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In today's newsletter:

• How UGA sent off more than 3,200 new Athens-grown graduates
• How one UGA scholar is rescuing Athens’ forgotten queer past

Also on today's calendar: Classic City Community Chorus Presents: Christmas in the Classic City and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly sunny; breezy, cooler, with a high of 52 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Chilly with plenty of sun, temps: high: 45, low: 25.
• Tuesday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 57 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UGA celebrates fall 2025 undergraduate commencement (redandblack.com) — Thousands of students and families packed UGA’s Stegeman Coliseum in Athens as more than 3,200 graduates received their fall 2025 degrees. Speakers, including President Jere Morehead and former Coca-Cola CEO Douglas Ivester, urged new alumni to carry their UGA education into service, leadership, and lifelong learning while celebrating years of work in Athens classrooms and labs.
   

• Traces and Triumphs: One scholar's mission to map Athens' forgotten queer histories (redandblack.com) — A University of Georgia Ph.D. candidate is building an archive to preserve Athens’ early LGBTQ+ histories, especially stories from before 1980 that risk being lost. Working with Athens Pride & Queer Collective and local elders, he’s mapping sites, recording oral histories, and highlighting contributions of Black, Brown, trans, immigrant, and disabled queer Athenians to the city’s culture and identity.
   

📸 Around Athens

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Athens

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 14

• KIT, Orange Doors, Goodhost, Mantra
  The World Famous, 351 N Hull St, Athens
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 15

• "12 Days of Christmas Countdown" Virtual Program
  Athens-Clarke County, GA Calendar Athens, GA 30601
• Vision Committee Regular Meeting
  Athens-Clarke County, GA Calendar , 133 East Washington Street , Athens
  12:30 pm
• Right-of-Way Use Committee
  Athens-Clarke County, GA Calendar , 301 College Avenue , Athens
  2:00 pm
• Newton Bridge Road TAD Advisory Committee Meeting-December 15, 2025
  Athens-Clarke County, GA Calendar Athens, GA 30601
  3:15 pm
• CANCELED - TSPLOST 2023 Oversight Committee Meeting
  Athens-Clarke County, GA Calendar , 120 West Dougherty Street , Athens
  5:15 pm
• TSPLOST 2023 Oversight Committee Meeting
  Athens-Clarke County, GA Calendar , 120 West Dougherty Street , Athens
  5:15 pm
• "Deck the Hollow" at Bear Hollow Zoo at Memorial Park
  Athens-Clarke County, GA Calendar , 293 Gran Ellen Dr. , Athens
  5:30 pm
• Classic City Community Chorus Presents: Christmas in the Classic City
  University of Georgia Performing Arts Center , 230 River Rd , Athens
  7:30 pm

📣 Athens Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 14

• Jazz Brunch
  FIVE Athens , 269 N Hull St STE 100 , Athens
  11:00 am
• St. Mary’s Love Lights Tree Lighting | Georgia Children's Chorus | Athens, GA
  St Mary's Health Care System , 1230 Baxter St , Athens
  3:00 pm
• Oconee Youth Playhouse stages Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  Oconee Youth Playhouse , 1050 Jamestown Blvd , Watkinsville
  3:00 pm
• NE Georgia Civil War History Roundtable
  Oconee County Library , 1925 Electric Ave , Watkinsville
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this lost cat!
  Sebastian was LOST on November 16, 2025 in Athens, GA 30606 near Brookside Ave Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact… (Nextdoor West Broad)
• Shout out for ACC -
  ACC has just started a program where it will pick large items for trash, anywhere in the county, by appointment. I saw some younger neighbors… (Nextdoor E Athens/Sorenson Ridge)

• ServiceMaster Clean posted a job opening for Janitor in Athens. Apply here.
• University of Georgia posted a job opening for Building Services Worker - Rock Eagle - Temporary in Athens. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Athens here.

🗞 Nearby News

Watkinsville

• This cat is so cool he got his own art exhibit in Watkinsville (onlineathens.com)
• Oconee Boy Scout troop hosts adventure fair (oconeeenterprise.com)
• Christene McKim Hebbe, 93 (portcitydaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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