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🌱 Community Clean Up and 11 more events
Be sure to catch Fall Garden Workshop: Herbal Wine on the Riverdale Patch calendar
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Community Clean Up at Riverdale Calendar
- Fall Garden Workshop: Herbal Wine at Riverdale Calendar
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 95 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 94, low: 75.
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 97 and low of 73 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Riverdale
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- Community Clean Up →
Riverdale Calendar Riverdale, GA 30274 - Fall Garden Workshop: Herbal Wine →
Riverdale Calendar, 904 Wilson Rd, Riverdale
4:00 pm
Saturday September 12
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Leadership Clayton Session
Clayton County Chamber-Commerce Current Leadership Clayton class participants
9:00 am - Curriculum Night
Mt. Zion Elementary Mount Zion Elementary
5:00 pm - Elementary School Curriculum Night
Callaway Elementary School
5:00 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs. Pebblebrook
Jonesboro High
5:00 pm - First Thursdays on the Rooftop (September 2026)
Clayton County Chamber-Commerce The Arena at Southlake 1300 Southlake Circle Morrow, GA 30260
6:30 pm - Microsoft Word Basics: Editing A Document
County Line-Ellenwood Library -
11:00 am - Food Distribution
Clayton County Chamber-Commerce Family Bridge, Inc. 8030 Spivey Rd. Jonesboro, GA. 30236
12:00 pm - An Introduction to Canva
County Line-Ellenwood Library -
9:30 am - Sorting and Filtering Data in Microsoft Excel
County Line-Ellenwood Library -
11:00 am - An Outdoor Farmers Market at Norwood Vineyard | Jonesboro, GA — Norwood Vineyard is & Gardens →
Norwood Vineyard & Gardens, 2441 Hwy 138 SE, Jonesboro
10:00 am
Thursday September 3
Friday September 4
Saturday September 5
Sunday September 6
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💬 Chatter
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Connect with over 400 Black Businesses in real time… Are you looking to connect with like-minded professionals and expand your knowledge? The… (Nextdoor Bethsaida Pointe) - Community Alert" Thursday 9/3/26 @6PM💚🩶💚
"Lots of fresh produce and veggies…. ALL provided by THE URBAN FOOD MOVEMENT (TUFM)…. #theurbanfoodmovement #OldNational #District5 (Nextdoor Bethsaida Pointe)
- Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Riverdale. Apply here.
- O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Merchandising Specialist in Riverdale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Riverdale here.
🗞 Nearby News
Jonesboro
- 25-Year-Old CEO Marks 4 Years Since She Became the First Black Woman With Autism to Open a Locs & Wicks Bar (blacknews.com)
- August 31st: This Day in History (blogspot.com)
- Behind The Scenes (tenfourmagazine.com)
Forest Park
- Atlanta: Produce Terminal of the South (producebusiness.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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