🌱 What ending Walthourville’s fire fee could mean for your city budget

Hello Walthourville! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What ending Walthourville’s fire fee could mean for your city budget

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 93, low: 75.
• Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 92 and low of 73 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Walthourville to end fire fee Oct. 1, may owe back payroll taxes (thecurrentga.org) — Walthourville residents will see the controversial fire fee removed from their water bills starting Oct. 1, even as the city faces questions about years of allegedly unpaid payroll taxes. City officials are also confronting a proposed class-action lawsuit over the fee and have hired outside accountants and legal counsel, raising fresh concerns about how these moves could affect Walthourville’s newly balanced 2026 budget.
   

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📸 Around Walthourville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Walthourville

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Friday September 4

• LCHS Football @ Johnson SAV
  Liberty County Schools Hinesville, GA 31313
  7:30 pm
• LCHS Football @Johnson
  Liberty County High School Johnson HS, Savannah
  7:30 pm
• BI-V Football @ Valdosta
  Liberty County Schools Valdosta High
  7:30 pm

Tuesday September 8

• LCHS Volleyball Vs MCA/Brantley
  Liberty County Schools Hinesville, GA 31313
  4:30 pm
• LFMS Volleyball @ Ebenezer & Wayne County
  Liberty County Schools Hinesville, GA 31313
  4:30 pm
• SGMS Volleyball vs South East Bulloch
  Liberty County Schools @ South East Bulloch
  4:30 pm
• LCHS JV Volleyball v McIntosh County Academy
  Liberty County High School LCHS
  4:30 pm
• MMS Volleyball @ Richmond Hill (Match 1), Burke (Match 2)
  Liberty County Schools Richmond Hill
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 4

• BI-V Football @ Valdosta
  Liberty County Schools Valdosta High
  7:30 pm
• LCHS Football @Johnson
  Liberty County High School Johnson HS, Savannah
  7:30 pm
• LCHS Football @ Johnson SAV
  Liberty County Schools Hinesville, GA 31313
  7:30 pm

Tuesday September 8

• SGMS Volleyball vs South East Bulloch
  Liberty County Schools @ South East Bulloch
  4:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Hinesville. Apply here.
• Eagles Landing Restaurants posted a job opening for Combo | DMO in Hinesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Walthourville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hinesville

• Chamber welcomes Cavoni's to the community (coastalcourier.com)
• Hinesville issues boil water advisory after main break near Performing Arts Center (wtoc.com)
• Chamber cuts ribbon on Harbor Oaks Counseling (coastalcourier.com)

Fort Stewart

• Fort Stewart soldier arraigned on multiple charges tied to June shooting incident, domestic violence (wtoc.com)

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Ok Walthourville! 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: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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