🌱 Patch AM: Will Tucker top Grant Park in metro Atlanta’s big showdown?

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In today's newsletter:

• Will Tucker top Grant Park in metro Atlanta’s big showdown?
• What’s on Tucker’s agenda as a new mayor takes office?

Also on today's calendar: Warehouse Liquidation FINAL Sale! 50% OFF! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 57 and low of 41 degrees.
• Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 62, low: 40.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 62 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• (Sub)urban Smackdown 2025 tourney: Championship voting starts now! (urbanize.city) — Tucker is facing off against Atlanta’s Grant Park in the final round of a lighthearted “(Sub)urban Smackdown” popularity tournament for metro Atlanta communities, with voting open through Tuesday afternoon. Residents are invited to cast a ballot for whichever place they feel is “best right now,” giving Tucker locals a chance to boost their city in this regional showdown.
   

• 🥁 The monks go marching (roughdraftatlanta.com) — Tucker heads into its 10th year of cityhood with incoming Mayor Anne Lerner outlining priorities on transparency, development, crime, and traffic as major projects like the Top End 285 Express move forward. A Buddhist Walk for Peace recently passed through Tucker, and the community is mourning longtime judge and advocate Stanley Baum while debating issues like a new pickleball complex and Northlake Mall’s future.
   

📸 Around Tucker

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tucker

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★ Featured events ★

Friday January 9

• Warehouse Liquidation FINAL Sale! 50% OFF!
  Classic Staging LLC, 1349 Old 41 Hwy NW, Marietta
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Monday January 5

• Monthly Cross- Stitch Take & Make
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
• Passive Puzzling at Stone Mountain
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
• Embroidery Club
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  6:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Tales for Twos
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
  9:30 am
• Preschool Yoga
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  11:30 am
• STEAM Tuesdays
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  4:00 pm
• Family Game Night
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  4:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Arabic Language Open House
  Alif Institute , 3288 Marjan Dr , Atlanta
  12:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• An internationally acclaimed film - Movie Night at Alif
  Alif Institute , 3288 Marjan Dr , Atlanta
  4:00 pm

Thursday January 15

• Doubt: A Parable - On Stage January 15 - 31
  Merely Players Presents , 3785 King Ave , Doraville
  7:30 pm

Friday January 16

• Doubt: A Parable - On Stage January 15 - 31
  Merely Players Presents , 3785 King Ave , Doraville
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Brookhaven Police report that Briarwood Rd is back open.
  3:56PM on Jan 1: Brookhaven Police report that Briarwood Rd is closed between Yancy Ln and Briarwood Way due to a vehicle accident. (Nextdoor )
• Afternoon,
  I’m looking for two people to take down Christmas decorations mainly inside there are not a ton of decorations outside . This job is for $75. (Nextdoor Sterling Summit)

• Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Tucker. Apply here.
• Molly Maid posted a job opening for House Cleaner. in Tucker. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tucker here.

🗞 Nearby News

Chamblee

• Caught on camera: Fireworks spinning out of control sent New Year party running for cover (wsbtv.com)

Decatur

• Pizzeria Delivery and Carryout Design (pizzatoday.com)
• Online filing for DeKalb County homestead exemptions opens Jan. 1 (ocgnews.com)
• Who's leaving Gophers football team via transfer portal? (twincities.com)

Snellville

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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