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🌱 How Graham’s explosive growth could reshape fire, police, and street budgets

Coming up on the Graham Patch calendar: Merry Friendsmas

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Good morning Graham! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Graham’s explosive growth could reshape fire, police, and street budgets
  • Graham man wanted after violent Creedmoor sweepstakes robbery, police say

Also on today's calendar: Graham Historical Museum Advisory Board Monthly Meeting and 3 more events.

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Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 54 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and windy, temps: high: 58, low: 27.
  • Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 53 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Graham's growth, growth, growth leads to costs, costs, costs (alamancenews.com) — Graham officials spent a full day wrestling with how rapid residential growth is straining fire, police, public works, and other city services. With more than 1,500 new housing units approved and a second fire station planned near Graham Regional Park, leaders are weighing major costs, staffing needs, and street maintenance ahead of a key budget-planning meeting on January 20.
   

• 4 wanted after Creedmoor internet sweepstakes robbed, employees tied up: Police (cbs17.com) — Police say a man from Graham is among four suspects wanted in connection with an armed robbery at an internet sweepstakes business in Creedmoor, where employees were tied up. One Raleigh man has already been arrested after a traffic stop on I-85, while warrants are out for the remaining suspects. Anyone with information is urged to contact Butner Public Safety or Granville County CrimeStoppers.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Graham

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★ Featured events ★

    Saturday December 20
  • Merry Friendsmas
    Burlington Food Hall and Commissary Kitchen, 268 E Front St Suite C, Burlington
    7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Just got done with a pantry re-do.
    For some more very good and extremely nice customers. They will paint everything and stain the butcher block countertop themselves. These are after… (Nextdoor Swep-sax Country)
  • Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Graham. Apply here.
  • McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Graham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Graham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Alamance

  • Most expensive homes for sale in Burlington, North Carolina (wsoctv.com)
  • Food & Beverage Bounces Back with 53 New Capital Projects in November 2025 (foodindustryexecutive.com)
  • Eastern Randolph Wildcats work through growing pains early in boys' basketball season (randolphrecord.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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