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🌱 International Red Panda Day at Mill Mountain Zoo and 10 more events
Coming up on the Boones Mill Patch calendar: Colin Mochrie
Good morning Boones Mill! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Colin Mochrie at Harvester Performance Center
- International Red Panda Day at Mill Mountain Zoo at Mill Mountain Zoo
- Southeast Crab Feast - Roanoke (VA) at Big Lick Brewing Company, LLC
... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Very warm with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 88, low: 67.
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 77 and low of 65 degrees.
📸 Around Boones Mill
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Boones Mill
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★ Featured events ★
- Colin Mochrie →
Harvester Performance Center, 450 Franklin St, Rocky Mount
8:00 pm
Thursday September 17
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Other local events
- International Red Panda Day at Mill Mountain Zoo →
Mill Mountain Zoo, Mill Mountain Spur SE, Roanoke
10:00 am - Southeast Crab Feast - Roanoke (VA) →
Big Lick Brewing Company, LLC, 409 Salem Ave SW, Roanoke
1:00 pm - Rocky Mount Fest 2026 →
Rocky Mt Chiropractic, 546 Pell Ave, Rocky Mount
3:00 pm - Violent Femmes →
Elmwood Park, 505 Williamson Rd SE, Roanoke
6:00 pm - Anne Wilson →
Berglund Center, 710 Williamson Rd NE, Roanoke
7:00 pm - Budweiser Summer Series - 311 →
Elmwood Park, 505 Williamson Rd SE, Roanoke
6:00 pm - Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2026 →
John Nolen Plaza, 26 Salem Ave SE, Roanoke
12:00 pm - Garrison Starr →
The Spot on Kirk, 22 Kirk Ave SW, Roanoke
8:00 pm
Saturday September 19
Tuesday September 22
Wednesday September 23
Friday September 25
Saturday October 3
Friday October 16
📣 Boones Mill Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Center in the Square's Annual Meeting →
Roanoke County, VA Calendar, 110 Shenandoah Avenue NE, Roanoke
6:00 pm - Elected Officials Day - Feeding Southwest Virginia →
Roanoke County, VA Calendar
10:00 am - The Alley Cat →
Rocky Mount VA
6:00 pm
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- What's for dinner??
Check out the many discounts and deals for this week's 2026 Virginia's Blue Ridge Restaurant Week (Saturday, September 12 - Sunday, September 20). … (Nextdoor ) - Opening small home bakery selling fresh French Bread and Brioche as well as seasonal pastries!
If you see the pink shed, you made it! Drive up and come in! I'll be there, your local professional pastry chef selling on my farm! Next year we'll… (Nextdoor Taylors Road)
- ProAmpac Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Forklift Maintenance Technician in Rocky Mount. Apply here.
- Goodwill Industries of the Valleys posted a job opening for Processor-Pricer - Full Time in Rocky Mount. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boones Mill here.
🗞 Nearby News
Rocky Mount
- Rocky Mount Fest returns this Saturday (newsadvance.com)
- Rocky Mount VA Single Family Homes For Sale (zillow.com)
- $339,771 in Additional HHS Grants for Head Start (nrvnews.com)
Roanoke
- Section of I-81 in Roanoke Valley expands to 3 lanes each way (cardinalnews.org)
- Happenings: The Only Roanoke Events Calendar You'll Ever Need. Week of 9/16 to 9/23. (roanokerambler.com)
- VA06 Democratic Nominee Beth Macy to Celebrate Start of Virginia In-Person Voting at Sept. 18 Roanoke Rally (bluevirginia.us)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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