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Greetings Alpharetta! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Alpharetta teens push back against Flock surveillance cameras at school
  • How Alpharetta police finally closed a 2024 salon burglary case
  • Want your Alpharetta kid to review the Georgia Aquarium for families?

Also on today's calendar: Labor Day Weekend: 40th Annual Marietta Art in the Park and 13 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Very hot, with a high of 97 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, a t-storm; hot, temps: high: 96, low: 72.
  • Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Alpharetta Students Petition Use Of Flock Cameras On Campus: Report (patch.com) — Alpharetta High School students are challenging the use of Flock security cameras on their campus, launching a petition that raises privacy and cost concerns. The cameras, installed at school entrances after Fulton County's 2022 approval, are defended by the district's police chief as vital for safety and investigations, setting up a local debate over surveillance in Alpharetta schools.
   

2. Alpharetta police make arrest in 2024 salon break-in (appenmedia.com) — Alpharetta residents may be interested that police have arrested a 22-year-old Decatur man in connection with a 2024 burglary at a North Main Street nail salon. Investigators say cash and liquor were stolen from the salon and a neighboring restaurant, and another suspect from Lithonia was previously charged after officers reviewed security footage.
   

3. 4-Pack Ticket Giveaway to Georgia Aquarium (macaronikid.com) — Families in the Alpharetta area can enter now for a chance to win four tickets to the Georgia Aquarium and have their child serve as a Macaroni KID JR Reporter. The winning family must visit by December 31 and share photos and kid-friendly feedback, which will be featured on the Macaroni KID Alpharetta site to help other local parents plan visits.
   

4. Site work to begin on entertainment hub, arena in Forsyth County, developer says (atlantanewsfirst.com) — Work starts next week on The Gathering at South Forsyth, a $3 billion entertainment district and proposed NHL arena just north of Alpharetta, while a separate effort continues to land a team directly in Alpharetta. Local leaders are pitching both Forsyth and North Point Mall–linked projects as ways to bring professional hockey back to metro Atlanta, which could reshape entertainment options and traffic patterns for Alpharetta residents.
   

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