🌱Check Your Children's Candy + Alpharetta Plane Crash

Hello, everybody! I'm back in your inbox this autumn morning to walk you through the most important things happening locally. Today's issue includes:

• Check your children's Halloween candy
• Small plane crash in Alpharetta
• Early voting
• GA gubernatorial debate

Today's newsletter is sponsored by the Maxwell Adventure Team of Century 21 Connect Realty

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Now, today's weather:

Today will be sunny and beautiful with a high of 71 and a low of 51.

Here are the top stories today in Alpharetta-Milton:

1. Now that Halloween is over, it's important for parents to carefully check their children's candy. This will keep them safe, as some dangerous drugs look just like candy. For example, there are Fentanyl tablets that are made to look like candy. (City of Alpharetta)
2. The Alpharetta section of the Greenway was shut down yesterday due to a plane crash. It was a small single engine plane that went down near Kimball Bridge Road. Updates can be found on Alpharetta social media accounts. (City of Alpharetta)
3. Early voting for the general election ends this Friday, Nov. 4, and the Election Day is next week. Here is a list of locations where you can vote before early voting ends; Milton and Alpharetta residents can use any one of them. https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/.../early-voting-locations. On Election Day (Nov. 8), you must use your assigned location. (https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/)
4. Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams plus Libertarian candidate Shane Hazel had a final debate for the governor's election on Sunday evening. If you missed it that evening, you can watch it on YouTube. It was hosted by Channel 2 Action News anchor Justin Farmer. (The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Today in Alpharetta-Milton:

• Gallery Exhibits: Juanita Bellavance, “Aliveness thru Repetition & Variation” and All About Pastel by Southeastern Pastel Society at the Alpharetta Arts Center, 238 Canton St. (8:30 AM)
• The Original Selfie Museum at the North Point Mall, 1000 North Point Circle in Alpharetta (11:00 AM)
• "The Great Locomotive Chase" movie is playing at the FFA Log Cabin, 200 Milton Ave. in Alpharetta (11:30 AM)
• Sheet Pan Dinners — at Publix Aprons Cooking School at Alpharetta Commons, 4305 State Bridge Road. (6:30 PM)
• The Human DJ at Roaring Social, 35 Milton Ave. in Alpharetta (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Creek View Elementary School in Alpharetta held a fun Book Character Parade. It was a great way to celebrate Halloween. There were many creative costumes based on book characters! (Creek View Elementary School PTA via Facebook)
• Good news for drivers — gas prices dropped again last week due to lower demand.
  "According to the weekly press release from Montrae Waiters, the spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group, Georgia drivers are now paying an average of $3.15 per gallon. 'Georgians may not experience price reductions at the grocery store due to inflation but can definitely appreciate savings at the pump,' said Waiters." (Cobb County Courier)
• A Kennesaw State student was killed in a Halloween crowd surge where 153 people died in Seoul, South Korea. Steven Blesi of Marietta passed away; he was one of 11 students who were at a study abroad program there. None of the others from that program were hurt. (11 Alive)

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That's it for today! See you all tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Gail Lafleche

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