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🌱 Patch AM: IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival and 11 more events
You won't want to miss ERV-toberfest- Food & beer Festival on the Franklin Patch calendar
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Coming up on the calendar:
- FPS 4K-12 No School (Labor Day) at Franklin Public SD
- CD PTO Meeting at Country Dale
- CD PTO Family Night Out at Croatian Park Beer Garden
... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A stray t-storm; not as warm, temps: high: 80, low: 66.
- Sunday: Humid with some sun, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
📸 Around Franklin
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Franklin
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- FPS 4K-12 No School (Labor Day)
Franklin Public SD Franklin, WI 53132 - CD PTO Meeting
Country Dale CD-CD Public Calendar
4:30 pm - CD PTO Family Night Out
Croatian Park Beer Garden, 9100 S 76th St, Franklin
5:00 pm - IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival →
, Milwaukee
9:00 am - IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival →
Veterans Park, 1010 N Lincoln Memorial Dr, Milwaukee
10:00 am - ERV-toberfest- Food & beer Festival →
Erv's Mug, 130 W Ryan Rd, Oak Creek
5:00 pm - Board of Education Meeting
Franklin Public SD, 8222 S 51st St, Franklin
6:00 pm
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Thursday September 10
Saturday September 12
Wednesday September 16
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Child Development Days
Highland View El Highland View, 5900 S 51st St, Greendale, WI 53129, USA
8:30 am - Labor Day- No School
Greendale Mid Greendale, WI 53129 - No School - Labor Day Holiday
Greendale SD Greendale, WI 53129 - NO School - Happy Labor Day!
College Park El Greendale, WI 53129 - No School - Labor Day
Whitnall SD Hales Corners, WI 53130
Friday September 4
Monday September 7
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Fun Fact that I did not know until yesterday.
The area code that covers Brevard County - home to the Kennedy Space Center is: 3-2-1. Kudos to whoever is responsible for that! I was going to post… (Nextdoor Franklin/Crooked Creek)
- Panda Express posted a job opening for Shift Leader (P1-1361099-1) in Greendale. Apply here.
- Panda Restaurant Group posted a job opening for Cook (P1-1384287-1) in Greendale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Franklin here.
🗞 Nearby News
Greendale
- Milwaukee Milkmen slugger Griffin Doersching makes inspiring comeback after blood clot (wisn.com)
- A cup of ambition and a cookie: National Bakery & Deli Celebrates Dolly Parton (gmtoday.com)
Greenfield
- Gravity Global: Greenfield Middle School enhances meal consistency and efficiency with Alto-Shaam's Origin multi-cook convection oven (wisbusiness.com)
Oak Creek
- Oak Creek mayor aims to flip Assembly District 21 (upnorthnewswi.com)
- Ultra-High-Rate Composite Preforming for Aerospace, Renewables and Defense (compositesworld.com)
- Arena Americas Data Breach Lawsuit Investigation (claimdepot.com)
Ok Franklin! 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: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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