🌱 Lithonia’s top city official just completed a major leadership certification
Lithonia, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Lithonia! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Lithonia’s top city official just completed a major leadership certification
- See which Lithonia players are heading to top college football programs
Also on today's calendar: Red, White and Boom! and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: It takes longer to run from 2nd to 3rd base than between the other bases,why? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 90, low: 72.
- Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• More than 100 gain Certified Public Manager status through UGA Institute of Government (uga.edu) — Lithonia’s city manager and police chief, Donald DeJarnette, is among nearly 100 public employees statewide who just earned Certified Public Manager credentials through UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. The intensive program focuses on leadership, ethics, and organizational skills that can directly shape how local governments like Lithonia’s serve residents. 
• DeKalb County's Class of 2026 scores big with 92 football scholarship signees (ocgnews.com) — Lithonia High School leads DeKalb County with 20 football players in the Class of 2026 signing college scholarships, including standouts heading to Arkansas, Mississippi State, and the Air Force Academy. The county’s 92 total signees mark its strongest football recruiting class in more than a decade, with long-running signing streaks continuing across several DeKalb programs.
📸 Around Lithonia
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Red, White and Boom! →
Olde Town Conyers Commercial District,
6:00 pm
Friday July 3
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Other local events
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50 Shades of RED iCon Fashion Show →
Vybez Executive Event Center, 7300 Stonecrest Concourse, Lithonia
5:00 pm -
Indigenous Love Supper Club: a culturally rooted social wellness experience →
Coaxum's Low Country Cuisine, 1300 Iris Dr SW, Conyers
7:00 pm -
Journey To Bloom - All Inclusive Indoor-Outdoor Top DJs →
Eden Garden Events Hall and Party Rentals, 7316 Covington Hwy, Lithonia
5:00 pm -
Week 5 L.Sanders (5-8 groups) Field Trip *Stars &Stripes* →
Lucious Sanders Recreation Center, 2484 Bruce St, Lithonia
10:00 am -
Zumba Class
Lithonia-Davidson Library -
1:00 pm -
Recipes with Annissa Roberts
Lithonia-Davidson Library -
1:00 pm -
Recipes with Annissa Roberts →
Lithonia-Davidson Library, DeKalb County Public Library, 6821 Church St, Lithonia
1:00 pm -
8 Legged Scales: Critters & Reptiles →
Lithonia-Davidson Library, DeKalb County Public Library, 6821 Church St, Lithonia
4:00 pm
Saturday June 27
Sunday June 28
Tuesday July 7
Wednesday July 8
Tuesday July 21
📣 Lithonia Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Friends of the Hairston Crossing Library Book Sale
Hairston Crossing Library -
10:00 am -
Sisterhood With Purpose Friends and Family Fundraiser →
Redan Recreation Center, 1839 Phillips Rd, Lithonia
10:00 am -
Sensory Saturdays
Stonecrest Library - Meeting Room
11:00 am -
Unearth the Art: Washi Tape
Redan-Trotti Library - Meeting Room
1:00 pm
Saturday June 27
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My Coffee Shop Memorial Drive - Eastlake Atlanta
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- Packaging Corporation of America posted a job opening for Material Handler and Forklift Operator in Lithonia. Apply here.
- Signet Jewelers, Ltd. posted a job opening for Apprentice Jeweler - Signet Jewelers - Marketplace at Stonecrest - Lithonia, GA in Lithonia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lithonia here.
🗞 Nearby News
Stonecrest
- Pastor Jamal Bryant Under Fire Over Son Neglect Claims (balleralert.com)
Stone Mountain
- Upcoming event to provide activities for kids, supplies for teachers (thechampionnewspaper.com)
- The big 10 must-do's in Atlanta (atlantamagazine.com)
- Amanda Pearch chats Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (businessradiox.com)
Ok Lithonia! 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: There is a Short-Stop in the middle (Thank you Dave L. for sending it in!)
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