🌱 Patch AM: Lilburn restaurant faces follow-up after scoring 69 on health inspection

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In today's newsletter:

• Lilburn restaurant faces follow-up after scoring 69 on health inspection
• Lilburn teen missing after trip toward Stone Mountain: what police know
• How Lilburn's Jasmine Clark fits into this historic congressional shakeup

Also on today's calendar: Kumanta Choir Auditions and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 70.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• El Paso Tacos And Tequila in Lilburn receives a 69% on their recent health inspection (thegeorgiagazette.com) — A Lilburn favorite, El Paso Tacos And Tequila on Stone Mountain Highway recently scored 69 out of 100 on a Georgia Department of Public Health inspection, triggering a follow-up visit within 10 days. Inspectors cited issues like improper food storage, thawing practices, labeling, and employee item placement, and warned that repeat or uncorrected violations could lead to permit suspension.
   

• Gwinnett County police searching for missing Lilburn 16-year-old last seen over a week ago (cbsnews.com) — Police are urgently searching for 16-year-old Adah George, who left her home on Hewatt Road in Lilburn on Aug. 19 saying she was headed to Stone Mountain and hasn't been seen since. Her phone last pinged near Stonecrest in DeKalb County, and officials say health concerns make finding her critical; anyone with information is asked to call Gwinnett County Police.
   

• Everton Blair Is South's First Black Gay Congressman (metroweekly.com) — Lilburn residents may soon be represented in Congress by State Rep. Jasmine Clark, who is favored to win a full term in Georgia's 13th District this November. In the meantime, former Gwinnett school board chair Everton Blair Jr. has won the special election to finish the late Rep. David Scott's term, becoming the South's first openly gay Black member of Congress.
   

📸 Around Lilburn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lilburn

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Shepherds of the Meek 5th Annual Run for a Mission - Lilburn, GA 2026 →
  Lilburn City Park, 76 Main St NW, Lilburn
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Kumanta Choir Auditions →
  1405 Rockbridge Rd, Stone Mountain
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• 4/5 First Lego League
  Mountain Park Elementary School Lilburn, GA 30047
  7:00 am
Wednesday September 2
• Bruster's Spirit Night
  Mountain Park Elementary School Lilburn, GA 30047
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• Friends of the Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library Book Sale
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
  10:00 am
• Game Day Fun
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
  2:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Music and Literacy: Open House
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  10:00 am
Monday August 31
• Passive Puzzling at Stone Mountain
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
• Middle School Curriculum Night
  Dekalb County Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Tuesday September 1
• Baby Babbles Storytime
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  9:30 am
• Tales for Twos
  Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library -
  9:30 am
• Toddler Storytime
  Northlake-Barbara Loar Library -
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Male German Shepard loose in cedar creek neighborhood has Tan tactical collar.
  He appears to be nice but is very skiddish. I gave him some food. He has been running loose in this neighborhood for a few days now (Nextdoor Cedar Creek)
• Per finder they had to leave and move out of the area, they found this.
  Dog over a week ago no microchip the shelter would not take him and suggested to put the dog back in the area found in the dog is now back on the… (Nextdoor Lucerne - Oleander)

• Murphy USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Shift Lead in Lilburn. Apply here.
• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Team Member in Tucker. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lilburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Norcross

• Norcross nears start of construction on $15 million greenway (roughdraftatlanta.com)
• Ossoff demands Collins testify under oath in ethics probe as Senate race heats up (wsbtv.com)
• Numbers to know: 2026 season preview (redandblack.com)

Gwinnett County

• Only 2 large school districts are without fiscal 'red flags,' analysis finds (k12dive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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