🌱 Patch AM: Life sentence handed down for deadly 2024 shooting at Lilburn store.

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In today's newsletter:

• Life sentence handed down for deadly 2024 shooting at Lilburn store.
• What's on the menu at Lilburn's new Bite Theory restaurant?

Also on today's calendar: Taste of BBQ Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 73, low: 64.
• Monday: Humid; a shower in the a.m., with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Stone Mountain man gets life without parole in fatal Lilburn shooting (11alive.com) — A Stone Mountain man has received life in prison without parole plus 25 years for a 2024 shooting that killed one person and injured another at a Lilburn store. For Lilburn residents, the sentence closes a tragic case tied directly to a local business and underscores ongoing efforts by Gwinnett County prosecutors to address violent crime.
   

• 3 New & Coming Soon Gwinnett County Restaurants (businessdebut.com) — A new fast-food spot called Bite Theory is coming soon to Stone Mountain Highway in Lilburn, offering Nashville-style fried chicken, seafood, and rice bowls with drive-thru and takeout. The roundup also highlights two other new restaurant concepts opening in nearby Lawrenceville, giving Lilburn residents more dining options just a short drive away.
   

📸 Around Lilburn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lilburn

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Taste of BBQ Festival →
  5039 W Broad St NE, Sugar Hill
  10:00 am
Saturday October 24
• Harvest Fest: Focus & Thrive →
  Kingdom Now Ministries, 4769 Centerville Hwy, Snellville
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Fall Festival →
  Mountain Park UMC, 1405 Rockbridge Rd, Stone Mountain
  9:00 am
• Fall Festival - Family Fun, BBQ, Vendors, & more! →
  Mountain Park UMC, 1405 Rockbridge Rd, Stone Mountain
  9:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Serb Fest →
  Sts. Peter & Paul Serbian Orthodox Church, Lilburn
  11:00 am
Thursday October 8
• International Night
  Head Elementary School Lilburn, GA 30047
  6:00 pm
• Fall Cornhole League →
  Lilburn City Park, Lilburn
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Lilburn Daze →
  Lilburn City Park, 76 Main Street, Lilburn
  9:00 am
• Lilburn Daze Arts & Crafts Festival →
  Lilburn City Park, 76 Main St NW, Lilburn
  9:00 am
Sunday October 11
• Pumpkin Patch →
  St Matthew's Episcopal Church, 1520 Oak Rd SW, Snellville
  11:00 am
Monday October 12
• CLOSED for Columbus Day/Fall Break →
  En Pointe School of Dance, 5334 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn
• City Council Work Session →
  Lilburn City Hall, 340 Main Street, Lilburn
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Has anyone seen him?
  He ran off around 10:30 pm when I took him outside (Nextdoor Main St NW)

• BRADY CORPORATION posted a job opening for Machine Operator 2nd Shift in Lilburn. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Lilburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lilburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Norcross

• Belk closing Norcross store in 2027 after 25 years (fox5atlanta.com)
• MYCELX Technologies Achieves Unanimous Approval on All AGM Resolutions at Adjourned Annual Meeting (kalkinemedia.com)
• All Treats, No Tricks: Fall Happenings Around Metro Atlanta (livinginpeachtreecorners.com)

Gwinnett County

• Peachtree Mitigation Publishes IICRC S500 Drying Standards for Gwinnett County (cincinnati.com)

Ok Lilburn! 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: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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