🌱 What you need to know before Clarkston’s Juneteenth Festival on Market Street

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In today's newsletter:

• What you need to know before Clarkston’s Juneteenth Festival on Market Street

Also on today's calendar: Celebrate America DeKalb.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.
• Thursday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 82, low: 60.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• The Clarkston Juneteenth Festival takes place on June 19th (atlantaonthecheap.com) — Clarkston’s free Juneteenth Festival is coming Friday, June 19, from 5 to 8 p.m. on Market Street in downtown Clarkston, with live music, food trucks, vendors, and kids activities. Expect Market and Vaughan streets to close during the day, with parking available at Clarkston Village Plaza on Montreal Road.
   

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📸 Around Clarkston

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Clarkston

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday June 7

• Celebrate America DeKalb →
  Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Brookhaven
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday June 5

• Friday Movies
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Toco Hill-Avis G. Willia
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• Musical Mother Goose →
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library, DeKalb County Public Library, Tucker
  9:30 am
• Books and Babies Storytime
  Decatur Library -
  10:00 am
• Stone Mountain Chess Club
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  5:00 pm
• Summer Reading Kickoff-Journey to the Center of the Earth!
  Decatur Library -
  6:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• Open Technology Lab
  Decatur Library -
  11:00 am
• LEGO Constructors
  Scottdale-Tobie Grant Homework Center -
  11:00 am
• Resistance Bands Exercise Class
  Decatur Library -
  12:00 pm
• Family Movie Matinee
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  1:00 pm
• Amplify Decatur Music Festival: Penny & Sparrow at... →
  Avon Theater, 106 N Avondale Rd, Avondale Estates
  7:00 pm
• To Love a Country: Dominic Erdozain with Patrick Allitt
  Decatur Library Auditorium Decatur Library -
  7:00 pm

Friday June 5

• Golf Classic @Antioch - Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser
  DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, 5726 Southland Drive, Stone Mountain
  7:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• State of Georiga posted a job opening for Instructor Supervisor - Student Services Coordinator in Clarkston. Apply here.
• United Talent Staffing Services posted a job opening for Certified Forklift Operator in Tucker. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Clarkston here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Tucker

• Marcus & Millichap Arranges $4.65M Sale of Net-Leased Bank Property in Atlanta Suburb (metroatlantaceo.com)
• Georgia Banking Company & Tandem Bancorp Announce Completion of Merger (metroatlantaceo.com)
• Tucker maintains millage rate without rollback, property taxes to increase (roughdraftatlanta.com)

Stone Mountain

• Theodore "Stretch" Travis Expands Tha Culture Report Networking Mixer With New Date and Special Guest King Lyte (24hip-hop.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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