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Flowery Branch, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Flowery Branch! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Flowery Branch teens are being targeted through social media, police say
- Which big-name Falcons might leave after the 2026 season?
- Flowery Branch teacher’s family speaks as school shooter pleads guilty
Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.
- Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 87, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Teens lured to metro Atlanta apartment and sexually assaulted, police say (wsbtv.com) — Flowery Branch police say two men are jailed after separate incidents in which teenagers from several counties reported being lured to the Tree Park apartment complex and sexually assaulted. Investigators describe online contact leading to in-person meetings, while advocates urge parents to talk with kids about grooming, boundaries, and safer social media use to help prevent similar crimes. 
• Which Falcons will be free agents in 2027? Bates, Tagovailoa headline list. (ajc.com) — Flowery Branch football fans get an early look at which Atlanta Falcons could hit free agency in 2027, including key names like Jessie Bates and Tua Tagovailoa. The piece explains how new GM Ian Cunningham structured short-term deals to keep flexibility while reshaping the roster from the team’s Flowery Branch base.
• The 'grief of losing him is constant' (wgtjradio.com) — Flowery Branch readers are connected to this tragic Apalachee High School case through teacher Richard Aspinwall’s widow, who was working at Flowery Branch High when he was killed. A 16-year-old has now pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in the 2024 shooting, and victims’ families are urging the judge to impose life without parole as sentencing approaches.
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HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
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🗓 Events Nearby
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River Forks Explorer
Hall County Government River Forks Park and Campground - 3500 Keith Bridge Road Gainesvi
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Discovering New Plants: IPEP Lecture & Nursery Tour
Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville, 1911 Sweetbay Drive, Gainesville, GA, 30501, United States
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Frog Feeding
Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309, United States
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Garden Chef Demos: Pamela Askerneese-Henry
Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309, United States
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Suga Fest: Suga Overload →
Braselton Town Green, 9924 Davis St, Braselton
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Music in the Garden
Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville, 1911 Sweetbay Drive, Gainesville, GA, 30501, United States
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Better Than Ezra →
The Bowl at Sugar Hill, 5039 W Broad St NE, Sugar Hill
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Braselton Broadway Rave →
Braselton Civic Center, 27 E Lake Dr, Braselton
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Die Laughing Comedy @ Blue Door ( Gainesville, GA ) →
Blue Door, 107 Bradford St NE, Gainesville
8:00 pm
Saturday July 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looking for someone who can repair my dryer and who is not charging an arm and a leg.
The part for the dryer is less than $10 and I don’t want to spend just about what it costs to buy a brand new dryer for a repair. Any… (Nextdoor Spout Springs Road) - Looking for someone to help clean our garden in Buford.
Four box beds. With tomatoes peppers and cucumbers with also mixture of flowers. Just need the beds cleaned and vegetables picked up. Let us know… (Nextdoor Lexington Woods)
- 4M Building Solutions posted a job opening for Day Matron/Porter in Flowery Branch. Apply here.
- Bath & Body Works posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate-Stonebridge Village in Flowery Branch. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Flowery Branch here.
🗞 Nearby News
Oakwood
- Oakwood couple charged with separate S. Hall thefts; Flock helps track them down (wgtjradio.com)
- Mountain View Road murder: Man wanted in Oakwood store shooting captured (fox5atlanta.com)
- Back 2 School: First Georgia district heads back today (wsbtv.com)
Buford
- Funky Little Theater opens 2026 season with comedy at Palmer Lake Town Hall (gazette.com)
- 🏘️ Downtown businesses rally (roughdraftatlanta.com)
- Future Games: Workout Day Takeaways (prepbaseballreport.com)
Winder
- Teen Pleads In School Shooting That Killed 4 At Apalachee High: Report (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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