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🌱 How Hard Rock Bristol just invested $33,000 back into our community
Coming up: IBN - Breakfast Bristol on the Bristol Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How Hard Rock Bristol just invested $33,000 back into our community
- How Bristol's frontiersmen helped shape America's Revolutionary War story
Also on today's calendar: YOU MAKE PRIDE: Unbreakable, Unshakeable, United. TriPride 2026 in Bristol! and 6 more events.
And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Cheryl H.!
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 50 degrees.
- Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 75, low: 57.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and comfortable, with a high of 69 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol donates more than $30K to two local nonprofits (wjhl.com) — Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol has donated more than $33,000 to two area nonprofits, directly benefiting families and children connected to Bristol. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Appalachia and Mountain Mission School in Grundy will use the funds to support housing, education, and care for kids in need across the region. 
• General Assembly revisits past 250 years after first session (fredericksburg.com) — Bristol gets a nod in statewide reflections on 250 years since America's founding, highlighting Brig. Gen. William Campbell and local frontiersmen's role in the Revolutionary War. The broader piece explores how Virginia sites and stories, from Roanoke to historic estates, are being used to connect residents with the state's Revolutionary-era legacy.
📸 Around Bristol
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bristol
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★ Featured events ★
- IBN - Breakfast Bristol →
Vivians Table Bristol Hotel, Bristol
9:00 am
Friday October 9
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Other local events
- YOU MAKE PRIDE: Unbreakable, Unshakeable, United. TriPride 2026 in Bristol! →
200 Lee Street, Bristol
11:00 am - Stake General Priesthood Meeting →
13 Heritage Drive, Bristol - City Offices Closed-Columbus Day →
Bristol VA
7:00 am - Girls Middle School Volleyball
Bristol School District, 501 Piedmont Avenue, Bristol
5:30 pm - Boys Middle School Football vs LEBANON MIDDLE
Bristol School District, 650 Long Crescent Dr, Bristol
5:30 pm - Boys JV Football vs Lebanon High School
Bristol School District, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Bristol
6:00 pm - City Council Meeting →
Council Chambers at City Hall, 300 Lee St, Bristol
6:00 pm - Coed Varsity Cross Country vs Eastside High School
Bristol School District, 650 Long Crescent Dr, Bristol
4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
🗓 Events Nearby
- ASAC October Meeting →
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, One Partnership Circle, Abingdon
10:00 am - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer →
Barter Theatre, 127 W Main St, Abingdon
10:00 am - Morning Mingle →
Hayters Gap Library, 7720 Hayters Gap Rd, Abingdon
10:30 am
Thursday October 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Since they are limiting who can see posts by businesses you can reach us on Facebook under Nicole Duty or Justin Duty or you can text or call 2767913828.
We are still available for all your remodeling needs. (Nextdoor Bristol, VA) - Since they are limiting who can see posts by businesses you can reach us on Facebook under Nicole Duty or Justin Duty or you can text or call 2767913828.
We are still available for all your remodeling needs. (Nextdoor Bristol, VA)
- Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Bristol. Apply here.
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store posted a job opening for Server in Bristol. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bristol here.
🗞 Nearby News
Abingdon
- A Woman Who Was Ahead of Her Time (thelebanonnews.com)
- The Largest Indoor Arenas In The United States (worldatlas.com)
- Virginia leaders focus on cybersecurity, disasters during first-ever readiness summit (wtvr.com)
Lebanon
- Lebanon hammers Battle to win fourth straight (thelebanonnews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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