🌱 Native Plant Workshops and Walks and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Hannah McFarland
• Native Plant Workshops and Walks at Fields Pond Audubon Center

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mainly cloudy and hot, with a high of 92 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 92, low: 69.
• Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Holden

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 15

• Hannah McFarland →
  Maine Savings Amphitheater, 1 Railroad St, Bangor
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday August 28

• Native Plant Workshops and Walks →
  Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Rd, Holden
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Inspiring Action: How to Tell Authentic and Persuasive Stories →
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce The COMMUNITY: Maine's Nonprofit Hub 700 Mount Hope Avenue Suite 101 Bangor, ME 04401
  9:00 am
• Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine Exhibitions
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 40 Harlow St. Norumbega Hall Bangor, ME 04401
  10:00 am
• Read-a-Thon wrap-up party! →
  Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  5:00 pm
• Grow Food Safely in Urban Soils →
  Food AND Medicine, 20 Ivers St, Brewer
  5:30 pm
• Downtown Parking Advisory Committee →
  Bangor, ME Calendar Bangor, ME 04401
  5:30 pm
• FUSION:FIRST - Friends & Family Night at Maine Discovery Museum
  Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 74 Main St Bangor, ME 04401
  5:30 pm

Friday August 7

• Commission on Cultural Development →
  Bangor, ME Calendar, 73 Harlow Street, Bangor
  7:45 am
• Geezers in Sneakers Getting Coffee →
  Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine Street, Orono
  9:30 am
• BYOB(ook) →
  Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine St, Orono
  2:00 pm
• The Phoenix Cafe with Jonesville — HOME OF LIVE MUSIC →
  The Phoenix Cafe, 77 Main St, Bucksport
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Baker in Holden. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Brewer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Holden here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Brewer

• Livin' the Breast Life opens storefront in Brewer during World Breastfeeding Week (wagmtv.com)
• Why this couple got engaged on a Bangor parking garage roof (bangordailynews.com)
• More than a third of Bangor's pandemic relief funds still haven't been spent (bangordailynews.com)

Bangor

• Pencils, backpacks, and relief: Supply drive helps ease back-to-school stress (wabi.tv)
• ‘Life-changing funding': UMaine professor advocates for Chronic Fatigue research funding (wabi.tv)
• Hammond Lumber Co. Post 213 Riverhawks (White) win State Junior Legion Baseball Championship (wabi.tv)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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