🌱 Former Spring Lake manager lands new job amid hiring-process questions

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In today's newsletter:

• Former Spring Lake manager lands new job amid hiring-process questions

Also on today's calendar: APRIL FOOLS COMEDY SHOW and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 92 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 96, low: 68.
• Sunday: Windy with a shower or two, with a high of 74 and low of 45 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• City manager hire questioned in Washington over closed-session rules; contract pays $185,000 (wcti12.com) — Spring Lake residents may recognize former town manager Jonathan Rorie, who has now been hired as Washington’s new city manager with a $185,000 salary. His recent removal by the Spring Lake council is briefly noted as Washington officials debate whether their hiring process followed North Carolina’s open-meetings rules for final decisions.
   

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📸 Around Spring Lake

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Spring Lake

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 17

• Malbec & Empanadas Night
  The Sip Room, 106 Hay St, Fayetteville
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday April 17

• APRIL FOOLS COMEDY SHOW
  Anchor Allie’s Fayetteville , 1204 Bragg Blvd , Fayetteville
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• April Service Saturday Spring Into Service
  Fayetteville Urban Ministry, Inc. , 701 Whitfield St , Fayetteville
  10:00 am
• Tracks and Trails
  Spring Lake Public Library , 101 Laketree Blvd , Spring Lake
  10:00 am
• Follow the Spectrum Autism Festival
  Crown Coliseum , 1960 Coliseum Dr , Fayetteville
  10:00 am
• Butterfly Garden
  Embassy Suites by Hilton Fayetteville Fort Bragg , 4760 Lake Valley Dr , Fayetteville
  7:00 pm
• Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
  Cape Fear Botanical Garden , 536 N Eastern Blvd , Fayetteville
  8:45 pm

Sunday April 19

• April's Garden Party High Tea Spring Social
  Anchor Allie’s Fayetteville , 1204 Bragg Blvd , Fayetteville
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Cumberland County Career Fair
  North Regional Public Library , 855 McArthur Rd , Fayetteville
  10:00 am
• All American Tattoo Convention
  Crown Coliseum , 1960 Coliseum Dr , Fayetteville
  12:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
  Cape Fear Botanical Garden , 536 N Eastern Blvd , Fayetteville
  6:30 pm
• 3rd Saturday's Country Fusion Night
  Paddy's Irish Public House , 2606 Raeford Rd Suite B , Fayetteville
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sonic Drive-In posted a job opening for Cook in Spring Lake. Apply here.
• V2X posted a job opening for Stock Control Clerk (82nd CAB) in Fayetteville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Spring Lake here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fayetteville

• Company employs, helps formerly incarcerated find work, get a second chance (abc11.com)
• Fayetteville divided as data center debate intensifies (abc11.com)
• Column: Fayetteville Woman's Nonprofit Combats Youth Gun Violence (cityviewnc.com)

Hope Mills

• Cumberland County deputy Adam Bean killed in domestic dispute; here's the latest (abc11.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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