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🌱 Twin Powder Springs standouts just drew a big SEC football offer.

Powder Springs, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Powder Springs! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Twin Powder Springs standouts just drew a big SEC football offer.
  • Which new Powder Springs businesses just got their Cobb County licenses?

Also on today's calendar: Free Bird Grooming Clinic and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do optometrists live so long? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 79, low: 54.
  • Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• STRecruiting Notebook 5-1: Clemson makes the cut with key receiver target; USC set for first official visits of campaign (sportstalksc.com) — Twin football standouts Quinn and Cole Pollock from Powder Springs have picked up scholarship offers from South Carolina, adding to an already impressive list of major college suitors. Their recruitment, along with several other Georgia prospects, underscores how local talent is drawing national attention and could put Powder Springs athletes on some of the country’s biggest football stages.
   

• New business licenses for the week ending May 1 span services, construction, and personal care (cobbcountycourier.com) — Several new unincorporated Cobb County business licenses are tied directly to Powder Springs addresses, including handyman, physical therapy, concrete work, personal care home, and health services providers. The broader list shows a wave of fresh service, construction, beauty, and specialty businesses opening across nearby Marietta, Smyrna, Kennesaw, and Atlanta, reflecting steady demand for home improvement, caregiving, and personal care in the area.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday May 3
  • Michelle Zeller Master Class- Dallas, GA →
    1972 The Salon, 8492 Hiram Acworth Hwy Suite 219, Dallas
    9:00 am
  • Inside the Ruins: Morning Mill Tour
    Sweetwater Creek State Park, 1750 Mount Vernon Road, Lithia Springs
    10:00 am
  • Arts, Ancestry, and the Story of Us
    Sweetwater Creek State Park, 1750 Mount Vernon Road, Lithia Springs
    1:00 pm
  • Olfactory Opulence: How Moths Influenced Perfume
    Sweetwater Creek State Park, 1750 Mount Vernon Road, Lithia Springs
    3:30 pm

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  • RaceTrac, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Associate - (RT2498) in Powder Springs. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Austell

  • GBI Arrests Austell Man for Pandering and Sexual Battery Following an Undercover Operation in Cobb County (einpresswire.com)
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Mableton

  • Cobb Police searching for wanted child molestation suspect (mdjonline.com)
  • Georgia News: Record Early Vote, Gas Prices, Atlanta Events (audacy.com)
  • Things to do in Connecticut in May (thehour.com)

Ok Powder Springs! 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: Because they dilate. (Thank you Phil M. for sending it in!)
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