Winter break starts this week.
The Fulton County school system, including public schools in Alpharetta and Milton, will close for winter break this week, Thursday, Dec. 20, through Thursday, Jan. 3. While administrative offices and schools will re-open Friday, Jan. 4, a teacher workday, students will not return until classes resume on Monday, Jan. 7. See also: Fulton Schools Adopt Calendars for Next Two Years
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Our Patch Elf on the Shelf has gotten ahold of our computer and now wants to know what his buddy elves are up to. Share your photos here!
Hi friends! I'm the Patch Elf on the Shelf. Call me Patchy. I've heard about more of my friends hanging around the Alpharetta-Milton area lately, and I wondered what they were up to. Could their families post pictures here on Patch to show me? I'd love to catch up with them. We all go back to Santa on Christmas Eve, but in the meantime, we'll be watching you! Cheers, Patchy the Elf
Books make great holiday gifts. Give your loved ones these books as stocking stuffers this holiday season.
Editor's Note: Residents in Alpharetta and Milton have two bookstores in addition to online stores: Barnes & Noble and Books for Less, plus additional stores that sell books. When you give a child or a teen a book, you are creating a memory that will last a lifetime. What’s more, books offer so many options. Are you trying to find a book for an early reader? Choose a picture book or a Great Beginner Read. Does your grandchild love non-fiction? Take a look at the Great Family Reads section. Has your niece read every book known to man? There are some brand new books on this list that she may not have seen yet. Do you struggle to find just the right book to entice your child to read? These selections are sure kid-pleasers that will meet any …
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Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/Alpharetta. Only residents of Patch towns – including Alpharetta and Milton – are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school…
North Point Community Church will work to put the 'Miracle' into the event with its sponsorship.
Alpharetta will light up its downtown historic district on Friday, Nov. 30, with the city's 35th annual Chirstmas Tree Lighting. This is a new date, according to city Special Events Manager Kim Dodson, so update your calendars. The pre-lighting festivities begin around 5 p.m., filling donwtown streets with musical performances, a visit by Santa, a holiday market and more. Alpharetta’s 45-foot live blue spruce Christmas Tree will come aglow along with more than 100,000 additional twinkling lights in downtown Alpharetta. The lighting of the town will occur just before the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus on a City of Alpharetta fire truck. "But before Santa arrives we must fill the 'Cheer Meter' with Christmas spirit," Dodson said in her …
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4:53 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
My family will be going through Atlanta soon. We would like to attend church on Sunday morning. I wonder if there is a special Christmas program for this Christmas. Or special information that we need to know to be sure we will not miss a service. more ›
Bob Pepalis
4:47 pm on Friday, November 23, 2012
The photos and videos will be posted on the site, but addresses may be up to the homeowners themselves. I'll check on the rules and let everyone know when the contest starts on Monday. more ›