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

Coming up: Taste of BBQ Festival on the Lilburn Patch calendar

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Hi there, Lilburn! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

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.
   

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    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.
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  • 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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