News Nearby: Storm Stops Fireworks Show, Starts Duluth House Fire

Here are some top Patch headlines not far from Alpharetta and Milton.

Updated 12:30 p.m. Storm Disrupts Duluth Festivities – Duluth Patch Wind and heavy rain interrupted “Duluth Celebrates America” at Scott Hudgens Park Tuesday (July 3) evening. The fireworks will be rescheduled for later this summer. Canopies and umbrellas erected to provide shade from the summer sun became shelters for disappointed celebrants to huddle under as they tracked the thunderstorm on their cell phones and waited for it to pass. Individual “sunbrellas” turned into “rainbrellas.” Hastily donned plastic rain slickers and windbreakers provided little relief from the storm that came up quickly. The wind toppled a couple of the canopies. Many scurried to their cars as intermittent raindrops turned into a deluge and lightning began …

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Whitney Houston Funeral To Stream Online

Fans will be able to live stream Whitney Houston's funeral via Internet this Saturday.

Fans worldwide can watch Whitney Houston's funeral live via Internet this Saturday, according to the Washington Post. The funeral will stream in its entirety via its Celebritology page. A link will be available on the blog's main page Saturday morning. According to the blog, the funeral begins at noon Eastern Standard time and will take place at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., which was Houston’s childhood place of worship. Houston died last weekend of undisclosed causes. Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder are scheduled to perform, the Washington Post reported. Record producer Clive Davis also plans to speak. Other celebrities attending include Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Alicia Keys, Bobby Brown, and Kevin Costner.

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Funeral for Retired Atlanta Archbishop Is Thursday at Christ the King

John Donoghue dies at age 83

The funeral Mass for Atlanta Archbishop-emeritus John Francis Donoghue will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Buckhead. Archbishop Donoghue, 83, the fifth archbishop of the Atlanta Archdiocese, died Friday night, the Atlanta archdiocese said. The archdiocese gave no information about the cause or circumstances of his death, but The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cited a report that he had grown increasingly weak in recent months. The AJC said that he regularly prayed at the cathedral at 2 a.m. His body will lie in state at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 353 Peachtree St. from 10 a.m  Wednesday until 10 a.m. Thursday. There will be a procession of the body to the cathedral, 2699 Peachtree Road, the …

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Friends, Family Mourn the Loss of Brittney Watts

Services were held at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church this morning, Tuesday, July 19.

Hundreds turned out for the funeral services held Tuesday morning at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church for Brittney Watts, the 26-year-old woman fatally shot in Midtown Atlanta on Friday. From the somber atmosphere, it was apparent that the loss of Watts–a native of Roswell and graduate of both Roswell High School and the University of Georgia–had a significant impact on her hometown of Roswell. The woman friends say was always so positive and upbeat had only recently returned to the Atlanta area, moving into a Decatur neighborhood with her husband. Watts was laid to rest in Green Lawn Cemetery off Alpharetta Highway immediately following the service.

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Cartersville Pain Clinic Target of Probe; Chattahoochee Cleaned Up for River Race, Festival

A roundup of the region's major developments for Wednesday, June 9

Atlanta Medical Group Target of Multi-Agency Probe Advocate: System Failed Slain Mom Johns Creek Voters Will Decide on Sunday Alcohol Sales Prominent Cumming Business Man Found Dead Back to the Chattahoochee Returns This Weekend

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