Progressing As Its Durham Facility Begins Serving Clients As FTSE 100 Slips? (kalkinemedia.com)
- Durham County Sheriff's Office opens annex at RTP as area grows (abc11.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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