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Coming up on the calendar:
- Using the Extruder for Creative Ceramics at The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts
- Highland-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival Residency — TERRA STRING QUARTET
- High Style Highlands — THE STUBBORN BULL at The Stubborn Bull at Mill Creek
... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
- Friday: Warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 77 and low of 50 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, breezy and warm, temps: high: 75, low: 46.
- Sunday: Periods of sun; windy, cooler, with a high of 56 and low of 36 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
Friday April 17
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Guys and Dolls
Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts , 1028 Georgia Rd , Franklin
7:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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Align + Flow All Levels Yoga w/ Ashby
Yoga Highlands & Pilates , 460 Carolina Way , Highlands
9:30 am
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Build Your Own Bee Hotel
Winding Stair Gardens , 57 Saunders Rd , Franklin
10:00 am
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Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention (1)
Macon County Public Library , 149 Siler Farm Rd , Franklin
11:00 am
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Heritage Apple Day Festival
Cashiers Historical Society , 1940 NC-107 , Cashiers
11:00 am
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Brews and Cues — Rock Holler Band
Brews and Cues , 32 Palmer St Cir , Franklin
8:00 pm
Sunday April 19
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Old Tyme Contra & Community Dance of Macon County, NC
Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center , 51 Cowee School Dr , Franklin
2:30 pm
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💬 Chatter
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- Deer fawns are born in late spring and early summer.
Newborns have spots and almost no scent, which is nature’s built‑in invisibility cloak. A doe will leave their fawns alone for long stretches on… (Nextdoor )
- We receive numerous calls here at the Wildlife Commission during the growing season from panicked landowners who have “a bunch of little bees hovering over the ground.
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We are here to help!
Believe it or not, most of the more than 500 native bee species in North Carolina nest underground. (Hopefully you haven’t… (Nextdoor )
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Weichert, Realtors posted a job opening for Real Estate Sales Agent in Highlands. Apply here.
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First Coast Energy posted a job opening for Cashier #1401 - No Experience Required in Franklin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highlands here.
🗞 Nearby News
Franklin
- High School Round Up: April 14, 2026 (wlos.com)
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Cullowhee
- 545 Cross Crk Trl, Cullowhee, NC 28723 (realtor.com)
- 23 WCU music students to join North Carolina Symphony in America 250 concert (wlos.com)
- Keydets return home to clash with Catamounts (vmikeydets.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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