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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 8h

Carrboro This Week:
☂️A little rain felt just fine as the Carrboro Cubs Walked & Rolled to School
🎨Friday is 2nd Friday Artwalk
✳️Carrboro in Motion: Willow Creek Laundromat on Saturday
🚲The Kidical Mass Bike Event is Sunday
🎉That's Carrboro -- Always in Motion!
🔗 https://monkeylink.co/ee9543

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 1d

🎉Join us at the next Carrboro in Motion event:
11am - 2pm Saturday, Oct. 11 at Willow Creek Laundromat at 602 Jones Ferry Road.
Enjoy:
💃Live Zumba class led by Oscar Garcia
🚲Bike and ped resources
✳️Town of Carrboro programs & services
✴️Orange County services

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/c104e0

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 1d

2025 Carrboro Halloween:
🌟Music & Stories Under the Stars: Friday, Oct. 24, 5-7:30pm Weaver Street Lawn
🎪Carrboro Halloween Carnival: Friday, Oct. 31 ,5:30-8pm Carrboro Town Commons
🎃Virtual Pumpkin Carving/Decorating Contest: Submit a photo 5 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28
ℹ️https://monkeylink.co/ee3e8a

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 2d

The 20th Annual West End Poetry Festival returns, Oct. 16-18, 2025. All events are free and open to the public. The theme this year is "The Power of Poetry."

Enjoy readings, open mics, poetry in the round, workshops and more!

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/f9ede2

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 2d

Join the 2nd Friday Art Walk around downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill on Friday, Oct. 10.

Explore art galleries, artist studios, shops and restaurants: https://monkeylink.co/81c6c5

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 2d

🗓️The Town Council is scheduled to meet next at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7.

The Town Council meets at Carrboro Town Hall, 301 W. Main St. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person or can view the livestream via our website or YouTube.
ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/88efd1

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrate Walk & Roll to School Day: Oct 8
Want to walk, ride & roll to school w/Mayor Foushee?
Meet at bike repair stand at Wilson Park between 7-7:15am
Group photo before walk begins: 7:20am
Group should arrive at Carrboro Elementary by 7:35 am

More info: https://monkeylink.co/df3105

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 5d

Carrboro 10K and 5K road races are scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4.

The race begins in front of McDougle Middle School, winds through downtown Carrboro and its neighborhoods, and finishes on the McDougle track. Feel free to cheer on the runners!

Learn more at https://monkeylink.co/fb9726

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 6d

The Carrboro Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Kent Kurosawa, a missing endangered person.

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/990673

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 6d

The Town of Carrboro seeks applications for the position of Poet Laureate of Carrboro, a two-year term that will begin Jan. 1, 2026, and expire Dec. 31, 2027.

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/2d8369

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 7d

Carrboro This Week:
🎵Thanks Carrboro Recreation, Parks and Cultural Resources for a GREAT Carrboro Music Festival
🎉Carrboro's All-America City Celebration
📚West End Poetry Festival is Oct 16-18
🎃Halloween Events
🗳️Early voting coming up for local elections!
🔗 https://monkeylink.co/af0c7c

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 7d

Wishing our Jewish community a meaningful Yom Kippur. G'mar Chatima Tova.
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#YomKippur #CarrboroNC #JewishHolidays

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 8d

🆓Get Free Milkweed Seeds: Carrboro Farmers’ Market: Saturday, 10/4
🦋Monarchs rely on milkweed as a food source for their larvae & eating it makes them poisonous to predators
👩‍🌾How to Plant: Sprinkle the seeds, cover lightly, water
🌻Choose native varieties
ℹ️https://monkeylink.co/cff5d5

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 13d

Come celebrate the Carrboro All-America City Win at a special program to be held at the beginning of the Carrboro Music Festival. Join us at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Drakeford Library Complex!

CARRBORO, NC - All-America City 2025 https://monkeylink.co/33cf26

CARRBORO, NC - All-America City 2025

ABOUT CARRBORO’S ALL-AMERICA CITY AWARD The Town of Carrboro won 2025 All-America City by the National Civic League, marking a historic win in the town’s fir...

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 14d

Carrboro This Week:
🍂Fall has come to Carrboro!
🎸Carrboro Music Festival is this weekend
✳️Town Manager Patrice Toney hosted an employee “Carrboro Forward” celebration
ℹ️Check out career opportunities
🔗 https://monkeylink.co/c1cd31

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 14d

CARRBORO MUSIC FESTIVAL 2025
🎵1PM SUNDAY, Sept 28
🎉 Celebrate Carrboro's AAC Win 1PM, Sunday
🎸FREE music ALL-OVER TOWN
📋Workshops Sunday (reg.required)
💿 HIP HOP & GROOVES:Cat's Cradle Sunday
🎤KICKOFF SHOW: Cat's Cradle Saturday
🚏FREE BUS SHUTTLE
📲Download APP
https://monkeylink.co/d1bbe0

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 16d

Shanah Tovah to all who are observing Rosh Hashanah. Have a happy year ahead!

#RoshHashanah

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 18d

Oct. 2025 is American Pharmacists Month in Carrboro.
Pharmacists & student pharmacists from UNC serve the community through outreach events.
Residents are encouraged to recognize & celebrate the valuable contributions of pharmacists & student pharmacists.
ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/bb85b9

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 20d

Carrboro This Week:
🎉Carrboro is an All-America City. Come join the celebration at the Carrboro Music Festival at 1p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28
🚴‍♀️The Safe Routes to School Action Plan is underway
🎂Happy Birthday to the Community School for People Under Six
🔗https://monkeylink.co/c31eea

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 20d

Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, is Community School for People Under Six 55th Anniversary Celebration Day.

CSPU6 has been a cornerstone of early childhood education in Carrboro/Chapel Hill for 55 yrs, nurturing the minds, spirits & hearts of children in the area.

ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/1932c6

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 21d

Sept. 15 -21 is Diaper Need Awareness Week in Carrboro
Addressing diaper need strengthens families, reduces poverty-related stressors, & fosters healthier, more equitable communities that reflect our town’s longstanding values of inclusion & care for neighbors.
ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/1f0576

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 22d

Today is National Voter Registration Day! Make sure you are #VoteReady!

National Voter Registration Day is a nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to celebrating our democracy.

ℹ️ https://ecs.page.link/VVks8

#nationalvoterregistrationday

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 22d

🗓️The Town Council is scheduled to meet next at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16.

The Town Council meets at Carrboro Town Hall, 301 W. Main St. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person or can view the livestream via our website or YouTube.
ℹ️ https://monkeylink.co/88cad6

Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 27d

Carrboro This Week:
👋Hey, it's nice to see you again!
🎵Save the date: Carrboro Music Festival
ℹ️Learn about the CARE team
🇺🇸Never forget the sacrifice of first responders on 9/11
💚Our deepest sympathy following the death of former Town Alderman Hilliard Caldwell
🔗 https://monkeylink.co/2a8a14

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Town of Carrboro, NC @carrboronc.bsky.social · 27d

The Town of Carrboro was represented in the annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in Kenan Stadium on Thursday morning. Participants climbed 2,071 stairs to commemorate the bravery of firefighters and other first responders who ascended the World Trade Center towers to save lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

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