🌱 What did Houston Gaines promise Monticello voters about data centers and spending?

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• What did Houston Gaines promise Monticello voters about data centers and spending?

Also on today's calendar: Deer Dash 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run.

Today's riddle: There was a pink man who lived in a one story pink house. Everything he had was pink. What color were the stairs? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 75 and low of 63 degrees.
• Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 72, low: 64.
• Thursday: Humid with a shower, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Houston Gaines visits Monticello during congressional campaign (themonticellonews.com) — A congressional candidate’s recent campaign stop in Monticello put local issues like affordability, public safety, and potential data centers in Jasper County front and center. Houston Gaines told supporters he favors community control over data center projects, opposes tax breaks for them, and touts his fiscal conservatism while promising strong constituent services and continued support for teachers and law enforcement.
   

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📸 Around Monticello

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Monticello

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★ Featured events ★

Friday November 6

• Jefferson County at Jasper County →
  Monticello
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday November 7

• Deer Dash 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run →
  Monticello GA
• 60th Annual Deer Festival →
  Downtown Monticello Square, Monticello
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday November 3

• Cemetery Stewardship Commission Meeting →
  Madison, GA Calendar, 160 N. Main Street High Street Entrance, Madison
  5:30 pm
• Meet Katherine — Lake Sinclair Life →
  Georgia Writers Museum, 109 S Jefferson Ave, Eatonton
  7:00 pm

Wednesday November 4

• Open Records Training Seminar →
  Georgia Sheriffs’ Association, 1000 Sheriffs Way, Madison
  1:00 pm
• Flag Football vs. Monroe Area & Walnut Grove @ Walnut Grove
  Morgan County Madison, GA 30650
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Girls Basketball vs Cedar Shoals (Scrimmage)
  Morgan County Madison, GA 30650
  6:00 pm
• Varsity Boys Basketball vs Cedar Shoals (Scrimmage)
  Morgan County Madison, GA 30650
  7:30 pm

Thursday November 5

• Barn Buddies: Preschool Field Trips →
  2794 McGarity Road, Social Circle
  10:00 am
• MPHS Cabaret
  Monroe County Fine Arts Center, 27 Brooklyn Ave, Forsyth
  6:00 pm
• Gaither's Horse Trail Community Input →
  RL Cousins Community Center Cafeteria, 8132 Carlton Trail NW, Covington
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My current situation...
  Lol. After Lucķÿ woke me up at 2 then again at 5 i turned over to get comfortable and this is what i see! Sadie Mae snuggled up with her daddy and… (Nextdoor Rollingwood Cove)
• Got Seasoned Oak FireWood for Sale go ahead and stock up going to be a chilly one this year!
  Done sold out! But just got another batch in stock up while u can! Truck load 120! Trailer load 150! Located in Jasper ga! Call or text me at 706-476… (Nextdoor Hidden Creek)

• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in MONTICELLO GA S08747 in Monticello. Apply here.
• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Monticello. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monticello here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Jackson

• Students help transform Jackson for ‘Stranger Things' event (jacksonprogress-argus.com)
• Jackson High Class of 1971 holds 55th class reunion (jacksonprogress-argus.com)
• Danarri Brown paces Jackson's Senior Night rout of Southwest-Macon (jacksonprogress-argus.com)

Eatonton

• Nightcap Hour 3: Rams BLOW OUT Chargers + Patriots STOMP Dolphins + Raiders BEAT Jets In SHOOTOUT (iheart.com)

Covington

• The Newton County Fall Festival is happening on Nov. 7th (feedblitz.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "There was a pink man who lived in a one story pink house. Everything he had was pink. What color were the stairs?" — There were no stairs. (Thank you Ro B. for sending it in!)
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