🌱 Dickey Farms Strawberry Festival and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dickey Farms 2026 Strawberry Festival at Dickey Farms
• Dickey Farms Strawberry Festival at Dickey Farms

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny, breezy and warm, temps: high: 87, low: 59.
• Sunday: An a.m. shower; windy, cooler, with a high of 67 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Yatesville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Dickey Farms 2026 Strawberry Festival
  Dickey Farms, 3440 Musella Rd, Musella
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Dickey Farms Strawberry Festival
  Dickey Farms , 3440 Musella Rd , Musella
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• ULHS Sprig Play: All Shook Up
  Upson-Lee Fine Arts Center , Thomaston, GA 30286, USA
  6:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Willie Hamm Invitational
  Lamar County High School , 1 Trojan Way , Barnesville
  9:00 am

Monday April 20

• Zoning Commission Meeting (Public Hearing #1)
  Thomaston, GA Calendar , 106 E Lee Street , Thomaston
• Track & Field Boys Region - TBD
  Monroe County Forsyth, GA 31029
• Golf vs. Upson-Lee/Lamar @ Forsyth Golf Course
  Forsyth Golf Course Forsyth, GA 31029
  3:45 pm
• Forsyth City Council
  Aldermen Hall , 5 W Adams St , Forsyth
  6:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• City Council (Public Hearing #2)
  Thomaston, GA Calendar , 106 E Lee Street , Thomaston
  7:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Storytime at Hightower Memorial Library
  Hightower Memorial Library , 800 W Gordon St , Thomaston
  10:30 am

Thursday April 23

• Region 2aaa Track meet
  Monroe County Forsyth, GA 31029
  8:00 am

Tuesday April 28

• Golf Girls Region Tournament @ Callaway Gardens - TBD
  Monroe County Forsyth, GA 31029

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative in Barnesville. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Thomaston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Yatesville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Barnesville

• Barnesville businesses forced to make difficult decisions after massive fire (cbsnews.com)
• New York Giants Draft Prospect Profile: LB CJ Allen, Georgia (pix11.com)
• Clean-up, tire collection effort gets underway Friday (barnesville.com)

Forsyth

• Small Businesses Hit With ‘Big Beautiful' Bills Of Their Own Due To Trump's Economic Policies (texasmetronews.com)
• Buc-ee's new gas pump policy sparks debate. What to know in Georgia (savannahnow.com)
• Monroe County school bus driver charged with DUI after 'driving erratically' (41nbc.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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