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Sunrise service at Stone Mountain—a 68-year-old tradition continues

The themes of Easter—resurrection, new life, beginning again—make the tradition of celebrating the holiday with a sunrise worship service especially appropriate. Such services not only symbolize resurrection—with the sun’s light bursting fort...

Decatur hosts sustainability seminars

The city of Decatur is asking residents to weigh in on how it could make the city more sustainable and protect its trees. Decatur’s 2010 strategic plan called for the development of a sustainability plan and Lena Stevens, a resource conservation co...

Shrinking DeKalb : Legislation could have adverse effect on county

DeKalb County could take a hit—financially and territorially—from the 2012 session of the Georgia General Assembly. The possible incorporation of Brookhaven and annexations by Avondale Estates, Chamblee, Decatur and Doraville—added to the failu...

News Update, April 5

DeKalb County engineering supervisor pleads guilty to extortion Fidelis Ogbu, 59, of DeKalb County pleaded guilty to extortion April 4 for operating what officials called a “pay-to-play” scheme. U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Ogbu, an en...

The secret’s out:Decatur named one of top tastiest towns in the South

For anyone who has dined in Decatur and thought “I’m glad everyone doesn’t know how great the cuisine is here,” the jig is up. The treasures of Decatur’s dining scene now have a bright spotlight shining on them, thanks to Southern Living ma...

The night East Atlanta Village changed

East Atlanta resident Henry Bryant said things started changing in his neighborhood when the Olympics came to Atlanta in 1996. “One of the big turning points was when the Olympic torch came to East Atlanta,” Bryant said. Bryant said the torch was...

Chamblee could add 11,000 residents with annexation

Chamblee could get a little bigger and unincorporated DeKalb County may shrink after the passage of a bill in the last days of the 2012 General Assembly. Residents in the Dresden East Civic Association (DECA) area neighborhoods gained a chance to dec...

Dunwoody boys, Lakeside girls claim county golf titles

Dunwoody placed four golfers among the top five at the DeKalb County Golf Championships to win its fourth consecutive boys’ title and 10th overall. The Wildcats shot a tournament-record score of 310 to defeat second-place Lakeside by 44 strokes (31...

Commissioners question watershed jobs stimulus program

As DeKalb officials gear up for the county’s $1.3 billion watershed capital improvement project, some commissioners want to know what safeguards are in place to guarantee that many of the estimated 4,000 jobs go to DeKalb residents. “I see the vi...

Commissioners against cell tower building permits

The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners has asked CEO Burrell Ellis not to issue building permits to the DeKalb County School Board, which voted last year to install nine cell towers at schools throughout the county. The commissioners voiced their c...