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Mennonite farm offers ‘slice of heaven’

Oakleaf Mennonite Farm offers children a chance to interact with farm animals like Petunia the pig during summer day camps. Some of the produce for the 2-acre farm is sold at various local farmers’ markets. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Goats, chickens and a pig named Petunia make their home at a Mennonite farm located along Bouldercrest Road in DeKalb County. “We’ve got a beautiful little slice of heaven out here,” said Bremen James, the farmer at Oakleaf Mennonite Farm since...

Commissioners want stop to fundraising in intersections

On any given Saturday while school and local sports leagues are active, young people can be found at major DeKalb intersections soliciting donations for their extra-curricular activities. DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Watson said this practice is u...

Criminal Notice: Approximately 785 Grams of Marijuana

***The following information is an unaltered Criminal Legal Notice and public record detailing various arrest. In re: APPROXIMATELY 785 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA; et al. NOTICE OF SEIZURE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT $25,000.00 OR LESS  TO: ALL PERSON...

News update, June 22

Dunwoody Police searching for murder suspect The Dunwoody Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred at the Peachtree Place Apartments at 4612-B Peachtree Place Parkway just after midnight on the morning of June 22. The vic...

Miller Grove student chosen for international experience

“My mom didn’t believe it at first—I was getting to go to South America and it was all paid for,” said Angelica Miller, one of four Atlanta area high school students who represented the United States at the 14th annual International Forum of ...

Decatur schools budget remains stable

Unlike other school systems in the metro area that have been hit hard by falling county tax digests, officials said City Schools of Decatur (CSD) is projected to have a surplus and a well-balanced budget in 2013. Officials in the DeKalb County School...

‘Clean to the Curb’ to keep county clean

For more than a decade, Kay McGill has been picking up litter and removing illegal signs in her Stone Mountain subdivision. “I got so tired of trash on the sidewalk,” McGill said. “We have homeowners that simply will not take care of their prop...

Thrills and spills aplenty just over the border

Those looking for a weekend of wilderness adventure can find a near-perfect location only a couple of hours from metro Atlanta, straddling the Georgia/Tennessee border in the Ocoee River basin area of the Cherokee National Forest. Traveling north tow...

News update, June 21

Dunwoody police seek assistance identifying larceny suspects The Dunwoody Police Department is seeking assistance identifying two suspects involved in a theft June 2 at a Zales jewelry store at 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Parkway in Dunwoody. The susp...

Residents, students rally behind Fernbank Science Center

Residents, students and community members came out to show their support for the Fernbank Science Center at a rally June 18. The DeKalb County School District has recently proposed drastic cuts to the center’s $4.7 million budget. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Thomas Dolby’s 1982 hit She Blinded Me with Science, played over a sound system as people concerned about the fate of the Fernbank Science Center congregated on an adjacent sidewalk June 18. In what has been a long and contentious budgeting process...