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🌱 Patch AM: Which heartbreaking 2025 tragedies hit closest to home in Cumming?

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Greetings Cumming! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which heartbreaking 2025 tragedies hit closest to home in Cumming?

Also on today's calendar: Nostalgic Art Exhibit.

Find out what's happening in Cummingfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Cummingfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Friday: Cloudy, with a high of 59 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Saturday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 53, low: 39.
  • Sunday: Warmer with plenty of sun, with a high of 62 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fiery Crash Kills Family Meteorite Rocks State: GA Top News 2025 (patch.com) — Cumming is mentioned in two of Georgia’s most tragic 2025 stories: a 4-year-old boy killed in an ATV crash that injured a local teen, and a retired officer fatally struck while volunteering at a parade. These incidents appear in a broader roundup of shocking crashes, crimes, disasters, and missing-person cases from across the state last year.
   


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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cumming

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday January 2
  • VG-BBALL (Home) vs East Jackson
    Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
    4:00 pm
  • VB-BBALL (Home) vs East Jackson
    Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
    5:30 pm
  • Saturday January 3
  • V-WRESTLING (AWAY) AT Gainesville Duals
    Gainesville High School , 830 Century Pl , Gainesville
    8:00 am
  • G-WRESTLING (AWAY) AT Gainesville Duals
    Gainesville High School , 830 Century Pl , Gainesville
    8:00 am
  • JV-WRESTLING (AWAY) AT Gainesville Duals
    Gainesville High School , 830 Century Pl , Gainesville
    8:00 am
  • Gainesville Gun and Knife Show
    Galaxy Event Hall , 2285 Browns Bridge Rd , Gainesville
    9:00 am
  • Monday January 5
  • Kidsʼ Chess
    Northeast Spruill Oaks Library , 9560 Spruill Road , Johns Creek
    6:00 pm
  • Toastmasters Gavel Club
    Northeast Spruill Oaks Library , 9560 Spruill Road , Johns Creek
    6:30 pm
  • Tuesday January 6
  • Municipal Court: Arraignment
    City Hall , 11360 Lakefield Drive , Johns Creek
    8:30 am
  • Municipal Court
    Municipal Court , 11445 Johns Creek Parkway , Johns Creek
    2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • 12/31/2025- Missing Cat in LongLake Subdivision.
    My cat, Boots, escaped out of the house last night. She does have a collar on her in the shape of a dog bone and slightly overweight. If you find her… (Nextdoor Longlake)
  • Beanie has been found!!!!!!!
    Thank you every one for your help and encouragement!!!! (Nextdoor Old Atlanta Rd)
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Cumming. Apply here.
  • Petco Animal Supplies Inc posted a job opening for Stocker / Cashier in Cumming. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cumming here.

🗞 Nearby News

Buford

  • An Indonesian Afternoon Tea on Buford Highway Marks My Mom's 84th Birthday (thecitizen.com)
  • As the calendar flips to 2026, battle for control of the Georgia House cranks up • Georgia Recorder (georgiarecorder.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just lost interest.
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