🌱 Patch AM: New Year's EVE At Noon 5K and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: I think I’ll wear only one boot today. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 52 and low of 34 degrees.
• Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 58, low: 36.
• Friday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., with a high of 58 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 31

• New Year's EVE At Noon 5K
  Sandy Creek Park , 400 Bob Holman Rd , Athens
  12:00 pm
• Blackberry Smoke
  The Classic Center , 300 N Thomas St , Athens
  7:00 pm
• Atmosphere Loganville Wednesday 8PM w/late entry until 10:30PM
  Atmosphere Sports Bar , 540 Athens Hwy , Loganville
  8:00 pm
• Athens Goth Night Dance Party
  Ciné , 234 W Hancock Ave , Athens
  9:30 pm

Thursday January 1

• First Day Hike 2026
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am
• ADA First Day Hike
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Road , Rutledge
  10:00 am
• Fully Accessible First Day Hike
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  12:00 pm
• Follow in the steps of the CCC - First Day Hike
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Road , Rutledge
  1:00 pm
• Planning Commission Meeting
  Historic Walton County Courthouse , 111 South Broad Street , Monroe
  6:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Business over Breakfast
  Barrow County Chamber of Commerce , #6 Porter Street , Winder
  9:00 am
• Network Barrow
  Barrow County Chamber of Commerce , #6 Porter St. , Winder
  9:00 am
• Friday Fun Game Night
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Road , Rutledge
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Someone’s horse is running down John W Breedlove Rd.
  Looks like it came from Mount Vernon Rd area. Brown in color. (Nextdoor Mount Vernon Meadows)
• Can anyone recommend a reliable, honest, and dog-loving person to check on my small 16lb Long haired Chihuahua named Tatiana?
  I'm located near Quality Foods Plaza. Please drop me a message with your contact details if you can help. Thanks and have a wonderful day! (Nextdoor Mayfield Dr)

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Monroe. Apply here.
• Silgan posted a job opening for Production Supervisor-7:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. in Monroe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Social Circle

• Antione Graves delivers strong fourth quarter to propel Alcovy past Social Circle 54-51 (covnews.com)
• Rivian announces investments into Georgia education programs (repairerdrivennews.com)
• Social Circle warehouse reportedly could hold ICE detainees (covnews.com)

Loganville

• The January 2026 community-wide prayer service in Loganville is scheduled for Jan. 7 (monroelocal.org)
• Drone service takes flight in Loganville (monroelocal.org)
• Update: 16 year-old Savannah teen arrested in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Loganville teen (monroelocal.org)

Winder

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I heard there’s only a 50 percent chance of snow.
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