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In today's newsletter:

• How The Colony is helping an 81-year-old care for his wife.

Also on today's calendar: Library Playdate and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very warm with periods of sun, with a high of 93 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 91, low: 71.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Community rallies around 81-year-old North Texas man delivering luggage to support ailing wife – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — Neighbors in The Colony are rallying around 81-year-old luggage delivery driver Donald Johnson, who keeps working long hours to help pay for his wife Josephine's cancer-related medical bills. After a local resident met him during a difficult delivery, a GoFundMe campaign was launched to repair his vehicle, ease medical costs, and hopefully let him retire to care for her.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in The Colony

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 25
• Dolly Parton Day 9/25 @ Truck Yard The Colony →
  5959 Grove Ln, The Colony

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Other local events

Friday September 25
• Library Playdate →
  Library Multipurpose Room, 6800 Main St., The Colony
  10:15 am
Saturday September 26
• Mayja R&B Brunch →
  Twisted Bar & Grill, 6520 Cascades Court, The Colony
• Groove Therapy - A Classy Vibe of Amapiano Afrobeats →
  Twisted Bar & Grill, 6520 Cascades Court, The Colony
• Crafty Cinema Club →
  Library Multipurpose Room, 6800 Main St., The Colony
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• City of The Colony Blood Drive →
  The Colony Annex Building, 6804 Main St., The Colony
  9:00 am
• Story Time →
  Library Multipurpose Room, 6800 Main St., The Colony
  10:15 am
• Tuesday Night Singo at Walk On's Sport Bistreaux →
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Social Safety & Support →
  Library Conference Room, 6800 Main St., The Colony
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 24
• Music & Movement Story Time
  Library Multipurpose Room, 6800 Main St., The Colony
  10:15 am
• Sweet Frog - Spirit Night
  Pink El, 5105 Eldorado Pkwy suite #110, Frisco
  3:00 pm
• Bling Your Book
  The Colony Public Library - Multipurpose Room, 6800 Main S, Hebron
  6:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making The Colony PatchAM possible:

• Indian Astrologer and Psychic Gangadhar — 2146699699
• THE DESIGN HOUSE — (940) 382-4340
• Zebra Junk Removal — (972) 200-9199

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Cashier Assistant (Front End) in The Colony. Apply here.
• Government Jobs posted a job opening for PT Recreation Leader in The Colony. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near The Colony here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lewisville

• Lewisville High School students gifted laptops by tech companies - Cross Timbers Gazette Southern Denton County Flower Mound (crosstimbersgazette.com)
• Masked Robbers Hit Texas Jewelry Store, Triggering Smoke Defense System (instoremag.com)
• 'BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young' Film Screening and Q+A (hawaii.edu)

Frisco

• Painting Classes Frisco (feverup.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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