🌱 Patch AM: Plan your family’s Halloween night at downtown Lilburn’s free celebration

Greetings Lilburn! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Plan your family's Halloween night at downtown Lilburn's free celebration
• Check your Lilburn Powerball ticket—someone just won $50,000
• Lilburn man receives five life sentences in brutal child abuse case

Also on today's calendar: Pumpkin Patch and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 60 degrees.
• Saturday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, temps: high: 66, low: 60.
• Sunday: A couple of morning t-storms, with a high of 69 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Monsters & Movie on Main: spend Halloween in Lilburn with trick-or-treating, a movie, and family fun (atlantaonthecheap.com) — Lilburn families can plan now for the free Monsters and Movie on Main Halloween celebration downtown on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 8 p.m. Kids can trick-or-treat along Main Street, enjoy games and food trucks in Lilburn City Park, enter a costume contest, and stay for a family-friendly movie on the big screen.
   

• Georgia Lottery tickets sold in Lilburn, Savannah and Norcross win big (wsbtv.com) — A Powerball ticket sold at the Chevron Food Mart on Stone Mountain Highway in Lilburn has won $50,000 in the Oct. 7 drawing. Other big Georgia Lottery wins were reported in Savannah and Norcross, and the next Powerball jackpot on Oct. 10 is expected to reach $516 million.
   

• Former Gwinnett therapist to serve 5 life sentences for assaulting teen over 50 times (ocgnews.com) — A Lilburn man and former child therapist has been sentenced in Gwinnett County to multiple consecutive life terms for repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl over two years. Prosecutors say the unusually harsh sentence is meant to send a clear message that such abuse will not be tolerated, and the case included testimony from an additional victim.
   

📸 Around Lilburn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lilburn

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• Pumpkin Patch →
  St Matthew's Episcopal Church, 1520 Oak Rd SW, Snellville
  11:00 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 10
• Lilburn Daze Arts & Crafts Festival →
  Lilburn City Park, 76 Main St NW, Lilburn
  9:00 am
• Lilburn Daze →
  Lilburn City Park, 76 Main Street, Lilburn
  9:00 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
• City Council Meeting →
  Lilburn City Hall, 340 Main Street, Lilburn
  7:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Food Truck Tuesday in the Park →
  Lilburn City Park, 76 Main Street, Lilburn
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Providence Christian Dual Meet →
  Lilburn GA
• Lilburn Library Play Day →
  Lilburn Library Branch, 4817 Church St NW, Lilburn
  11:00 am
• Fall Cornhole League →
  Lilburn City Park, Lilburn
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 25
• MPUMC Trunk or Treat →
  1405 Rockbridge Rd, Stone Mountain
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please help Marge come home.
  She is super friendly, food motivated and microchipped. She's wearing a pink collar with a pink heart tag (Nextdoor Lucerne - Oleander)
• If you are a Waste Pro customer just be informed that they no longer pickup cardboard boxes that are not in the trash can.
  I had a refrigerator box stacked outside my bin and they decided to not pickup. I find it to be asinine because they don't use the heavy hand lifter… (Nextdoor Westchester)

• Pizza Hut - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Lilburn. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Senior Shift Leader in Lilburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lilburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Norcross

• FREE Fall Glow Festival in Gwinnett features games, hayrides, and trunk-or-treating (register now) (atlantaonthecheap.com)
• Sr Software Engineer, Smart Mobility - TransCore - Norcross, GA, US (dice.com)
• Advocates want voters to know Georgia lawmakers' record on pets (wabe.org)

Gwinnett County

• Gwinnett County awarded $750K federal grant to help fight elder abuse (wsbradio.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: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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