🌱 Why a Doraville MARTA stop ended a Walmart arson suspect’s escape
Doraville, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min readWhat's up Doraville! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why a Doraville MARTA stop ended a Walmart arson suspect’s escape
Also on today's calendar: Audition: Pro Level Classes & Movie Musical Company All Ages Sunday May 3rd by Appointment and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do optometrists live so long? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 47 degrees.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 78, low: 52.
- Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 80 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Police: Chamblee Walmart closes early after suspect starts fire inside store (11alive.com) — A man accused of setting mats and towels on fire inside the Chamblee Walmart was tracked by cameras toward the Chamblee MARTA station and ultimately arrested at the Doraville MARTA Station. Fire crews quickly put out the blaze, and DeKalb authorities are now pursuing an arson investigation, with the suspect in custody but not yet publicly identified. 
📸 Around Doraville
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Audition: Pro Level Classes & Movie Musical Company All Ages Sunday May 3rd by Appointment →
Atlanta Workshop Players Acting Studio 13, 1580 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Roswell, GA, 30076,
4:00 pm
Sunday May 3
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Other local events
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Disgraced - On Stage April 17 - May 3 →
Merely Players Presents, 3785 King Ave, Doraville
5:00 pm -
Kindness Card Exchange Display
Redan-Trotti Library - -
Take & Make: Paper Plate Fruit Fans
Redan-Trotti Library - -
Preschool Storytime
Doraville Library -
10:30 am -
Drawn Together: A Graphic Novel Book Club
Redan-Trotti Library -
6:30 pm -
Crafts With Ms. Toni: Nature Suncatchers
Redan-Trotti Library -
3:00 pm -
Chorus Concerts (Gym)
Crews Middle School Lawrenceville, GA 30044
5:30 pm -
Chorus Spring Concert
Gwin Oaks Elementary School Cannon United Methodist Church, 2424 Webb Gin House Rd SW, Snell
6:00 pm
Sunday May 3
Monday May 4
Tuesday May 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Beginning Quilting →
Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance, 3420 W Hospital Ave, Chamblee
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Norcross Porch Fest 2026 →
Norcross GA, 3850 Holcomb Bridge Rd #400, Norcross
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Take & Make Craft - Handprint Bumblebee
Brookhaven Library - -
Kindness Card Exchange Display
Redan-Trotti Library -
Sunday May 3
Monday May 4
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
- Warehouse SALE- Sunny & Ranney
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💬 Chatter
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- Found cat!
This little one was found today at Lucky Shoals Park. Lifeline scanned for a microchip, but there wasn't one. Please let me know if this is your cat. (Nextdoor Northcrest)
🗞 Nearby News
Chamblee
- Dunwoody High holds off Glynn Academy 3-2 for Class 5A Soccer Playoff win (ocgnews.com)
- Ponko Chicken will give away FREE chicken nuggets on Monday, May 4th at all 5 locations (atlantaonthecheap.com)
- Holding out hope (but not holding our breath) for trains in Atlanta (atlantamagazine.com)
Dunwoody
- Dunwoody High School student deported by ICE after traffic stop last month (11alive.com)
- Amr Abdelkawy - Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Semifinalist (gsu.edu)
- Dunwoody student turns pain into purpose with effort to stop fentanyl overdoses (cbsnews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they dilate. (Thank you Phil M. for sending it in!)
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