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🌱 Why a Boones Mill MAGA shop says Trump merch is tanking
Coming up: Garrison Starr on the Boones Mill Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Why a Boones Mill MAGA shop says Trump merch is tanking
Also on today's calendar: The Great Boones Mill Coffin Race.
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 81 and low of 50 degrees.
- Friday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 76, low: 53.
- Saturday: Mainly cloudy and not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• CNN Goes Inside A MAGA Merch Store And Finds Trouble For Trump (huffpost.com) — A CNN segment visits the Trump Town USA store in Boones Mill, where the owner says once-booming MAGA merchandise sales have dropped sharply since 2023. Interviews with customers there highlight frustration among some Trump supporters over the Iran war, rising prices, and the president's personal enrichment, while others still defend him as midterm elections approach. 
📸 Around Boones Mill
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Boones Mill
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★ Featured events ★
- Garrison Starr →
The Spot on Kirk, 22 Kirk Ave SW, Roanoke
8:00 pm
Friday October 16
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Other local events
- The Great Boones Mill Coffin Race →
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Saturday October 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Cave Spring Varsity Football @ Salem →
Salem High School, Salem Va, Salem
7:00 pm - Doggie Dash 5k →
Rocky Mount VA - Rocky Mount Farmers Market →
Rocky Mount Farmers Market, 435 Franklin Street, Rocky Mount
9:00 am - Michael Franti →
The Coves at Smith Mountain Lake, 301 Ivy Ln, Union Hall
5:00 pm - Robert Iuppa Tournament →
Willow Creek Country Club, 10500 Virgil H Goode Hwy, Rocky Mount
10:00 am - Board of Supervisors Meeting →
Roanoke County, VA Calendar, 5204 Bernard Drive SW First Floor, Roanoke
2:00 pm - Gifted Game Night
Rocky Mount Elementary Rocky Mount, VA 24151
5:00 pm - JOHNNYSWIM in Rocky Mount, VA →
Harvester Performance Center, 450 Franklin St, Rocky Mount
8:00 pm - The Steel Wheels →
Harvester Performance Center, 450 Franklin St, Rocky Mount
8:00 pm - Mixed Couples →
Willow Creek Country Club, 10500 Virgil H Goode Hwy, Rocky Mount
2:00 pm
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Tuesday October 13
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- 👟 Noticed some changes along Route 60 in Clifton Forge?
They're part of Clifton Forge Connects, a community effort to make walking to everyday destinations safer and easier! The project focuses on… (Nextdoor ) - Looking for someone who can pickup trash every Monday.
I live on Jubal Early Hwy next to Burnt Chimney. (Nextdoor Ridge Mountain)
- InstaSwim posted a job opening for Private Swim Instructor in Boones Mill. Apply here.
- Cavco Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Home Assembler in Rocky Mount. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boones Mill here.
🗞 Nearby News
Rocky Mount
- Milton L. Craighead (cable12ynn.com)
- Barbara Ann Jones (cable12ynn.com)
- William N. 'Bill' Alexander II (cable12ynn.com)
Roanoke
- Roanoke's Biotech Incubator Went from One Tenant to Nine in Months and Now it's Getting Federal Money (roanokerambler.com)
- Downtown Roanoke's Month of Street Paving Starts Sunday (roanokerambler.com)
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