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🌱 How to see Dr. Bernice King speak in Fayetteville this March

Also, don't miss Jeep Night in Fayetteville! on the Fayetteville Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How to see Dr. Bernice King speak in Fayetteville this March
  • How a fake Fayetteville cop used stolen gear to rob a home
  • SUV flips into home near Fayetteville, sending driver, firefighter to hospital

Also on today's calendar: The Vision Board Exhibit Opening Reception and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 88, low: 62.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Fayetteville Habitat continues streak of notable guest speakers (fayobserver.com) — Fayetteville residents can look forward to Dr. Bernice King visiting next March for a two-day Habitat for Humanity faith event that includes a free documentary screening and a ticketed luncheon fundraiser. Hosted by Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity and The King Center, the events will support local homebuilding and repair efforts, with limited tickets available starting Nov. 1.
   

2. Man wears stolen police uniform to gain access to home, steal money, officers say (wyff4.com) — Fayetteville police say a man in stolen department-issued gear posed as an officer, entered a local home around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, and stole money before being arrested nearby. Detectives later determined the equipment had been taken from an officer's home while they were on vacation, and all items have since been recovered.
   

3. Woman critically injured after SUV flips, smashes into North Carolina home, troopers say (myfox8.com) — A woman suffered life-threatening injuries when her Cadillac Escalade clipped a tree, flipped, and slammed into a home just northeast of Fayetteville early Sunday. No one inside the house was hurt, but the driver and an assisting firefighter were taken to Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville as troopers investigate the high-speed crash at Dobbin Holmes and Dunn roads.
   

4. 3323 Hopekirk (lot 11) Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28306 (redfin.com) — A property at 3323 Hopekirk Drive in Fayetteville is designated in the Single-Family Residential 10 (SF-10) zoning district, which focuses on low-density detached homes. The rules allow some flexible housing types and complementary uses like parks, schools, and places of worship, while discouraging anything that disrupts the neighborhood's quiet residential character.
   

5. Hope Mills on state assistance list following audit, cash crunch (fayobserver.com) — Hope Mills, just outside Fayetteville, is tightening spending and freezing most hiring after a state audit and cash crunch put the town on a financial assistance watch list. Leaders have raised property taxes, paused projects, and are working with state coaches to rebuild reserves and avoid similar shortfalls in future budgets.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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