🌱 Man Attacked In Roswell Park + Alpharetta Ladies Night Out

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First, today's weather:

Today will be mostly sunny and nice. The high will be 83 with a low of 61.

Here are the top stories in Alpharetta-Milton today:

1. A man was attacked in Roswell Area Park Tuesday night and left in a pool of his own blood.
   A witness was going for an evening walk when he noticed 40-year-old Matthew Donald lying roughly 20 feet off the trail in one of the parking lots around 9:25 p.m. Donald is currently in the ICU and was able to give his father and hospital staff two thumbs up, according to his father. Police are asking for the public's help in investigating if anyone was at the park on Tuesday evening. (11 Alive)
2. Discover the Downtown Alpharetta District and join us for Alpharetta Ladies Night Out! It will be held on Sept. 27 from 5-8 p.m. at 131 Alpharetta Highway. There will be food and drink specials, plus unique items and discounts at local retailers. Attendees will receive a special swag bag at check-in and have the opportunity to win prizes by participating in a fun interactive scavenger hunt! (Alpharetta Ladies Night out)
3. Are you looking for a new job? The Community Assistance Center’s Career Center at 1130 Hightower Trail, Sandy Springs, will host a “Workforce to Workplace” panel and open house on Thursday, Sept. 22. A panel will discuss how to "connect qualified jobseekers to career paths at local companies and organizations. After the panel discussion, attendees can mix and mingle with employers, industry experts, jobseekers and local government representatives and tour the facility." RSVP online to attend the event at the Career Center. (Community Assistance Center)

Today in Alpharetta-Milton:

• The Alpharetta Farmers Market will take place from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Alpharetta Town Green. You will find "farmers with fruits, vegetables and natural meats, gardeners with fresh flowers and herbs, and makers of all sorts of edible home goods from yummy desserts and breads to local raw honey and homemade sauces, jellies, soaps." (City of Alpharetta)
• The Milton Historical Society is hosting its second annual fall SHINDIG at 4 p.m. in Wildberry Creek Farm, 16330 Westbrook Road, Milton. It will be a great family event. There will be Bluegrass music, Southern barbecue, an ice cream truck , antique cars, historical exhibits, hayrides and corn hole. Tickets are $20 per person. Kids 12 and under are free. Bring your own chair. (Shindig)
• Enjoy live music at Milton's Cuisine and Cocktails, 800 Mayfield Road, from 6-10 p.m. Geoff Scott will bring you some of the top tunes from the 60's - today's music as well as deep tracks! He performs covers and originals with different styles depending on the venue and rocking the night with loopers, dual guitars, digitech whammy and more! Come out for some interactive fun as a setlist is passed around for you to request songs all night long! (Milton's)

From my notebook:

• "All available slots for Milton's upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event have been filled. We look forward to holding another such event in 2023. Signups started yesterday and the list quickly filled up. Please follow the City of Milton’s social media accounts, sign-up for its emails, and check its website for details on that and other recycling opportunities." (City of Milton)
• "The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will meet Thursday at a special location — Milton City Park and Preserve — to discuss the possibility of adding two programs. As is customary, the meeting will begin with committee reports on some of Milton’s many recreational programs — including those for the arts, baseball, basketball, girls lacrosse, swimming and tennis. Then PRAB will discuss the possibility of bringing a new visual arts program to be run by Kidcreate Studio. Kidcreate has over a dozen physical franchises nationwide — the closest being in Johns Creek — offering hands-on arts classes." (City of Milton)
• What are those things on the skinny poles along Haynes Bridge Road near Alpharetta City Hall? They are a new technology used to count the number of cars that pass, and they have been installed them temporarily to collect information on traffic counts and patterns along Haynes Bridge Road and Academy Street in Downtown Alpharetta. These units are easier to install and maintain and provide more accurate information than the old method of running sensor cables across the street and connecting them to analog counters. (City of Alpharetta GA via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow with another update.

— Gail Lafleche

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