🌱 Patch AM: How two off-duty Acworth officers turned a lunch stop into a lifesaving rescue.

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In today's newsletter:

• How two off-duty Acworth officers turned a lunch stop into a lifesaving rescue.
• See which new Cobb businesses now include an Acworth-based event planner.

Also on today's calendar: Allatoona Quilt Guild and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 87 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 88, low: 67.
• Wednesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Off-Duty Acworth Officers Spring Into Action to Save Woman Stabbed Multiple Times at Chick-fil-A – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — Two off-duty Acworth police officers are credited with helping save a woman who was stabbed multiple times Thursday in a Chick-fil-A parking lot on Highway 92 near I-75, just outside Acworth. Acting quickly, they provided critical aid until medics arrived, and investigators are still piecing together how an argument between traveling companions from Wisconsin turned violent.
   

• 47 New Business Licenses Recorded in Cobb County (cobbcountycourier.com) — Cobb County just issued 47 new business licenses, including an event-planning company based on Heatherbrooke Drive in Acworth. The list ranges from beauty salons and law firms to logistics, health services and retail, giving residents a snapshot of new services and jobs emerging nearby.
   

📸 Around Acworth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Acworth

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Summer Downtown Classic Car Cruise →
  Logan Farm Park, 4405 Cherokee St, Acworth
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 1
• Allatoona Quilt Guild →
  Roberts School Community and Education Center, 4681 School St, Acworth
  10:00 am
Saturday September 12
• U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Safety Class →
  Acworth Police Department, 4440 Acworth Industrial Dr NW, Acworth
  9:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Parade (Touring) →
  Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, 117 N Park Square, Marietta
  3:00 pm
• Acworth Farmers Market →
  Logan Farm Park, 4405 Cherokee St, Acworth
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24
• Basketball 4-1's
  Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA 30152
  6:30 am
• Softball @ Dunwoody
  Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA 30152
  5:30 pm
• Volleyball @ Walker/N.Cobb
  Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA 30152
  5:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• SOFTBALL v HILLGROVE (JV/V)
  Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA 30152
  5:00 pm
• VOLLEYBALL @ McEACHERN / N. ATLANTA
  Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA 30152
  5:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Softball @ Allatoona
  Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA 30152
  5:30 pm
Thursday August 27
• VOLLYEBALL v CARTERSVILLE/KELL (JV/V)
  Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA 30152
  4:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

 

Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Acworth PatchAM possible:

• Governor's Gun Club — (770) 651-0495
• Buffalo Luke's — (470) 872-3452
• Pro Home Solutions, LLC — (770) 878-2664

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Required TODAY
  Looking for help with wallpaper installation Hi neighbors! I'm looking for someone to help me apply wallpaper to small section of dining room. I'm… (Nextdoor Bentwater)
• My husband has some Orthofeet moccasin-type shoes hat he has literally worn completely out and wants another pair, even somewhat similar.
  I have spent literally hours on the web and I am totally frustrated. I know that since we have been in the Atlanta area I have seen an actual shoe… (Nextdoor Greens Crossing)

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Overnight Shift Manager (Premium Pay) in Kennesaw. Apply here.
• The Guitar Center posted a job opening for Guitar and Piano Teacher Store 769 in Kennesaw. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Acworth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kennesaw

• MY-kell Williams (backstage.com)
• ESPN's FPI predicts the outcome of every game on Tennessee's 2026 schedule (saturdaydownsouth.com)
• Sr/Director Corporate Strategy (freseniusmedicalcare.com)

Woodstock

• High School Coverage: 'The Road to Columbus' Continues… Week 2 Sees Some Revealing Results After Play at Last Week's GADC Invitational (August 22, 2026) (linedrivemedia.com)
• Josephine Lauer (themonmouthjournaleastern.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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