🌱 Can Kinston bring a football state title back home Saturday?

Good day Kinston! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Can Kinston bring a football state title back home Saturday?

Also on today's calendar: Rotaract's Movie Night at Grainger Stadium and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and chilly, with a high of 50 and low of 29 degrees.
• Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 53, low: 34.
• Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 57 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kinston and Tarboro Football Prepare for State Title Games (wnct.com) — Kinston High’s football team is headed to Durham this Saturday to play for the 3A state championship, aiming to bring a title back to Lenoir County. The story also follows perennial power Tarboro as both Eastern Plains rivals prepare for their respective state finals.
   

📸 Around Kinston

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kinston

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 11

• Rocky Mount Academy Boys Varsity Basketball @ APA
  Arendell Parrott Academy, 1901 Dobbs Farm Rd, Kinston
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• Rotaract's Movie Night at Grainger Stadium
  Grainger Stadium , 400 E Grainger Ave , Kinston
  3:30 pm
• Rotaract’s Movie Night at Grainger Stadium
  Grainger Stadium , 400 E Grainger Ave , Kinston
  3:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Cookies and Crafts: Christmas Open House
  CSS Neuse Museum , 100 N Queen St , Kinston
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Digging Deeper: Drain Tile History and Solutions in NC
  Caswell Research Farm , 2415 W Vernon Ave , Kinston
  9:00 am
• Christmas Crafting: Gingerbread Ornaments
  La Grange Public Library , 119 E Washington St , La Grange
  5:30 pm
• December Craft Night
  Farmville Public Library , 4276 W Church St , Farmville
  6:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Christmas Movie Night
  Cliffs of the Neuse State Park , 240 Park Entrance Rd , Seven Springs
  5:00 pm
• Karaoke Fridays
  Mustang Taproom , 1240 Andrews St Bldg 3705 , Goldsboro
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• "I Am My Sister's Keeper"
  The Venue Goldsboro , 1316 W Grantham St , Goldsboro
  10:00 am

Monday December 15

• Grifton Middle vs Bethel Middle
  Grifton School , 513 McCrae St , Grifton
  4:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Greene County Middle School (MS) vs A G Cox Middle
  Greene County Intermediate School , 614 Middle School Rd , Snow Hill
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• UNC Health Care posted a job opening for Housekeeping Aide II in Kinston. Apply here.
• City of Kinston, NC posted a job opening for Equipment Operator II-Water Operations in Kinston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kinston here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ayden

• Terrence Fallon (thebradentontimes.com)

Goldsboro

• Dec. 10 Community News (reflector.com)
• AMEXCAN hosts 14th annual leadership awards in Winterville (witn.com)
• Winterville police seek public help in locating missing 16-year-old girl last seen Nov. 25 (wcti12.com)

Greenville

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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