🌱 How a Riverdale IHOP meeting revealed a carrier’s hidden struggles

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Riverdale IHOP meeting revealed a carrier’s hidden struggles

Also on today's calendar: Toy Drive and 2 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 32 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 57, low: 42.
• Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 65 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Monterio Bass: ‘I've been living on newspapers for so long' (saportareport.com) — A longtime Atlanta newspaper carrier recently met with a reporter at the IHOP in Riverdale to share how ending the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s print edition is upending his life. Living out of his car while still delivering papers, he’s relying on faith, loyal customers, and a new GoFundMe to try to secure housing and repair his vehicles.
   

📸 Around Riverdale

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Riverdale

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• Toy Drive
  106 N McDonough St, Jonesboro
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Santa's Toy Shop: Toy Giveaway
  Riverdale Town Center , 7210 Church Street , Riverdale
  11:00 am
• You Are The Gift Stageplay
  Riverdale Town Center , 7210 Church St , Riverdale
  6:30 pm

Monday December 22

• Mayor and City Council Business Session Meeting
  Riverdale Calendar , 7200 Church Street , Riverdale
• Crochet Club
  Clayton County Library System: Northwest Branch , 6131 Riverdale Rd , Riverdale
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Information Functions in Excel
  County Line-Ellenwood Library -
  11:00 am
• Navigating Technology
  Forest Park Senior Center , 5087 Park Ave , Forest Park
  11:30 am
• Knit and Chat: Christmas Edition
  Lovejoy Branch Library , 1721 McDonough Rd , Hampton
  1:00 pm
• Guitar & Piano Holiday Concert
  Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts , 2580 Mt Zion Pkwy , Jonesboro
  6:00 pm
• Uptown Comedy Corner Presents:Tequila Tap In Tuesdays, Open Mic Comedy Show
  Traditions Global Cuisine , 1140 Mt Zion Rd , Morrow
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Workshop: Understanding the New Tax Bill (The Big Beautiful Bill)
  Clayton County Chamber-Commerce , 808 Commerce Blvd., Ste C. , Riverdale
  1:00 pm
• Book Character Winter Ornaments
  County Line-Ellenwood Library -
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Fostering Family Leaders at Clayton County Library Forest Park Branch
  Clayton County Library System: Forest Park Branch , 696 Main St , Forest Park
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Clayton County has opened its Warming Centers nightly until Wednesday.
  In addition to the locations on the attached flyer, the Forest Park Recreation Center is open from 6pm to 8am. It’s going to be very cold tonight. If… (Nextdoor Belmont Crossing)
• Please, please, please folks that temperature is going to drop tonight.
  Do not leave your pets out in it. If you can't sleep outside in the freezing cold, then they can't. Bring them inside. They shouldn't be left… (Nextdoor Chippewa Forest)

• Georgia Staffing posted a job opening for Inventory Specialist in Riverdale. Apply here.
• Checkers & Rally's - Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Riverdale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Riverdale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Jonesboro

• Man Mountain Rock AKA Maxx Payne sasys the Kliq Dstroyed Many Lives, Talks Steve Miller & Mick Foley Impacting his WWE Run, New Movie Featuring Behind the Scenes WWF Footage, & more (wrestlingheadlines.com)
• Funeral Details For GA Officer Who Died In Crash Released (patch.com)

Forest Park

• 'We're on our own,': Forest Park homeowners say tenant owes $13K and won't leave (11alive.com)
• Monday Morning Update 12/15/25 (histalk2.com)

College Park

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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