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🌱 Family shares how a Blue Ridge Ingles parking accident changed their routines.
Blue Ridge, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min readHey hey Blue Ridge! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Family shares how a Blue Ridge Ingles parking accident changed their routines.
Also on today's calendar: Comedy Night in Blue Ridge and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the mommy tomato say to the baby tomato? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.
- Friday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, temps: high: 84, low: 67.
- Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• 3-Year-Old Run Over in Grocery Store Parking Lot Released from Hospital on His Birthday with Only a Concussion (Exclusive) (people.com) — A 3-year-old boy was struck and run over by an SUV in the parking lot of the Ingles supermarket in Blue Ridge but was released from the hospital on his birthday with only a concussion. His parents and a responding Blue Ridge officer describe the outcome as miraculous and say the family has changed how they shop locally, using carts and a leash backpack for safety. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Comedy Night in Blue Ridge →
Doghobble Cellars, 598 E Main St, Blue Ridge
7:00 pm -
Live Music with Andy Browne in Blue Ridge →
Doghobble Cellars, 598 E Main St, Blue Ridge
2:00 pm
Friday June 26
Saturday June 27
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Other local events
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Old Timers' Parade →
Downtown Blue Ridge Play Park, E Main St, Blue Ridge
10:00 am -
MLB Summer Drive-In and Fireworks →
Swan Drive-In Theatre & Diner, 651 Summit St, Blue Ridge
5:00 pm -
Lake Blue Ridge Fireworks →
Lake Blue ridge Dam Recreation Area, 6408 Old Hwy 76, Blue Ridge
9:30 pm -
Vino & Vinyl at Doghobble Cellars →
Doghobble Cellars, 598 E Main St, Blue Ridge
8:00 pm
Saturday July 4
Friday July 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Pickin in the Park →
Ron Henry Horseshoe Bend Park, 1156 River Rd, Mineral Bluff
6:00 pm -
Food Truck Friday with EJ's North Georgia →
Blue Ridge / Toccoa River KOA Holiday, 67 Blackhawk Dr, Blue Ridge
4:00 pm -
The Winery Comedy Tour at Doghobble Cellars →
Doghobble Cellars, 598 E Main St, Blue Ridge
7:00 pm -
Monday Mahjong Guided Play →
Kerith House, 611 Maple Grove Rd, Morganton
4:00 pm -
Old Time Sailors →
INOLA Blue Ridge, 9265 Blue Ridge Dr, Blue Ridge
6:00 pm -
Independence Day Car Show →
Peoples Bank of East Tennessee, 109 Blue Ridge Dr, McCaysville
10:00 am -
Food Truck Friday with Get Skewers →
Blue Ridge / Toccoa River KOA Holiday, 67 Blackhawk Dr, Blue Ridge
4:00 pm -
Community Makers Market →
CATE Farms: Farm Market, 12400 Appalachian Hwy, Morganton
10:00 am
Thursday June 25
Friday June 26
Monday June 29
Thursday July 2
Saturday July 4
Friday July 10
Tuesday August 4
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Blue Ridge. Apply here.
- Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Retail Stock Support in Blue Ridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blue Ridge here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ellijay
- Obituaries for July 25, 2026; Will Logan, Carl Perrow Jr., Norman Pope, Eileen Schultz (pickensprogress.com)
Blairsville
- Where is Georgia's lowest point? Head to the beach to find it (savannahnow.com)
- Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. Makes New Investment in United Community Banks, Inc. $UCB (marketbeat.com)
Chatsworth
- Jail Dockets 6-24-26 (clevelandbanner.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Ketchup! (Thank you Gregory S. for sending it in!)
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