🌱 Patch AM: Why hateful graffiti along a Roswell trail has neighbors speaking out

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In today's newsletter:

• Why hateful graffiti along a Roswell trail has neighbors speaking out

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Eve Services and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 66 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: Warm with periods of sun, temps: high: 69, low: 50.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 70 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Swastikas spray-painted on trees on hiking trail in Georgia park (walb.com) — Swastikas were recently found spray-painted along the Vickery Creek Trail in Roswell’s Old Mill Park, alarming at least one hiker who documented the vandalism. He’s urging neighbors to speak out against hate symbols, while Roswell police and Fulton County Parks have been contacted about the illegal graffiti but have not yet responded publicly.
   

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Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Services
  Ebenezer Church/Pardue Center 12900 Arnold Mill Rd, Roswell, GA, 30075,
  9:00 am
• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
  Pleasant Hill Church, 725 Pleasant Hill St, Roswell
  6:30 pm
• 7 p.m. Christmas Eve Worship
  Roswell Presbyterian Church, 755 Mimosa Blvd, Roswell
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Atlanta Workshop Players presents a New Year’s Eve Improv Extravaganza!
  1580 Holcomb Bridge Rd Suite 13, Roswell, GA, 30076,
  9:30 pm

Saturday January 3

• Curbside Christmas tree pickup on January 3rd to support Troop 1717
  The end of your Driveway (in Roswell/Alpharetta/Milton),
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday December 23

• $ 5.50 Movies Tuesday at Aurora Cineplex--Avatar, SpongeBob, The Housemaid
  Area 51 - Aurora Cineplex and The Fringe Miniature Golf , 5100 Commerce Pkwy , Roswell
  10:00 am

Wednesday December 24

• The Polar Express--$ 3.00 Family Flicks at Aurora Cineplex
  Area 51 - Aurora Cineplex and The Fringe Miniature Golf , 5100 Commerce Pkwy , Roswell
  10:00 am
• Christmas Eve plus Live Nativity
  St. David's Episcopal Church , 1015 Old Roswell Rd , Roswell
  2:00 pm
• 3 p.m. Christmas Eve Worship
  Roswell Presbyterian Church , 755 Mimosa Blvd , Roswell
  3:00 pm
• Christmas Eve Worship Services
  Cross of Life Lutheran Church , 1000 Hembree Rd , Roswell
  5:00 pm
• 5 pm Christmas Eve Worship
  Roswell Presbyterian Church , 755 Mimosa Blvd , Roswell
  5:00 pm
• Christmas Eve Worship Service
  2400 Old Alabama Road, Roswell, GA 30076
  5:03 pm
• 9 pm Christmas Eve Worship
  Roswell Presbyterian Church , 755 Mimosa Blvd , Roswell
  9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 🆘 8 mo puppy on euth list for tomorrow 🆘
  - 8 months - 30 lbs - dog friendly Please send me a message asap with your cell phone number if you can foster / adopt Twix! When you foster there… (Nextdoor Horseshoe Bend)
• I’ve never seen so many Canadian geese overhead at once and never in this pattern.
  Any ideas? Friday 12:07PM. EDIT for update: these are apparently sandhill cranes, which are also Canadian; EDIT 2 after reading some of the comments… (Nextdoor Windsor Forest)

• City Of Roswell, GA posted a job opening for Billing Coordinator in Roswell. Apply here.
• Kelly Services, Inc. posted a job opening for English-Spanish Language Interpreters – Remo in Roswell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Roswell here.

🗞 Nearby News

Alpharetta

• Gridlock Guy: Getting a motorcycle for Christmas? Get some schooling (11alive.com)
• Arclin Acquiring WVCO (railwayage.com)
• Horst Shewmaker Marks Six Years of Representing Personal Injury Victims in Johns Creek (bakercityherald.com)

Milton

• Cambridge basketball gathers for Hotcakes and Hoops fundraiser (appenmedia.com)

Sandy Springs

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