Community Corner
🌱 How a tax credit is helping keep Bremen’s hospital doors open
Be sure to catch TBA Basketball @ Gordon Lee Tournament on the Bremen Patch calendar
Hey there, Bremen! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a tax credit is helping keep Bremen’s hospital doors open
Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Rain; breezy this afternoon, with a high of 57 and low of 38 degrees.
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 51, low: 28.
- Saturday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 61 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• How a Georgia tax credit program is helping rural hospitals keep care close to home (11alive.com) — Higgins General Hospital in Bremen is relying on Georgia’s rural hospital tax credit program to keep emergency, diagnostic, and primary care services close to home for West Georgia residents. Through the Georgia HEART Program, taxpayers can direct state income taxes to hospitals like Higgins, funding equipment upgrades, mobile mammography, and operations that help prevent rural hospital closures. 
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📸 Around Bremen
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bremen
- TBA Basketball @ Gordon Lee Tournament
Gordon Lee High School , 105 Lee Cir , Chickamauga - Girls Wrestling @ Denmark Tournament
Denmark High School , 645 Mullinax Rd , Alpharetta
3:00 pm - Wrestling @ Calhoun Christmas Classic
Calhoun High School , 355 S River St , Calhoun
9:00 am
Friday December 19
Saturday December 27
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Homeschool Program
Bowdon City Library , 450 West Ave , Bowdon
11:00 am - Visit with Santa
Neva Lomason Memorial Library , 710 Rome St , Carrollton
5:00 pm - Mt. Zion Middle vs Cedartown Middle School
Mt. Zion Middle School , 132 Eagle Dr , Carrollton
5:00 pm - Ghost Train
Pine Mountain Gold Museum , 1881 Stockmar Rd , Villa Rica
6:00 pm - VR Cluster Chorus Concert @ PAC
PAC Temple, GA 30179
6:30 pm - TBA Basketball @ Gordon Lee Tournament
Gordon Lee High School , 105 Lee Cir , Chickamauga - Girls Wrestling @ Denmark Tournament
Denmark High School , 645 Mullinax Rd , Alpharetta
3:00 pm - Is Fear Holding You Back?
Villa Rica Public Library , 869 Dallas Hwy , Villa Rica
10:00 am - Dancing in a Winter Wonderland
Carrollton Center for the Arts , 251 Alabama St , Carrollton
11:00 am
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Bremen. Apply here.
- International Staffing Consultants, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Quality Manager in Bremen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bremen here.
🗞 Nearby News
Carrollton
- UNC Bears safety Cam Chapa again named to FCS Football All-American team (greeleytribune.com)
- Avoid not so jolly holiday scams (times-georgian.com)
- Southwire collects more than 7,250 toys for Toys for Tots (times-georgian.com)
Bowdon
- DawgNation newsletter: What makes QB Ryan Puglisi different (dawgnation.com)
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