🌱 Former Stowe Country Club pro earns PGA’s top professional honor

Good morning to you Stowe! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Former Stowe Country Club pro earns PGA’s top professional honor

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Strawberry Jam Music Festival - Saturday and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 86, low: 67.
• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 83 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• PGA of America Golf Professional David Bennett Earns PGA Master Professional Designation (thegolfwire.com) — A PGA of America announcement notes that new PGA Master Professional David Bennett once served as head professional at Stowe Country Club and later led the Country Club of Vermont. While he’s now building a new golf venture in Florida, his career path underscores how Stowe’s golf scene has helped shape leaders in the sport’s professional ranks.
   

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📸 Around Stowe

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stowe

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 6

• Two Nights of Eggy - Thursday Show! — Stowe Cider →
  Stowe Cider, 17 Town Farm Ln, Stowe
  9:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 8

• 2026 Strawberry Jam Music Festival - Saturday →
  Strawberry Hill Farm, 300 Meadow Ln, Stowe
  12:00 pm
• Stowe Strawberry Jam Music Festival 2026 à Stowe, VT →
  Strawberry Hill Farm, 300 Meadow Ln, Stowe
  12:00 pm

Saturday August 15

• Youth Summer Reading Challenge Ends
  Stowe Free Library 90 Pond Street, Stowe, VT 05672

Monday August 17

• Intentional Peer Support Core Training (Stowe, Vermont) VERMONT ONLY →
  Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, 1746 Mountain Rd, Stowe
  9:00 am

Wednesday August 19

• Indigo Girls →
  Spruce Peak Arts, 122 Hourglass Dr, Stowe
  6:00 pm

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📣 Stowe Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Nature Rubbing
  Deborah Rawson Memorial Library 8 River Road, Jericho, VT 05465
  10:30 am
• A Dramatic Constitution
  Vermont Humanities Council Teen Center Inc., 77 Mary Hogan Drive, Middlebury, VT, 05753, United States
  1:30 pm
• Jericho Farmers' Market →
  Mills Riverside Park, 338 VT-15, Jericho
  3:00 pm
• Crafters’ Group
  Deborah Rawson Memorial Library 8 River Road, Jericho, VT 05465
  6:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Richmond Farmers Market →
  Volunteers Green, 286 Bridge St, Richmond
  3:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Summer Poetry Festival: Gathering Voices
  Vermont Humanities Council Highland Center for the Arts, 2875 Hardwick Street, Greensboro, VT, 05841, United States
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CoralTree Hospitality posted a job opening for Houseperson - Housekeeping in Stowe. Apply here.
• Vail Resorts, Inc. posted a job opening for Activities Attendant in Stowe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stowe here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Morrisville

• Letters to the Editor (8/5/26) (sevendaysvt.com)
• Events Calendar August 5 to 22, Meetings, Community Services, Libraries, Town Clerks (hardwickgazette.org)

Waterbury

• Antique cars roll into Waterbury for annual show and new local festivities (waterburyroundabout.org)
• Agenda item poses whether to shift town clerk, treasurer roles from elected to appointed — Waterbury Roundabout (waterburyroundabout.org)
• Business Notes: Sunflower Salon closing sale; tasting at Woodstock Market; Downstreet completes Speranza Inn (waterburyroundabout.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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