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🌱 Patch AM: How this weekend’s I-285 shutdown will impact Cascade-area drivers
Spotted on the Cascade calendar: Spark – John A. White | Atlanta

Hi Cascade! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How this weekend's I-285 shutdown will impact Cascade-area drivers
Also on today's calendar: Skeletons Become Children | Exhibit Opening & Reception and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 90 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 88, low: 72.
- Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• I-285 to close between Cascade Road and Langford Parkway (fox5atlanta.com) — Drivers in the Cascade area should prepare for all lanes of I-285 to close between Cascade Road and Langford Parkway from 7 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for concrete repairs. State officials urge you to plan detours using SR 166, I-20, or the Downtown Connector and to check the 511GA app for real-time updates and any weather-related changes.
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📸 Around Cascade
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cascade
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★ Featured events ★
- Spark – John A. White | Atlanta →
John A. White Golf Course, 1053 Cascade Cir SW, Atlanta
5:30 pm
Tuesday September 15
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Other local events
- Games with Grandparents
L. O. Kimberly Elementary School Atlanta, GA 30311
8:30 am - Skeletons Become Children | Exhibit Opening & Reception →
Emma Darnell Aviation Museum and Conference Center, 3900 Aviation Cir NW, Atlanta
7:00 pm - A Dope Piece Of Art: Closed Mouths Get Fed Strange Fruit Featuring Brian Hebert | Exhibit Opening →
Emma Darnell Aviation Museum & Conference Center, 3900 Aviation Cir NW, Atlanta
7:00 pm - Small Business Saturday →
510 Fairburn Rd SW, Atlanta, GA, 30331Suite 300
12:00 pm - NFL Sunday Ticket at BOSK! →
510 Fairburn Rd SW, Atlanta
9:00 am - Estate Planning 101 →
Adamsville-Collier Heights Library, 3424 M.L.K. Jr Dr SW, Atlanta
2:15 pm - Medicare 101 →
Adamsville-Collier Heights Library, 3424 M.L.K. Jr Dr SW, Atlanta
12:00 pm - District 1 Cascade Community Clean Up →
Cascade Driving Range, 3520 Cascade Rd, Atlanta
10:00 am - Spark – John A. White | Atlanta →
John A. White Golf Course, 1053 Cascade Cir SW, Atlanta
5:30 pm
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Sunday September 13
Monday September 14
Wednesday September 16
Saturday September 26
Tuesday October 6
📣 Cascade Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- PTA Grandparents Breakfast
Hickory Hills Elementary School, 500 Redwood Dr, Marietta, GA 30064, USA
7:30 am - Atlanta Food & Wine Festival presented by Invescoo QQQ →
1 Backyard Way, Atlanta
8:00 am - Godly Play Parents Mens Breakfast →
8:15 am - Municipal Court Failure to Appear & Compliance →
Mableton GA
8:30 am
Thursday September 10
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🗞 Nearby News
East Point
- Jury reaches verdict in ex-East Point officer's sex assault retrial case (fox5atlanta.com)
- 3238 Elm St #A, Atlanta, GA 30344 (zillow.com)
Atlanta
- 9/11 25 years later: Police say attacks made vulnerabilities more obvious (wsbtv.com)
Douglasville
- Douglas Co. Band Exhibition To Feature 5 Schools (patch.com)
Ok Cascade! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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