🌱 Patch AM: Which Winder students just made NGTC’s top academic lists?

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• Which Winder students just made NGTC’s top academic lists?

Also on today's calendar: Winter Market and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Decreasing clouds, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 71, low: 51.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Students named to NGTC President's List and Honor Roll for Fall Semester 2025 (wnegradio.com) — Two Winder students, Amber May and Emma Charron, earned academic honors at North Georgia Technical College for the Fall 2025 semester, with Charron making the President’s List. The long roll of honorees from across northeast Georgia highlights local students’ strong performance in programs ranging from photography to practical nursing.
   

📸 Around Winder

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winder

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 27

• Dueling Pianos in Winder!
  Finished Goods Brew Werks, 56 E Candler St, Winder
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 24

• ActionMEMBERS
  When Pigs Fly BBQ , 118 N Wayne St. , Monroe
  10:30 am

Friday December 26

• Network Barrow
  Barrow County Chamber of Commerce , #6 Porter St. , Winder
  9:00 am
• Community Campfire & S'mores on the House!
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Loop Around the Lake
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am

Sunday December 28

• Gills, Pores, & Spore Prints: Mushrooms Identification Hike
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 S Broad St , Winder
  1:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• First Day Hike 2026
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am
• Fully Accessible First Day Hike
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  12:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Winter Market
  163 M.L.K. Jr Dr , Winder
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 24

• ActionMEMBERS
  When Pigs Fly BBQ , 118 N Wayne St. , Monroe
  10:30 am

Thursday December 25

• Harvest Gala Fundraiser 2025
  138 Park Ave Business Suites , 138 Park Avenue , Winder
  5:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Network Barrow
  Barrow County Chamber of Commerce , #6 Porter St. , Winder
  9:00 am
• Community Campfire & S'mores on the House!
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for Homes for these 2.
  These two animals where my grandmother's cat and dog. She is now in a nursing home and my grandfather cant take care of these animals. All the… (Nextdoor Plantation Acres)
• Help us find Louie!
  Shih Tzu last seen at 1311 Birdsong view Dacula GA 30019. https://app.fidoalert.com/pets/tag/e42967c1-a3b5-4e78-802e-f8679969faaa/ (Nextdoor County Line Auburn Rd)

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Winder. Apply here.
• AutoZone, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Part Time in Winder. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Winder here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hoschton

• Dr. Edgar Poole, Jr. (gaffneyledger.com)

Braselton

• Exchange Bank announces Tripp Conner as senior VP and Market President for upcoming Braselton branch (unionrecorder.com)

Dacula

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-- The Patch AM Team

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