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Good morning to you Roswell! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Roswell porch package vanished despite a working camera
  • How Sandy Springs’ 2025 changes could reshape life around Roswell
  • Why a Roswell five-star chose Ohio State over Clemson

Also on today's calendar: Y.E.S. ( Year End Service) and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 59 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 59, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Morning rain; mainly cloudy, with a high of 55 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Package thief strikes at Roswell residence (northfulton.com) — Roswell police are investigating a pricey package theft from a Branch Valley Way home, where more than $1,200 in luxury items vanished from a front porch despite an operating doorbell camera. The resident received FedEx confirmation and a delivery photo, but returned to find the box gone. Officers are looking into the incident, which occurred during the afternoon and evening of Dec. 16.
   

2. Sandy Springs in review: City prioritizes safety, celebrates founding (appenmedia.com) — Sandy Springs leaders spent 2025 expanding trails, upgrading public safety facilities, and debating controversial speech-related ordinances, all of which shape life just next door to Roswell. The city, bordered in part by Roswell, is also overhauling major corridors like Roswell Road and Hammond Drive, projects that will affect how North Fulton residents commute, shop, and connect across city lines.
   

3. Clemson Misses On Another Elite Recruiting Target (theclemsoninsider.com) — A standout high school edge rusher from Roswell has committed to Ohio State, passing over Clemson and several other major programs. Five-star defensive end David “DJ” Jacobs, a top national 2027 recruit, had long been trending away from Clemson, underscoring how NIL money and recent decommitments are reshaping big-time college recruiting.
   

4. 22 Offbeat Stories That Made Us Face-Palm In 2025: Weird News & Oddities (patch.com) — One of 2025’s strangest stories hit close to home when a Georgia man drove an injured raccoon to a Roswell wildlife center, only to learn it was rabid after it bit him en route. The roundup revisits this risky rescue along with other bizarre animal encounters, medical oddities, and offbeat incidents from around the country.
   

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  • On TOUGH days, this little baby gets me thru it.
    I truly hope she brings a smile to your face! When she smiles, I smile!! (Nextdoor Westchester)
  • Diesel was just surrendered to the Polk County shelter due to his family’s financial difficulties 😢
    He came in with his terrier sister, Willow. Diesel is 6 years old and clearly LOVES cuddles. Where are my Rottie people! We’ve got to bust… (Nextdoor Brookfield West)
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