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🌱 How Bessemer City is keeping Bradford Kelly’s legacy alive

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  • How Bessemer City is keeping Bradford Kelly’s legacy alive

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 54 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Thursday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 52, low: 46.
  • Friday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 55 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gaston County man killed in crash memorialized by the city he served (gastongazette.com) — Bessemer City has reinstated its official employee recognition award and renamed it the Bradford H. Kelly Service Award to honor a city worker killed in a car crash earlier this year. Parks and Recreation employee Brandon Willis became the first recipient, with Kelly’s widow and daughters presenting the award as the community continues to support the family and remember his service.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog!
    FOUND on December 15, 2025 in Gaston County, NC 28052 near Near pinnacle rd Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the… (Nextdoor Exit 13)
  • Please share & repost to help reunite this stray pet!
    FOUND on December 14, 2025 in Gastonia, NC 28052 near Hickory Creek area near chapel school grove rd Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest… (Nextdoor Exit 13)
  • Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Lead 1 in Bessemer City. Apply here.
  • Dole Food Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Packaging Machine Operator 1st Shift in Bessemer City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bessemer City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kings Mountain

  • Ban Congress from trading stocks? NC Senate candidate Roy Cooper says yes (newsobserver.com)
  • Mom charged with murder after baby overdosed on drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl, police say (nbc12.com)
  • Carol Ann Oliver (shelbyinfo.com)

Gastonia

  • Winning lottery ticket sold in Gastonia (gastongazette.com)
  • Rivals Crest, Shelby finish atop Gastonia, Shelby football rankings (gastongazette.com)
  • Woman arrested months after Gaston County hit-and-run kills father of 3 (wbtv.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Bessemer City

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