🌱 Patch AM: 30 Displaced In Norcross Apartment Blaze

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In today's newsletter:

• Norcross apartment fire displaces 30 but causes no injuries

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 55 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 55, low: 40.
• Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 60 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 30 Displaced In Norcross Apartment Blaze (patch.com) — Norcross residents are recovering after a Sunday night apartment fire on Seasons Parkway damaged six units and displaced 30 people, though no injuries were reported. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze, but several apartments were declared total losses, and the American Red Cross is helping affected families while investigators probe the cause and note smoke alarms were not active.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Norcross

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Wednesday December 17

• Photos With Santa
  45 South Café , 45 South Café , Norcross
  6:00 pm
• Carriage Rides
  Skin Aley, Behind 45 South Cafe , Skin Aley, Behind 45 South Cafe , Norcross
  6:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Parks, Green Spaces & Trails Commission Meeting
  Norcross, GA Calendar Norcross, GA 30071
  5:00 pm
• Basketball v. Radloff @ Radloff MS
  Summerour Middle School Norcross, GA 30071
  5:30 pm
• Photos With Santa
  Norcross, GA Calendar Norcross, GA 30071
  6:00 pm
• Carriage Rides
  Norcross, GA Calendar Norcross, GA 30071
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Photos With Santa
  45 South Café , 45 South Café , Norcross
  6:00 pm
• Carriage Rides
  Skin Aley, Behind 45 South Cafe , Skin Aley, Behind 45 South Cafe , Norcross
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• ServSafe Training and Certification - December 2025
  LACC Georgia Office , 4120 Presidential Parkway Suite 200 , Atlanta
  9:30 am
• Early Learning | Toddler Time
  Gwinnett County Public Library - Peachtree Corners Branch , 5570 Spalding Dr , Peachtree Corners
  10:30 am
• Band Winter Concerts for 6th (5:30) and 7th (7:00)
  Crews Middle School Lawrenceville, GA 30044
  5:30 pm
• Band Winter Concert -7th/8th (Norcross HS)
  Norcross HS Norcross, GA 30071
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Freeze tonight and I forgot to winterize my pipes and hose bibs (turn off the water source and drain the pipes).
  I am stuck now, painful hip, unable to walk upstairs to drip a bathroom faucet and open the cabinet doors — praying. Medlock Corners Townhomes,… (Nextdoor Norcross North)
• There are so many more.
  STOP BUYING BULLY BREED AND BULLY MIX PUPPIES. STOP BREEDING THEM. Bully breeds are the primary population in shelters right now because people who… (Nextdoor Mercer Place)

• Chuck E. Cheese - CEC Entertainment, Inc. posted a job opening for Food Prep, Cook, and Pizza Maker - Cast Member in Norcross. Apply here.
• PetSmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Norcross. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Norcross here.

🗞 Nearby News

Peachtree Corners

• GAC Continues Can-A-Thon Tradition with Donations to the Salvation Army (livinginpeachtreecorners.com)

Doraville

• Security tightened for Hanukkah celebrations across metro Atlanta after Sydney mass shooting (atlantanewsfirst.com)

Lilburn

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-- The Patch AM Team

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