🌱 David Penn and CreativeTone Night of Jazz and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Holidays on Peachtree Street at The Church at Ponce & Highland
• 11th Annual Procrastinator's Pop-up
• Holiday Gift Wrapping and Painting at Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library Meeting Room

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

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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: 56, low: 41.
• Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 61 and low of 40 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Scottdale

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Holidays on Peachtree Street
  The Church at Ponce & Highland, 1085 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• 11th Annual Procrastinator's Pop-up
  4580 Lakeshore Dr, Pine Lake
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Holiday Gift Wrapping and Painting
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library Meeting Room Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library -
  1:00 pm
• Fiber Arts Craft Club
  Clarkston Library -
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• LEGO Constructors
  Scottdale-Tobie Grant Homework Center -
  11:00 am
• Resistance Bands Exercise Class
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library Meeting Room Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library -
  11:00 am
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Discussion
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library Conference Room Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library -
  11:00 am

Friday December 19

• Friday Movies
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library Meeting Room Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library -
  1:30 pm
• David Penn and CreativeTone Night of Jazz
  Waller's Coffee Shop , 240 Dekalb Industrial Way , Decatur
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Chainmail Jewelry Hybrid Workshop
  Clarkston Library -
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Baby Babbles Storytime
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  9:30 am
• Toddler Storytime
  Clarkston Library -
  10:30 am
• Preschool Yoga
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  11:30 am
• Gingerbread Houses and The Grinch
  Scott Candler Library -
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A late-night apartment fire in Gwinnett County displaced about 30 residents and damaged six units, with reports indicating that the smoke alarms were not working.
  5:29AM on Dec 15: A Gwinnett County apartment fire has displaced 30 people, according to officials. (Nextdoor )

• PrideStaff posted a job opening for QA - Weld Inspector in Scottdale. Apply here.
• Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Decatur. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scottdale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Avondale Estates

• Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard (tucson.com)

Decatur

• Decatur commission to discuss pay raises for city employees (wsbtv.com)
• State of Metro Atlanta Health (SMAH) Convening Calls for Unified Response to Public Health Funding Changes (metroatlantaceo.com)
• Police say young girl expected to survive after accidentally shooting self in Stonecrest, father facing charges (11alive.com)

Tucker

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-- The Patch AM Team

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