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🌱 High Point pursues lower-cost PFAS treatment with settlement money

High Point, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Cheers High Point! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • High Point pursues lower-cost PFAS treatment with settlement money
  • Unbeaten Panthers face a familiar opponent for coach Flynn Clayman
  • High Point's mayor wins a congressional race forecasters wrote off

Also on today's calendar: Book signing of a local Kernersville author, DK McLaughlin at Main & Mountain Bookstore and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 72 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 68, low: 40.
  • Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 53 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. City receives PFAS funds (hpenews.com) — High Point has received $3.8 million in chemical manufacturers' settlements to help address PFAS in its water system. The city will spend $200,000 on further testing and sampling as it explores whether relatively minor upgrades at Ward Water Treatment Plant can remove the contaminants without a major investment.
   

2. Unbeaten Thunderbirds Head East to Face Clayman's Panthers (suutbirds.com) — High Point hosts Southern Utah at the Qubein Center on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m., with both men's basketball teams unbeaten at 3-0. The matchup brings Panthers coach Flynn Clayman up against the program where he spent six seasons on staff before joining High Point in 2023.
   

3. The Democratic Wins No Election Forecaster Expected (newsbreak.com) — High Point Mayor Cyril Jefferson defeated Republican incumbent Addison McDowell in North Carolina's 6th Congressional District, a race all 10 forecasters examined by TIME rated likely or safely Republican. Jefferson's campaign spent about $224,000 through mid-October, compared with McDowell's $1.3 million, making his victory one of the analysis's unexpected Democratic wins.
   

4. Police Report 11-11-26 (hpenews.com) — Several High Point residents face charges in the latest police report, including Brian Keith Davis Jr., 32, who was charged Nov. 6 with assault and misdemeanor domestic violence. Charles Cahill O'Connell, 19, was charged the same day with alcohol-related driving, speeding to elude arrest, resisting an officer and reckless driving.
   

5. YWCA honors community benefactors (hpenews.com) — Lisa Brayton received YWCA High Point's Woman of Achievement award at a luncheon that drew more than 250 people to Congdon Yards on Tuesday. The recognition highlighted her work across foster care, education and women's leadership, while the gathering celebrated the relationships behind the nonprofit's local services.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Jamestown, High Point, Greensboro Area Pantry Helps 658 Neighbors in October —Ken Kroohs Read on Patch
  • Since the holidays are coming up fast I will be posting a lot of toys for sale to make room for new items that my son will get for Christmas and also just clear out anything he doesn’t use or want.
    Toys are preferably for boys ages 8-12. Unfortunately I won’t have any kids clothing for sale though. Will start getting things together and sorted… (Nextdoor Wallburg)
  • Food Lion posted a job opening for FT Assistant Deli Bakery Manager in High Point. Apply here.
  • Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in High Point. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near High Point here.

Ok High Point! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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