🌱 Patch AM: How Woodstock job seekers can benefit from Goodwill’s high-tech training push

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In today's newsletter:

• How Woodstock job seekers can benefit from Goodwill's high-tech training push

Also on today's calendar: The Ghost Town Gathering: For Women ready to come back to Life and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two favorite words for a shark to hear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 80 and low of 51 degrees.
• Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 82, low: 52.
• Tuesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Goodwill's commercial vehicle simulator helps career seekers (wsbtv.com) — Goodwill of North Georgia is expanding its virtual job-training strategy that began with welding and forklift simulators at the Woodstock Career Center by adding commercial driver's license simulators in Atlanta. The new CDL simulators, funded by Invest Atlanta, give residents low-cost access to realistic training for in-demand trucking jobs, helping participants quickly build skills that can lead to stable, better-paying careers.
   

📸 Around Woodstock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Woodstock

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★ Featured events ★

Monday September 28
• Monday Specials →
  Reformation Brewery (Woodstock), 105 Elm St., Woodstock
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday September 27
• The Ghost Town Gathering: For Women ready to come back to Life →
  Tbd
  5:00 pm
Monday September 28
• D'Floridian →
  D'Floridian, 6242 Old Hwy 5 Ste A3, Woodstock
  7:00 pm
• $100 Freeroll at D'Floridian →
  D'Floridian, 6242 Old Hwy 5 Ste A3, Woodstock
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Woodstock, Georgia (Rotary Club) →
  Rotary Club (Woodstock), 8979 Hwy. 92, Woodstock
  7:30 am
• Tuesday Drink Special →
  Reformation Brewery (Woodstock), 105 Elm St., Woodstock
  8:00 am
• Pacific Northwest Wine Dinner with Chef Chris and Wine Representative →
  LEANING LADDER, 105 East Main Street, Woodstock
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Wednesday Morning Prayer →
  The Factory Church, 9872 Main Street, Woodstock
  6:00 am
• Latino Business Club →
  Reformation Brewery (Woodstock), 105 Elm St., Woodstock
  8:00 am
Saturday October 3
• 13th Annual Run, Walk or Roll →
  11905 GA-92, Woodstock
  7:00 am
Sunday October 4
• Bridal and Event Show →
  Jericho Walls on the River Wedding and Event Venue, 1858 Bishop Dr, Canton
  1:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• International Fall Festival →
  1765 Woodstock Rd, Roswell
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE TRULY BLESSED.
  WHEN YOU PULL INTO PUBLIX AND THE SECOND PARKING SPOT OPENS UP. SO I BOUGHT A LOTTERY TICKET ON THE WAY OUT. (Nextdoor Port Victoria)
• I inherited hundreds of these tiny porcelain monsters—Hummels.
  So. Many. Hummels. My grandmother used to skip church on Sundays so she could haunt antique stores instead. Apparently, she believed the Lord would… (Nextdoor Westwilley Bridge)

• Addison Group posted a job opening for Accounts Payable Specialist in Woodstock. Apply here.
• ODP posted a job opening for Retail Part Time Store Associate in Woodstock. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Woodstock here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kennesaw

• Metro Atlanta city opens new public safety building (wsbtv.com)
• Kennesaw State Rises in U.S. News Rankings of Top Universities (newswise.com)
• Arion Carter donations to cancer research for Tennessee football after Texas (tennessean.com)

Canton

• Canton police renew search for woman missing since July (wsbtv.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "MAN OVERBOARD!" (Thank you M J. for sending it in!)
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