🌱Milton Transportation Plans + Fight At Avalon Hotel + Sexual Assault

Hello again, friends! It's me, Gail Lafleche, your host of the Alpharetta-Milton Patch newsletter. Here's all the local news you need to know right now. In today's issue, we'll touch on:

• Input needed on transportation issues.
• Fight at Avalon Hotel.
• Woman assaulted on Roswell trail.

But first, today's weather:

Today could have a couple of showers and t-storms. The high will be 84 with a low of 71.

Here are the top stories in Alpharetta-Milton today:

1. The City of Milton needs your input on transportation related issues. They are holding focus groups on three different topics, which are the Crabapple area, Deerfield/Highway 9 section, and biking and walking. They are interested in including citizens who live in those areas or walk/bike around town. The list of participants will be completed by Aug. 7, so sign up soon if you're interested. Here is a link to information on the project https://www.miltonga.gov/gover... If you're interested in learning about these groups, contact Engineering Project Manager Rob Dell-Ross at robert.dell-ross@miltonga.gov. (City of Milton, Georgia - Government via Facebook)
2. There was a fight reported to police at the Avalon Hotel in Alpharetta on July 15. At 2 a.m., a caller told police that he had been attacked when a group was trying to get on an elevator. The other individuals told police that the caller tried to force his way into an elevator they were on. There were allegedly punches thrown during the argument, and the caller was removed from the hotel by security. (Appen Media)
3. A Roswell woman was sexually assaulted earlier this week when walking along the Riverwalk Trail between Riverside Road and Dogwood Road, police said. She was on the path Tuesday morning and was approached by a man wearing dark clothes who said he had a gun. He forced her into the woods and assaulted her there. Police are investigating this attack. (WSB Atlanta)
4. An Alpharetta woman has been arrested for multiple shoplifting incidents at Walmart on Peachtree Parkway. She was seen on camera scanning dental floss and then stole expensive food items such as steak and king crab. The store says she stole over $1,00o of merchandise. (Appen Media)

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Today in Alpharetta-Milton:

Thursday, August 3

• Rug Hooking and Fabric Art at the Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road. (10:00 AM)
• Live Music at Minnie Olivia & Fogón and Lions, 10 Roswell St. in Alpharetta (6:00 PM)
• Trilith Jacob Blazer at Fairway Social, 240 South Main St. in Alpharetta (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Alpharetta Library bookstore was voted Best Bookstore in the annual Neighborhood Faves voting on Nextdoor! The used bookstore is inside the library and is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Some of the books cost just 50 cents! (Friends of the Alpharetta Library via Facebook)
• Are you interested in networking with North Fulton young professionals? The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce will have an event at the July Moon Bakery & Café on Aug. 18 starting at 8 a.m. Registration is required. (Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce via Facebook)
• Attention Creek View Elementary School parents — do you need to purchase school supplies? Here is a link to what's needed for each grade; you can drop them off at Sneak Peek this Friday. (Creek View Elementary School PTA via Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you soon!

— Gail Lafleche

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