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Archive for March 29th 2012

Soap box derby park stopped in its tracks for now

A proposed $1.6 million soap box derby park was shelved March 27 by the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, which is questioning whether the facility would get widespread use. “People are not ringing my phone for a soap box derby,” said Commiss...

Bicyclists ride to Capitol to support bike advocacy

Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd said there is still a lot of work to do to make residents of Decatur, and all of Georgia, feel safe riding a bicycle. “One of the things that hit me hard this year was that just a month ago a resident’s son got hit by a t...

News update, March 29

DCSD appoints new chief financial officer The DeKalb County Board of Education voted unanimously March 29, to approve the appointment of Michael Perrone as chief financial officer (CFO) for the DeKalb County School District. Perrone was rec...