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🌱 Patch AM: Why TikTok explorers are getting arrested at a Suwanee house
Also check out Monster Jam on the Suwanee Patch calendar

Good day Suwanee! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why TikTok explorers are getting arrested at a Suwanee house
- How a Suwanee manufacturer went from one screwdriver to global sales
- Suwanee's Winton Machine heads to D.C. for $1M pitch
Also on today's calendar: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Sweltering heat, with a high of 98 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Partly sunny, a t-storm; hot, temps: high: 95, low: 73.
- Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Nine arrested after social media trend draws trespassers to Suwanee home (northgwinnettvoice.com) — Police say a vacant-looking but privately owned home on Westbrook Road in Suwanee has drawn trespassers after TikTok videos falsely promoted it as an abandoned spot to explore. Five adults were arrested and several juveniles charged or warned after climbing fences and entering the house, and officers are urging residents to stay off private property and report any related activity.
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• Winton Machine CEO on Starting Out, Entrepreneurship and the NAM (nam.org) — A Suwanee-based manufacturer, Winton Machine, is in the spotlight as CEO Lisa Winton shares how the company grew from almost nothing into a 40-person operation serving 15 countries. The firm is now a finalist in a national SBA pitch competition, and Winton highlights federal loan programs and industry groups that local entrepreneurs can tap to start or expand manufacturing businesses.
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• Nicki Minaj To Judge Trump's $1M SBA 'Shark-Tank' Competition (blackenterprise.com) — Suwanee's Winton Machine will be one of five small businesses pitching for a share of $1 million in the SBA's nationally televised Million Dollar Pitch Competition. The Trump administration–backed event features celebrity judges including Nicki Minaj and Grant Cardone, spotlighting Winton Machine alongside companies from Maine, Iowa, Wyoming, and California in a high-profile celebration of small business.
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📸 Around Suwanee
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Suwanee
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★ Featured events ★
- Monster Jam →
Gas South Arena, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth
1:00 pm
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- CLOSED - LABOR DAY →
Suwanee GA - Alzheimer's Caregiver Support →
Gwinnett County Public Library - Suwanee Branch, 300 High Line Street, Suwanee
6:00 pm - 9/11 Memorial Event →
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6:00 pm - PCOM Georgia BLAZE 5K →
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8:00 am - Suwanee Farmers Market →
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8:00 am - Remembering 9/11: with Survivor Tina Alexis →
Gwinnett County Public Library - Suwanee Branch, 300 High Line Street, Suwanee
2:00 pm - Dueling pianos in Suwanee! →
StillFire Brewing, 343 US-23, Suwanee
8:00 pm - Pretty Girl Walks at Suwanee Fest →
Suwanee Fest, 330 Town Center Avenue Northwest, Suwanee - Suwanee Fest →
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9:00 am - Suwanee Fest Parade →
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9:00 am - SHOW: Suwanee Fest →
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11:45 am
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Saturday September 19
📣 Suwanee Shout Outs!
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Suwanee PatchAM possible:
- Key Solutions Auto Locksmith — (470) 464-4813
- Level Up Games — (770) 497-0202
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Aerotek posted a job opening for Shipping And Receiving Clerk in Suwanee. Apply here.
- EnerSys Energy Products, Inc posted a job opening for Assembler - Hiring Now in Suwanee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Suwanee here.
🗞 Nearby News
Duluth
- GIVEAWAY: Disney On Ice Spotlight Magic (macaronikid.com)
- Flash Giveaway Monster Jam (macaronikid.com)
- 2026 Peach Classic (usfigureskating.org)
Buford
- The Secret to Long Life Revealed by Centenarian Joyce Rattray (sflcn.com)
Alpharetta
- Alpharetta Students Petition Use Of Flock Cameras On Campus: Report (patch.com)
Ok Suwanee! 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: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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