🌱 Patch AM: 20+ Families Displaced After Blaze Ignites At DeKalb Apartments: Report

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In today's newsletter:

• Buford Highway blaze forces at least 20 East Atlanta families out

Also on today's calendar: Holidays on Peachtree Street and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 54 and low of 34 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 56, low: 42.
• Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 62 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 20+ Families Displaced After Blaze Ignites At DeKalb Apartments: Report (patch.com) — East Atlanta residents are coping with the aftermath of a weekend apartment fire on the 3600 block of Buford Highway that displaced at least 20 families. Five units were damaged in the Saturday afternoon blaze, but no injuries were reported, and the American Red Cross is assisting those forced from their homes while officials continue gathering details.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Holidays on Peachtree Street
  The Church at Ponce & Highland, 1085 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• A Christmas Carol
  Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School Atlanta, GA 30316
  6:30 pm
• Volcanoes & Unicornes , sweet meteor of death, Thee Faux Sees, Fuzzy Wuzzy
  529 EAV , 529 Flat Shoals Ave SE , Atlanta
  8:00 pm
• SQUIDS N GIGGLES WEEKLY COMEDY at Argosy - 12172025
  Argosy , 470 Flat Shoals Ave SE , Atlanta
  8:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Holiday Program
  Fred a. Toomer Elementary School Atlanta, GA 30317
  5:30 pm
• A Christmas Carol
  Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School Atlanta, GA 30316
  6:30 pm
• Charlie Brown Xmas at The EARL
  The EARL , 488 Flat Shoals Ave SE , Atlanta
  7:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Holiday Movie
  Gresham Library -
  5:00 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

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