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🌱 How The Colony is helping an 81-year-old care for his wife.
And check out Dolly Parton Day 9/25 @ Truck Yard The Colony on the The Colony Patch calendar
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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!)
- 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. 
📸 Around The Colony
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🗓 Upcoming Events in The Colony
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★ Featured events ★
- Dolly Parton Day 9/25 @ Truck Yard The Colony →
5959 Grove Ln, The Colony
Friday September 25
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Other local events
- Library Playdate →
Library Multipurpose Room, 6800 Main St., The Colony
10:15 am - 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 - 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 - Social Safety & Support →
Library Conference Room, 6800 Main St., The Colony
2:00 pm
Friday September 25
Saturday September 26
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
📣 The Colony Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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
Thursday September 24
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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)
Ok The Colony! 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: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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