🌱 Patch AM: How a deadly house fire stunned a Stone Mountain family

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In today's newsletter:

• How a deadly house fire stunned a Stone Mountain family

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Decreasing clouds, with a high of 66 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 73, low: 51.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 72 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• College Football Player Found Dead In ‘Horrific' Fire At 21 (thespun.com) — A 21-year-old Georgia Military College football player died in a house fire while staying at his grandfather’s home in Stone Mountain ahead of the holidays. DeKalb County firefighters quickly entered the burning home but found him deceased, and his grieving family and college community are now mourning the loss of a young man remembered as kind and respectful.
   

📸 Around Stone Mountain

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stone Mountain

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Saturday December 27

• CCS Nerd Yard Sale
  Charlies Collectible Show Inc, 6009 Memorial Dr Unit 14, Stone Mountain
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• True Crime and Color
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  2:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Passive Puzzling at Stone Mountain
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -

Saturday January 3

• Vision Boards
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  2:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Passive Puzzling at Stone Mountain
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
• Embroidery Club
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day at CCS
  Charlies Collectible Show Inc , 6009 Memorial Dr Unit 14 , Stone Mountain
  12:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Friday Movies
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Meeting Room
  1:30 pm

Saturday December 27

• Jewelry with Gin! Live
  Clarkston Library , DeKalb County Public Library , Clarkston
  1:00 pm
• PetSmart (Tucker) Dog Adoption Event
  PetSmart , 4023 Lavista Rd , Tucker
  2:00 pm
• True Crime and Color
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  2:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Avondale Estates Farmers Market
  Avondale Estates Town Green , 64 N Avondale Rd , Avondale Estates
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Three inmates, Yusuf Minor, Stevenson Charles, and Naod Yohannes, have escaped from the DeKalb County Jail, and authorities warn they may be armed and dangerous.
  6:49AM on Dec 22: Three inmates are reported missing from DeKalb County Jail, according to police. (Nextdoor )
• Does anyone know whose dog this is?
  I found her roaming around the neighborhood on Birch ridge trial. I’m on cedar ridge trail? And if you don’t want her I’ll find her a home. She’s at… (Nextdoor Cedar Ridge Trail)

• Briggs & Stratton Corporation posted a job opening for Material Handler C in Stone Mountain. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Stone Mountain. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stone Mountain here.

🗞 Nearby News

Tucker

• DeKalb County unveils $2 million real-time crime center in Tucker (roughdraftatlanta.com)
• Maker builds tiny $10 secondary 1.14-inch display using an ESP32 — you could play Crysis on it, if you squint (tomshardware.com)

Decatur

• Murder suspect among 3 inmates who escaped jail in Georgia (fox8.com)
• Father mourns daughter's fatal fall at ‘Stranger Things' site: ‘She was perfect' (fox5atlanta.com)

Brookhaven

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