🌱 Ball Ground rider’s North Georgia biking trip sparks massive search, safe outcome
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- Ball Ground rider’s North Georgia biking trip sparks massive search, safe outcome
Also on today's calendar: New Store Coming to Holly Sprngs.
Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 85, low: 69.
- Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Ellijay, GA: Missing Mountain Biker Clark Groce Found Safe After Volunteer Search (theunionstar.com) — A Ball Ground-area mountain biker who went missing while riding trails near Ellijay has been found safe after a large volunteer search across North Georgia trailheads. Local outdoor groups and Facebook communities quickly organized checks of parking areas, helping Search and Rescue locate his vehicle and reach him. Officials haven’t released details on his condition, but the outcome brought widespread relief. 
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- TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for retail merchandise associate in Canton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Canton
- Canton man accused of assaulting 14-year-old who missed the bus (fox5atlanta.com)
- Nothing Bundt Cakes: Get a FREE Confetti Bundtlet for National Bring the Joy Day on September 15th (atlantaonthecheap.com)
Jasper
- Offices make up over 50% of downtown Jasper businesses (pickensprogress.com)
- Alarm bells ringing over Jasper's water issues (pickensprogress.com)
- Former Jasper Police Officer Arrested on Multiple Charges (valdostatoday.com)
Alpharetta
- City Playground To Briefly Close For Maintenance In Alpharetta (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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