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🌱 2nd Annual Bark-tober Fest and 10 more events
Spotted on the New Tazewell calendar: Arts in the Gap Gallery: The Sunday Table

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Coming up on the calendar:
- 2nd Annual Bark-tober Fest at Claiborne Animal Shelter
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 53.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Tazewell
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★ Featured events ★
- 2nd Annual Bark-tober Fest →
Claiborne Animal Shelter, 674 Ritchie and Lewis Drive, New Tazewell
10:00 am
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
📣 New Tazewell Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Arts in the Gap Gallery: The Sunday Table →
Paul V. Hamilton Center for the Arts, 703 Brooklyn St., Cumberland Gap
10:00 am - LMU Men's Soccer vs University of Montevallo →
1107 Morris Lane, Harrogate
3:00 pm - LMU Men's Soccer vs University of Montevallo →
LMU Lacrosse Complex, 1107 Morris Lane, Harrogate
3:00 pm - Revolutionary S.T.E.A.M. at the Museum →
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, 120 Mars DeBusk Pkwy., Harrogate
8:30 am - Revolutionary S.T.E.A.M. Fest at the Museum →
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, 120 Mars DeBusk Pkwy., Harrogate
9:00 am - Food Truck Fridays →
325 Grainger County Park Rd, Rutledge
5:00 pm - LMU women's Volleyball vs. Newberry College →
Mary E. Mars Gymnasium, 230 Sigmon Way, Harrogate
6:00 pm - Coach Barry Liles Memorial →
Tazewell TN - 6th Annual Grainger County Fall Festival →
Rutledge TN
9:00 am - LMU Women's Volleyball vs. Anderson University (SC) →
Mary E. Mars Gymnasium, 230 Sigmon Way, Harrogate
2:00 pm - Planning and Zoning Commission →
Cumberland Gap TN
5:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Lincoln Memorial University posted a job opening for Custodian, Knoxville in Harrogate. Apply here.
- ORNL Federal Credit Union posted a job opening for Financial Services Officer Floater in Maynardville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Tazewell here.
🗞 Nearby News
Tazewell
- Milford 'O'Dell' Lambert, 79 – WLKM Radio 95.9 FM (wlkm.com)
Cumberland Gap
- Emily Bradburn crowned CGHS Homecoming Queen (claiborneprogress.net)
Jefferson City
- ForbesBLK 25: Top Businesses To Watch (forbes.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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