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🌱 Patch AM: Stone Mountain defendant awaits sentencing in major Atlanta cocaine smuggling case.
Make time for High School Curriculum Night on the Stone Mountain Patch calendar
Good morning to you Stone Mountain! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Stone Mountain defendant awaits sentencing in major Atlanta cocaine smuggling case.
Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 94 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Very hot, temps: high: 96, low: 74.
- Sunday: Very warm with a thunderstorm, with a high of 93 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Atlanta man gets 10 years for smuggling cocaine in fruit shipments (fox5atlanta.com) — A Stone Mountain resident, Andrea Principe, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering tied to a cocaine smuggling ring that moved nearly 200 pounds of drugs into the Atlanta area. Principe faces federal sentencing on October 15, while the Atlanta ringleader has already received a 10-year prison term, with investigators still not saying if more arrests are coming. 
📸 Around Stone Mountain
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stone Mountain
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- High School Curriculum Night
Dekalb County Stone Mountain, GA 30083 - Toddler Storytime
Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
10:30 am - Preschool Storytime
Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -
11:15 am - Curriculum Night @ SMHS
Stone Mountain High School
4:30 pm - SMMS Pirates Football vs Cedar Grove MS
Stone Mountain Middle School , 4301 Sarr Parkway, Stone Mountain, GA 30083
7:00 pm - SMMS Volleyball Game vs. Sequoyah MS
Stone Mountain Middle School Chamblee Middle School, 3601 Sexton Woods Dr, Chamblee, GA 30341
7:30 pm - Curriculum Night Sep 10 2026
Elizabeth Andrews High School Media Center -
4:00 pm - South Atlanta Hornets vs Stone Mountain Pirates
Stone Mountain High School Lakewood Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
6:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
📣 Stone Mountain Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Full School Community Gathering
International Community School Decatur, GA 30033
8:15 am - Title 1- Grits Grammar Biscuits and Books
McLendon Elementary School Decatur, GA 30033
8:30 am - Chainmail Jewelry Workshop
Clarkston Library -
11:00 am - Friday Movies
Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library - Toco Hill-Avis G. Willia
1:30 pm
Friday September 4
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Painted Flower Pots —Doc Lawrence Read on Patch
- Free food box available to pick up in Clarkston.
I got the items for a homeless client of mine unfortunately everything in here requires cooking and I don't eat any of it. There is a hambone soup… (Nextdoor Rockbridge Heights Dr) - Hey all I will be doing a big move and will be selling most of my things.
Pictures and prices will soon be posted if interested thanks. Tv, living room set, dinning set, deep freezer and other lil things thanks.. (Nextdoor Alford Crossing)
- Citi Trends posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Stone Mountain. Apply here.
- Michaels posted a job opening for Retail Seasonal Customer Service Team Member in Tucker. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stone Mountain here.
🗞 Nearby News
Tucker
- Tucker to celebrate ten years with Ten-Tober Festival (decaturish.com)
- Dozens rally to save Embry Hills land as green space (decaturish.com)
- DeKalb County commissioners to host tree canopy meetings (decaturish.com)
Clarkston
- Daily Forecast 09-02-2026 (times-georgian.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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