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🌱 How Bandon’s Cranberry Festival became a standout Oregon Coast fall trip

Bandon, Oregon Patch AM: a 4 min read

Morning Bandon! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Bandon’s Cranberry Festival became a standout Oregon Coast fall trip

Also on today's calendar: SAVE THE DATE! Alive After Five Wine Walk and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 65 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 52.
  • Monday: Sun and areas of low clouds, with a high of 63 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wisconsin Steps Up With Cape Cod and More for a Rare Floating Cranberry Travel Season (travelandtourworld.com) — Bandon’s long-running Cranberry Festival gets a spotlight as one of North America’s standout cranberry harvest experiences, pairing local farms with rugged Oregon Coast scenery. The piece explains how floating cranberry harvests work and compares Bandon’s September festival to similar celebrations in Wisconsin, Cape Cod, Washington, and Canada, giving you ideas for planning an autumn getaway close to home.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Otto (our South Coast Mobile Van)'s October 2026 schedule is ready!
    Come see Otto and his ODHS friends to get help with ODHS services and supports. Visit https://bit.ly/OttoVanMap to see a full map of where he'll be… (Nextdoor )
  • My sweet dog Luna tried toplay with a porcupine on the path up from the beach on stairway 150A.
    Unfortunately, the porcupine didn’t like that idea and gave her a mouth full of quills. Itwas at 8:30 at night. Knowing the Bandon veterinary hostel… (Nextdoor Bandon)
  • CCMI posted a job opening for Merchandiser / Auditor Position Available - Bandon OR in Bandon. Apply here.
  • Carson Team posted a job opening for Station Attendant - Bandon in Bandon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bandon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Coos Bay

  • Fall Pass unlocks secret deals on Oregon's Adventure Coast (katu.com)
  • Marine biologists discover new plankton off Oregon coast (phys.org)
  • Oregon begins killing barred owls in push to save the northern spotted owl (opb.org)

North Bend

  • Coos County wants to ban Kratom, but doesn't know how to enforce it (ijpr.org)

Port Orford

  • Sunset Magazine Names an Oregon Coast Town a ‘Storm-watching paradise' for Fall and We'd Add These Stops (thatoregonlife.com)

Ok Bandon! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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