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Lithonia seeks city administrator

Since the Lithonia City Council fired the city clerk nearly four months ago, the small city has been grinding to a halt. Because there is no clerk, “the city can only operate on a limited capacity,” said Lithonia Mayor Tonya Peterson said. Lithon...

DeKalb Schools improvement slower than other systems on CRCT

The DeKalb County School System is one of the lowest performing systems in metro Atlanta in several subjects and other school systems are improving faster than DeKalb’s according to 2011 CRCT results. When compared with other systems such as Atlant...

Pittman elected mayor of Doraville

Donna Pittman
Former Doraville City Councilwoman Donna Pittman won a runoff election on July 19 to become the city’s new mayor. Pittman, who served as acting mayor for a few months until resigning to run for the mayor’s position, said she is elated about the o...