🌱 Taste Of Alpharetta Tickets + Milton City Pool + Web Portal Down

Hello all. It's me, Gail Lafleche, your host of the Alpharetta-Milton Patch newsletter — here to impart everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days. Including news about...

• Purchase tickets for Taste of Alpharetta.
• Passes for Milton's city pool.
• Milton's web portal down today.

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Now, today's weather: Today will be cloudy with a high of 79 and low of 64.

Here are the top stories today in Alpharetta-Milton:

1. The Taste of Alpharetta is this evening, and tickets are 100 percent digital this year! You won't have to stand in line to buy tickets, which means you'll have more time to check out all the delicious food. You can download the app now and purchase tickets before you get there. Please note that the streets downtown will be closed before the event; avoid driving in the area. (City of Alpharetta GA via Facebook)
2. Are you interested in cooling off at the Milton City Pool this summer? You can buy passes for the season now. There are different options for individuals and families, and discounted pricing for Milton residents. The pool will open on the Saturday before Memorial Day and is open until Labor Day. (City of Milton)
3. Milton's online web portal that's used for permits, plan reviews, and other services will be unavailable today starting at 9 a.m. due to system upgrades. During the outage, citizens can email" inspectionrequest@miltonga.gov on Thursday (during the outage) if they want to schedule an inspection." It might be back up later in the day, but that's not guaranteed. (City of Milton, Georgia - Government via Facebook)
4. Many businesses in downtown Roswell are opposed to closing down part of Canton Street to drivers over the weekends during the summer. The mayor recently met with business owners who expressed concern about issues including "parking, public safety, adequate accessibility for the elderly and people with disabilities and connectivity to parks." The city is planning to build a new parking deck over the next two years. The mayor is holding a public meeting with business owners next week to discuss this matter. (Subscription: The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
5. An Alpharetta business contacted the police because checks worth more than $56,000 were forged and cashed. The business believes they were stolen from the mail because they were mailed to customers during March and April. An audit showed that they had been cashed by different recipients. Two checks worth more than $44,000 were cashed, and the bank stopped processing another one for $11,745.44. (Appen Media)

Today in Alpharetta-Milton:

• English/ESL Class at the Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza (11:00 AM)
• Milton Crochet Circle at the Milton Library, 855 Mayfield Road (11:00 AM)
  
• Taste of Alpharetta at Downtown Alpharetta, 1 South Main St. (5:00 PM)
• Divorcing a Narcissist webinar offered by Atlanta Divorce Law Group, 3560 Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta (6:30 PM)
• Legacy at Roaring Social, 35 Milton Ave. in Alpharetta (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Are you interested in seeing the Alpharetta Raiders play a spring football game? There is a game versus Gainesville on May 17 at 7 p.m. and tickets are on sale now! (Alpharetta Raiders Football via Facebook)
• Midway Elementary School is having an International Festival on Friday, May 12. All families are invited; it will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Head to the gym to enjoy desserts and displays made by students. (Midway Elementary via Facebook)
• The deadline for ordering yearbooks for Cogburn Woods Elementary School is May 14 at 11:59 p.m. They cost $40 and the ones that were pre-ordered will be distributed to students on May 23. Order yours today! (Cogburn Woods Elementary School PTO via Facebook)

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• Breast Ultrasound Screening Coming Direct to You! (May 12)
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• Jennifer Hartswick Band with Cadillac Jones (May 12)
• No Cost Boot Camp 4 Divorcing Women Workshop (May 13)
• You're Invited to a House Party! (May 13)
• Clinton Nature Preserve Exploration Challenge Group Hike (May 13)
• Mother's Day BeltLine Food and Street Art Tour (May 13)
• Jupiter Coyote Playing Live! (May 13)
• Maya Eventov Artist Show : Textures of Nature (May 20)
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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you around!

— Gail Lafleche

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