🌱 Patch AM: Why a ‘Stranger Things’ filming site near Decatur now has security

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• Why a ‘Stranger Things’ filming site near Decatur now has security

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 44 degrees.
• Tuesday: Increasing amounts of sun, temps: high: 65, low: 50.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Father mourns daughter's fatal fall at ‘Stranger Things' site: ‘She was perfect' (fox5atlanta.com) — A 19-year-old woman died after falling from a five-story abandoned building on Emory’s Briarcliff campus near North Decatur Road, a spot popular with “Stranger Things” fans. Her father is urging local teens and young adults to avoid trespassing in fenced-off buildings and hopes heightened security at the site will prevent another tragedy. A fundraiser is helping cover her burial costs.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Decatur

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Wednesday December 24

• Chamber Office Closed
  DeKalb Chamber of Commerce , 125 Clairemont Ave #235 , Decatur

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• Crafty Expressions: Mixed Media Creativity Exhibit
  Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
  10:00 am
• Decorate an Ornament for the Tree
  Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
  10:00 am
• Advent Puzzle: Count Down to the Holidays
  Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
  10:00 am
• Blood Drive
  Flat Shoals Library -
  10:00 am
• [censored] & Mocktails
  Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
  5:00 pm
• Musical Booking: Holidays with the Edgewood String Quartet
  Decatur Library -
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Preschool Storytime
  Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
  11:00 am
• Board Games and Puzzles Day
  Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library -
  3:00 pm
• Holiday Movie
  Gresham Library -
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve - City Hall Closed
  Avondale Estates, GA Calendar Avondale Estates, GA 30002
• Chamber Office Closed
  DeKalb Chamber of Commerce , 125 Clairemont Ave #235 , Decatur

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for Homemade Tamales 🫔: I grew up in Southern California and the Christmas season has me craving some tamales real bad.
  We grew up buying tamales out of a woman named Yolanda’s trunk. She would come around the neighborhood every few weeks and my dad would literally buy… (Nextdoor Glenco)
• Anyone able to come over and chop up a tree that’s about 12” thick with a chain saw?
  Might take half an hour at most. Not a huge tree. Would also need to just bring the pieces to the curb. No need for the trunk to be cut or removed… (Nextdoor Worthington Valley)

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (05701)- 1439 Oxford Road in Decatur. Apply here.
• The Retail Outsource Group posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Decatur. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Decatur here.

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