🌱 Which Mount Vernon-area farms are opening their gates for free this weekend?
Mount Vernon, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min readHello again Mount Vernon! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which Mount Vernon-area farms are opening their gates for free this weekend?
Also on today's calendar: Pansies & Paint: A Garden Workshop and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 48 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 69, low: 50.
- Monday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms set for this weekend (tri-cityherald.com) — Mount Vernon-area families can dive into farm life this Saturday and Sunday as the Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms showcases nine local farms, many just west of town. From pumpkin patches and corn mazes at Gordon Skagit Farms and Schuh Farms to flower displays at RoozenGaarde, visitors can enjoy free tours, samples, kids’ activities, and optional paid attractions across Skagit County. 
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Villain Queens →
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Sunday October 4
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Other local events
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Pansies & Paint: A Garden Workshop →
Christianson's Nursery, Mount Vernon -
Camila Ferrari →
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Lincoln Theatre Reopening & Ribbon Cutting →
Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon -
Ribbon Cutting at Lincoln Theatre
Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Information Center, 712 S 1st St, Mount Vernon
3:00 pm -
Open Grief Group • In-Person →
Hospice of the Northwest, 227 Freeway Drive, Suite A, Mount Vernon
3:00 pm -
Appraisal Update Class for Real Estate Agents →
Mel and Mia's, 320 South 1st Street, Mount Vernon
10:00 am -
Board of Trustees Meeting - October →
Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 South 1st Street, Mount Vernon
7:45 am -
Open Grief Group • In-Person →
Hospice of the Northwest, 227 Freeway Drive, Suite A, Mount Vernon
10:00 am -
Comedy Underground →
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Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Tales to Paws/ Cuentos y luego visita un amigo peluda →
Burlington Public Library, 820 E Washington Ave., Burlington
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Steeplechase Concert →
Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave., Mount Vernon
6:30 pm
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Trumpeter swans in the valley basking in the golden rays of the setting sun.
Autumn is here in the Skagit Valley and the peaks in the North Cascades are reflecting the last rays of the sunlight. (Nextdoor Hilltop) - Good morning Hillcrest Park, Mount Vernon neighbor!
This visitor welcomed in the morning and got my dog excited. We don’t usually see deer near East Section St. but it was a joy to see this doe… (Nextdoor Hillcrest Park)
- Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Mount Vernon. Apply here.
- Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Bakery Clerk in Mount Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Vernon here.
🗞 Nearby News
Burlington
- Firefighter/Paramedic, Entry Level or Lateral (dailydispatch.com)
- Bread to Beer at Chuckanut Brewery (sipmagazine.com)
- 9/17 Sea urchin, orca!, ESA 'take,' BC bluebirds, PT paper mill fined, Skagit energy storage, BC Hydro reporting, Sim,ilk estuary, restoration grants, crashes and spills, Byron Sher, democracy watch. (blogspot.com)
Sedro-Woolley
- Washington sockeye spend about seven days reaching trap before hydropower dam transport (energiesmedia.com)
- Ferndale girls soccer shuts out Mount Vernon for 7th straight win (cascadiadaily.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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