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🌱 Which rising prospects shined brightest at Emerson’s Fall Upperclass World Series?
Spotted on the Emerson calendar: Planning Commission Meeting
Good day Emerson! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
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In today's newsletter:
- Which rising prospects shined brightest at Emerson's Fall Upperclass World Series?
Also on today's calendar: Trunk or Treat and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 79, low: 60.
- Saturday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 66 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 2026 Fall Upperclass World Series: Staff Selects (prepbaseballreport.com) — A major high school baseball showcase just wrapped up in Emerson, spotlighting standout hitters, pitchers, and breakout prospects from Georgia and neighboring states at the 2026 Fall Upperclass World Series. Prep Baseball Georgia's staff names their biggest winners and top "Impact 10" performers, giving local fans and families a sense of which young players are rising fast. 
📸 Around Emerson
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Emerson
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★ Featured events ★
- Planning Commission Meeting →
Council Chambers, 700 Highway 293, Emerson
7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
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Other local events
- Softball Varsity @ Cass High School
Cass High School, 1000 Colonel Way NE, White
5:45 pm - Football Varsity @ Cedartown @ Cedartown High School
Cedartown High School, 167 Frank Lott Dr, Cedartown
7:30 pm - Nothing Bundt Cake Spirit Night
Cloverleaf Elementary School Cartersville, GA 30120
4:00 pm - City Council Work Session →
Council Chambers, 700 Highway 293, Emerson
6:00 pm - City Council Meeting →
Council Chambers, 700 Highway 293, Emerson
7:00 pm - Trunk or Treat →
Sutallee Baptist Church, 895 Knox Bridge Hwy, White
6:00 pm - City Council Work Session →
Council Chambers, 700 Highway 293, Emerson
6:00 pm - City Council Meeting →
Council Chambers, 700 Highway 293, Emerson
7:00 pm - Emerson Trunk or Treat →
Emerson GA
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Monday October 12
Sunday October 25
Monday October 26
Thursday October 29
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Veteran's Coffee & Company
Rome-Floyd County Library (Sara Hightower Regional Library System), 205 Riverside Parkway, 2nd Floor, Rome
9:30 am - Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting →
City Hall, 10 North Public Square, Cartersville
5:30 pm - Softball Varsity @ Cass High School
Cass High School, 1000 Colonel Way NE, White
5:45 pm
Thursday October 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- K.A. Recruiting posted a job opening for Histology Technician in Georgia in Cartersville. Apply here.
- Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. posted a job opening for Histology Tech - PRN in Cartersville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Emerson here.
🗞 Nearby News
Cartersville
- Dave Kindig's 2024 Ridler Award winner TwelveAir and a 2021 Ford GT Liquid Carbon Edition headline the October 16–17 Richmond Auctions sale (oldcarsweekly.com)
- Two shot, one dead in Bartow County; suspect arrested (wsbtv.com)
- A new crop of solar panels is the US' best hope of catching China (hawaiitribune-herald.com)
Acworth
- Acworth's annual Halloween JamBOOree and trunk-or-treat event is happening on Oct. 24th (atlantaonthecheap.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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