🌱 Chinese Lantern Festival - Destination Cruise (1) and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Chinese Lantern Festival - Destination Cruise (1) at Whispering Pies

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

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 49 and low of 29 degrees.
• Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, temps: high: 54, low: 32.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 34 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Whispering Pines

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• Pop Up in the Pines
  Hatchet Brewing Company, 490 SW Broad St, Southern Pines
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Chinese Lantern Festival - Destination Cruise (1)
  Whispering Pies , 334 Mill Creek Rd E , Carthage
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Music and Motion
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar Southern Pines, NC 28387
  10:15 am
• Little U
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar Southern Pines, NC 28387
  3:45 pm
• Historic District Commission Regular Meeting - CANCELLED
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar , 801 SE Service Rd , Southern Pines
  4:00 pm
• Historic District Commission Regular Meeting
  Southern Pines Main Calendar Community Development - 801 SE Service Rd Southern Pines NC 28387
  4:00 pm

Friday December 12

• SPARK Storytime at the Fire Station
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar , 7850 NC-22 , Carthage
  10:00 am
• RIBBON CUTTING - SOUTHERN PINES PEACH COBBLER FACTORY
  Moore County Chamber of Commerce 10574 US HWY 15-501 SOUTHERN PINES
  2:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• STEAM Sunday!
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar Southern Pines, NC 28387
  2:30 pm

Monday December 15

• Drop-In Preview Party
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar Southern Pines, NC 28387
  3:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Baby Rhymes
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar Southern Pines, NC 28387
  10:15 am
• Technical Review Committee Meeting
  Southern Pines, NC Calendar , 801 SE Service Rd , Southern Pines
  1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Can anyone give me the name of a good bagel shop around here.
  I settled for Panera's but they have gotten worse. I was told the bagels are baked off-site and shipped in..... (Nextdoor Whispering Pines - South)
• Moore County Sherriff's Office Animal Services
  (910-947-2858) ADOPTION AVAILABLE Dr Thunder (Kennel ID: 94710) Domestic Shorthair Neutered Male Approximately 12-15 weeks old (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Southern Pines

• Southern Pines approves rezoning, housing, industrial site (sandhillssentinel.com)
• CVB approves $1 million in tourism grants (sandhillssentinel.com)
• Seven Southern Old-Growth Forests to Wander Through (gardenandgun.com)

Carthage

• Board votes 5–2 to place new Carthage Elementary on Vass–Carthage Road (sandhillssentinel.com)
• Carthage rush hour traffic slowed by crash, overturned vehicle (sandhillssentinel.com)
• Obituary for Dan Henry Bryant of Pinehurst (sandhillssentinel.com)

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