🌱 When and where you can spot comet PanSTARRS before sunrise
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- When and where you can spot comet PanSTARRS before sunrise
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- Friday: Sunshine and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Breezy and very warm, temps: high: 90, low: 59.
- Sunday: Cooler; a morning shower, with a high of 68 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Look up! You might see rare comet PanSTARRS passing Earth this week (hickoryrecord.com) — A Maiden High School senior’s college football commitment gets a brief mention in this astronomy-focused piece about spotting rare comet PanSTARRS in the early morning sky. While most details center on when and where to look for the comet, local readers may especially enjoy seeing Maiden highlighted alongside other Catawba County headlines. 
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Jacobs Fork Maiden, NC 28650
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Balls Creek Talent Show
Balls Creek Newton, NC 28658
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Baseball/Soccer/Softball Home vs Maiden
Jacobs Fork Maiden, NC 28650
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Track @ Bunker Hill
Maiden Newton, NC 28658
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Baseball @ Freedom High
Maiden Newton, NC 28658
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CREATIVE Mug/Vases Painting Fundraiser
Balls Creek Newton, NC 28658
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Softball vs. Hickory
Hickory Newton, NC 28658
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Baseball vs. Hickory
Hickory Newton, NC 28658
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Michael Cansler Music
The Angus Steakhouse , 3795 U.S. Hwy 70 SW , Hickory
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Salem RidgeYaks at Hickory Crawdads
L. P. Frans Stadium , 2500 Clement Blvd NW , Hickory
7:00 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- 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.
” 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 )
- Allied Universal Security Services posted a job opening for Security Officer Reception Driver in Newton. Apply here.
- Robert Bosch Tool Corporation posted a job opening for Machine Operator - Specialist III:Brazing - 3rd in Lincolnton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maiden here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lincolnton
- ProWellness Family Chiropractic Expands Pain Management Options With E-Stim Therapy In Lincolnton (pressreleasecc.com)
- Alex Karaban Reacts After Return to UConn Announcement on Tuesday (athlonsports.com)
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