🌱 Franklin Farmers Market and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 65 and low of 44 degrees.
• Sunday: Partial sunshine, temps: high: 68, low: 46.
• Monday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 45 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 31

• Franklin Farmers Market →
  Franklin Market on Main, 210 S. Main Street, Franklin
  9:00 am
• Rock The Pink: Dirty South Cowgirl & Cowboy Edition →
  The Two Sisters Event Venue, 205 South Main Street, Franklin
  8:00 pm

Sunday November 1

• [Empty Title] →
  J P King Jr. Career and Technical Academy, 501 Charles St, Franklin
  9:00 am

Tuesday November 3

• Blackwater Regional Library - Courtland - Story Time →
  Courtland VA

Thursday November 5

• Southampton JV Football @ Franklin →
  Franklin High School, 310 Crescent Dr, Franklin
  6:00 pm

Friday November 6

• Community Helpers Day/Touch a Truck
  Southampton County Courtland, VA 23837
  9:00 am

Saturday November 7

• 38th Annual Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe Corn Harvest Pow Wow 2026 →
  Courtland VA
• Franklin's Market on Main →
  Franklin VA
• Miss Southeastern Virginia Scholarship Pageant →
  Southampton High School, 23350 Southampton Parkway, Courtland
  3:00 pm

Tuesday November 10

• River Road Farm Tuesday Markets →
  River Road Farm, 1300 N High St, Franklin
  4:30 pm

Saturday November 21

• CATCH MY DRIFT & TOOL WERKES STREET CAR EVENT →
  Southampton Motor Speedway, 16388 Southampton Pkwy, Capron
• Miss Southeastern VA Pageant →
  Southampton High School, 23350 Southampton Parkway, Courtland
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Driveline posted a job opening for Flex Merchandiser in Boykins. Apply here.
• Wawa posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate in Franklin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Newsoms here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Franklin

• Franklin police arrest two gang members in international scam (13newsnow.com)
• Express Wash Concepts opens new Green Clean Express site in Norfolk (carwash.com)
• Kiggans, Luria differ on costs in Virginia House race (bigcountrynewsconnection.com)

Windsor

• Moore receives Top Cop award for WPD (windsorweekly.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you get if you buy a French ax and have it shipped?" — You have a foreign ax-sent (accent) (Thank you Carrie E. for sending it in!)
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