🌱 Discover how Rockwood delivers parks, ice cream, and lake views on foot

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In today's newsletter:

• Discover how Rockwood delivers parks, ice cream, and lake views on foot

Also on today's calendar: Watts Bar 7th Annual Poker Run and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: If you feed me I will grow and if you give me water I will die. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny; low humidity, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.
• Friday: Nice with clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 67.
• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 69 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 9 Tennessee Towns Where You Can Park Once And Walk To The Waterfront, Main Street, And Ice Cream (takingthekids.com) — Rockwood is featured as a walkable Roane County destination where you can park once, stroll through Homecoming Park and downtown shops, grab ice cream at Meme’s, then follow a 2.5‑mile greenway to Tom Fuller Waterfront Park on Watts Bar Lake. The article also profiles eight other Tennessee towns with similar park‑once, walk‑to‑everything charm.
   

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📸 Around Rockwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rockwood

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 1

• East Tennessee Showdown →
  Expo Center, College School Dr, Harriman
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday July 31

• Administrative Day
  Rockwood High School 512 W Rockwood St, Rockwood, TN 37854, USA
  8:15 am

Monday August 3

• School Begins, 1/2 day for students
  Rockwood High School 512 W Rockwood St, Rockwood, TN 37854, USA
  8:15 am

Saturday August 8

• Watts Bar 7th Annual Poker Run →
  Caney Creek Marina, q aA3745, Roane State Hwy, Harriman
  9:00 am

Monday August 10

• Golf: Oliver Springs
  Rockwood High School 5159 Roane State Hwy, Rockwood, TN 37854, USA
  4:15 pm

Thursday August 13

• SINGO at Cofer's →
  Cofer’s Garage, 141 S Front St, Rockwood
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday July 30

• Karaoke at the Crow's Nest. →
  Crows Nest Restaurant, 3952 River Rd, Ten Mile
  8:00 pm

Friday July 31

• Administrative Day
  Midtown Educational Center Harriman, TN 37748

Monday August 3

• 1/2 day students/full day staff
  Midtown Educational Center Harriman, TN 37748
• ½ Day for Students;
  Roane County Kingston, TN 37763
• Meet the Teacher Night
  Harriman Middle School Harriman, TN 37748
  4:00 pm
• Golf vs. Anderson Co. High School
  Roane County High School Anderson Co. High School
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I have very concerning question.
  What happened to Baby Ruth candy bars? Haven’t seen them in stores for a long time. (Nextdoor Grande Vista Bay)
• Seeing a bunch of emergency vehicles (mostly police) going at high speeds west on the 40, we were probably near Gallagher.
  Not sure where they were going. Anyone know whats up? This was around 11 on Tuesday. (Nextdoor Grande Vista Bay)

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Rockwood. Apply here.
• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member/Rockwood in Rockwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rockwood here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Harriman

• Roane State and TCAT Harriman host Homeschool Information Session on August 4 (bbbtv12.com)
• Nora Retana Newberry, Harriman (bbbtv12.com)
• Roane State's summer orientation sessions help students get ready for college (scnoneida.net)

Kingston

• Police find counterfeit money, printer, 'large amount of suspected drugs' in hotel room following hostage situation (wbir.com)
• Who are the Knoxville area's top TSSAA golfers returning for 2026 season? (knoxnews.com)

Oak Ridge

• Oak Ridge Farmers' Market celebrates 50 years on Aug. 8 (oakridger.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Danielle K. for sending it in!)
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