🌱 Mitchell Gross Pitcher Of The Week + New Collegiate Grill Reopening

Hello again, everybody! It's me, Lauren Kubiak, your host of the Gainesville Patch newsletter. Here's all the community news you need to know right now.

But first, your local weather:

• Thursday: Couple of thunderstorms. High: 64 Low: 58.
• Friday: Warmer with showers around. High: 74 Low: 55.

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Here are the top three stories in Gainesville today:

1. Gainesville's Mitchell Gross is being honored as baseball pitcher of the week. Quote the Sun Belt Conference, "In just his second start of the season, Georgia Southern sophomore left-handed pitcher Mitchell Gross tossed a career-high 7.0 scoreless innings with a career-best eight strikeouts to lift the Eagles to a 6-1 series-clinching victory over Marshall." (Sun Belt Conference)
2. New Collegiate Grill in Gainesville's downtown will be reopening in May under the new management of the owners of nearby Sweet Magnolia's Cafe & Bakery, Paresh and Dharma Patel. The Patels don't plan to change the local institution's menu and will be retaining employees from previous owners the Worley family. The Worleys parted ways with the restaurant after 15 years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former owner Jeff Worley reported that the restaurant never fully recovered due to ongoing staffing issues. (The Gainesville Times)
3. Gas prices throughout Georgia have declined on average so far this week compared to last. Georgian motorists are paying an average of $3.37 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline as of Apr. 24. Montrae Waiters, AAA-The Auto Club Group spokeswoman, noted that the dropping price of crude oil caused gas prices to decline. (ValdostaToday.com)

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Today and tomorrow in Gainesville:

Thursday, April 27

• Garden Grooves At The Atlanta Botanical Garden Gainesville (10:00 AM)
• Live Music - Jason Marcum At Pelican Pete's Tiki Bar & Grill (5:00 PM)

Friday, April 28

• Live Music - Craig Gleeson At Pelican Pete's Tiki Bar & Grill (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Yesterday, the City of Gainesville shared news regarding a widespread Spectrum outage intermittently impacting telecommunications systems across City departments and facilities. The outage was resolved by 5:30 p.m. that afternoon. (City of Gainesville, Georgia via Facebook)
• The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia welcomes you to take a look not just at the spring blooms but the spring adoptions! Some adorable potential non-human additions to your family are available at the link, including Camille, a 3-month-old female hound mix, and Bongo, a 2-month-old male mixed breed dog. (Humane Society of Northeast Georgia via Facebook)
• Gainesville High School is honoring its 2023 New Teacher of the Year, Abigail Turner! Congratulations! (Gainesville High School via Facebook)

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— Lauren Kubiak

About me: Lauren is an Editor for Lightning Media Partners. She graduated from Rowan University with a Bachelor’s in journalism. She was previously a full-time editor at an association management firm, editing peer-reviewed nursing journals, textbooks, and newsletters.