🌱 Patch AM: Profoam 3 1/2 Day Training Class - Rutledge, GA-$1050 per person and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What did the baby light bulb say to its mom? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Fog will lift in the morning, with a high of 62 and low of 44 degrees.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 56.
• Wednesday: Low clouds and warm, with a high of 70 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday January 5

• Profoam 3 1/2 Day Training Class - Rutledge, GA-$1050 per person
  Profoam Corporation , 145 Newborn Rd , Rutledge
  1:00 pm
• Planning Commission Public Hearing
  Lawrenceville, GA Calendar , 70 S Clayton Street , Lawrenceville
  6:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Basketball @ Sweetwater
  Berkmar High School , 405 Pleasant Hill Rd , Lilburn
  5:30 pm

Friday January 9

• 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
• Campfire and Hot Cocoa
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Road , Rutledge
  6:00 pm
• Community Campfire & S'mores on the House!
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Loop Around the Lake
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am

Monday January 12

• Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Meeting
  Lawrenceville, GA Calendar , 70 S Clayton St , Lawrenceville
  5:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Lawrenceville Arts Commission (LAC) Meeting
  Lawrenceville, GA Calendar , 70 S Clayton St , Lawrenceville
  6:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Del Rio Dacula Saturday 7PM w/late entry until 9:30PM
  Del Rio Mexican Grill , 1342 Auburn Rd , Dacula
  7:00 pm

Friday January 23

• 2026 Triple GA Projects Facilitator Training
  Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center , 543 Elliott Trail , Mansfield
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This precious baby's name is Nusha.
  She is 3 yrs old. Her human is deploying on Wednesday. She is free to a good home. She comes with vet records of rabies/vaccines. She is spayed. Can… (Nextdoor Partain Road)
• Found this dog with a collar but no tags does she belong to anybody?
  Can somebody hold on to her in the mean time? We don’t live here we were driving home from visiting family (Nextdoor Partain Road)

• Harbor Freight Tools posted a job opening for Retail Stocking Associate in Monroe. Apply here.
• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Monroe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Loganville

• New Loganville City Council takes seat for first meeting of 2026 Monday (monroelocal.org)
• Top 20 stories in Your Local News 2025 again were dominated by tragedies (monroelocal.org)
• Antonio Thornton Jr savannah deadly shooting balloon release (fox5atlanta.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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