🌱 Fairburn truck driver unhurt in I-75 crash that killed two
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- Fairburn truck driver unhurt in I-75 crash that killed two
Also on today's calendar: Georgia Renaissance Festival.
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Today's riddle: What's a balloon's least favorite music ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.
- Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 67, low: 46.
- Monday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 72 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Two killed in Cobb County crash involving Papa John's truck on I-75 (cbsnews.com) — A Fairburn resident was involved but not injured in a deadly multi-vehicle crash Friday morning on I-75 in Cobb County that left two other people dead. Police say a tractor-trailer struck another truck driven by the Fairburn man, then overturned and was hit again, severely disrupting traffic while investigators worked the scene. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Cobb County Police. 
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten Storytime
Fairburn Hobgood-Palmer Library, 60 Valley View Dr, Fairburn
11:00 am
Wednesday April 8
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Georgia Renaissance Festival
Georgia Renaissance Festival , 6905 Virlyn B Smith Rd , Fairburn
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Georgia Renaissance Festival - Saturday
Georgia Renaissance Festival , 6905 Virlyn B Smith Rd , Fairburn
10:30 am
Saturday April 11
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Chatt. Hills & Palmetto Community Conversation #3
Chattahoochee Hills City Hall , 6505 Rico Rd , Palmetto
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Literary Club Meeting
Palmetto Branch Library , 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy , Palmetto
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5th Annual Autism Sensory Festival
Wilkerson Mill-Farris Park , 8095 Wilkerson Mill Rd , Palmetto
11:00 am -
Saturday Food Give Away
Palmetto Branch Library , 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy , Palmetto
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Palmetto Book Club
Palmetto Branch Library , 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy , Palmetto
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Mobile Career Center at the Palmetto Library
Palmetto Branch Library , 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy , Palmetto
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Wednesday Night Café at Birdhouse Coffee Room
Birdhouse Coffee Room , 10625 Serenbe Ln Unit A , Palmetto
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Financial Literacy Class
Palmetto Branch Library , 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy , Palmetto
4:30 pm -
Family Paint Party
Don Nacho's Palmetto , 500 Ballard Place , Palmetto
5:00 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Update : returned to owner :)
Found Dog : Fieldstone Manor Please message me ASAP if this is your baby. We will give it water and keep her cool , but we have 2 dogs and can’t… (Nextdoor Fieldstone Manor) - A large gas line break has closed Abbotts Bridge Road in Johns Creek between Abbotts Station Drive and Abbotts Walk Drive.
10:36AM on Apr 2: Abbotts Bridge Road between Abbotts Station Drive and Abbotts Walk Drive is closed due to a large gas line break, with Atlanta Gas… (Nextdoor )
- US Foods Holding Corp posted a job opening for Sanitation Worker in Fairburn. Apply here.
- Starbucks posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 25215, I-85 & SENOIA ROAD - FAIRBURN, GA in Fairburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairburn here.
🗞 Nearby News
College Park
- Man gets life for 2023 College Park drug deal shooting (fox5atlanta.com)
- 2 Chainz Records Woman's Fiery Road Rage Rant Over Claims He Owes Her Father Money (blackenterprise.com)
- 2 Chainz Teams Up With Statik Selektah For New 'Pops' Single (thesource.com)
Fayetteville
- Fayette Chamber Non-Profit Network Invites Nonprofit Leaders to Share Solutions at April 17 Coffee & Connections (thecitizen.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: POP (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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