🌱 Fall 2026 Open House and 12 more events

Hi Scottdale! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Southern-Fried Gaming Expo at Cobb Convention Center (Cobb Galleria Centre)
• Passive Puzzling at Clarkston at Clarkston Library
• StoryWalk速 at Mason Mill Park at Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 72 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 88, low: 73. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 92 and low of 71 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Scottdale

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★ Featured events ★

Friday July 31

• Southern-Fried Gaming Expo →
  Cobb Convention Center (Cobb Galleria Centre), 2 Galleria Pkwy SE, Atlanta
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday July 27

• Passive Puzzling at Clarkston
  Clarkston Library -
• StoryWalk速 at Mason Mill Park
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library -
• Books and Babies Storytime
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Toco Hill-Avis G. Willia
  10:30 am
• Toddler Storytime
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Toco Hill-Avis G. Willia
  11:30 am
• Unearth a Story: The Living Mokouki
  Clarkston Library -
  2:00 pm
• English as a Second Language (ESL)
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Toco Hill-Avis G. Willia
  6:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Toddler Storytime
  Clarkston Library -
  10:30 am
• Maximizing Social Security
  Clarkston Library -
  6:00 pm

Saturday August 1

• Fall 2026 Open House →
  Small Craft Kids Club, 3172 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Scottdale
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Risking Rocket Pre-K Preview
  Mary Lin Elementary School Atlanta, GA 30307
  8:15 am
• Back to School Rally
  Dekalb County AIC, 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd. Stone Mountain, GA 30083
  9:00 am
• Pilates on the Green →
  Avondale Estates, GA Calendar Avondale Estates, GA 30002
  9:00 am
• Little Artist Storytime
  Decatur Library -
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• State of Georiga posted a job opening for Educational Interpreter Professional Development Coordinator (Part Time) in Clarkston. Apply here.
• DeKalb County Georgia posted a job opening for Firefighter- Pre-Qualified in Decatur. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scottdale here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Avondale Estates

• From ‘Drive Through' to ‘Drive To': Avondale Estates' Transformation (metroatlantaceo.com)
• Metro Atlanta Summer Camp Inspires Young Artists to Create the Next Generation of Comic Book Heroes – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)
• Avondale Estates weighs civility pledge after confrontation (decaturish.com)

Clarkston

• I-285 eastbound ramp to Ponce will briefly close on July 24 (decaturish.com)
• Where are Clarkston's third spaces? (canopyatlanta.org)
• Clarkston Capital Partners LLC Sells 36,842 Shares of Mastercard Incorporated $MA (marketbeat.com)

East Atlanta

• 2 Found Dead In DeKalb Parking Lot (patch.com)

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Ok Scottdale! 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: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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