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Teachers at Chamblee High express concerns over repeated break-ins

Several teachers at Chamblee High School are expressing concern after having their classrooms broken into and expensive equipment stolen for the second time in less than two months. Currently, Chamblee High is being rebuilt and during the next severa...

2011 Election Guide

Avondale Estates   Mayor   David A. Milliron Education: B.S., University of Florida; 108 credit hours (two certificate levels) from The University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government Occupation: Vice president of an information tech...

DeKalb Schools partners with Board of Health to reduce smoking

The DeKalb County School System has teamed up with the DeKalb County Board of Health (BOH) to cut down on smoking throughout the system as part of the board’s “Communities Putting Prevention to Work” program. The BOH was awarded a grant for the...

CDC employees arrested for alleged molestation of 6-year-old

Two employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been arrested by DeKalb County Police on charges of child molestation. Thomas Joseph Westerman, 42, and Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey, 44, were both charged with two counts of chil...

Avondale charter school makes best of its location, circumstances

Several weather-beaten trailers sit tucked away behind the Avondale Pattillo United Methodist Church. At first glance, they look like nothing more than places to hold Sunday school or the occasional meeting. However, during the week those trailers ar...

School system lawyers remain on Heery Mitchell case

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger denied a motion made by attorneys for construction firm Heery/Mitchell to disqualify DeKalb County School System’s (DCSS) legal counsel, King and Spalding, on Oct. 12. “I believe that it is nec...

DeKalb School Board votes on charters, renames Tucker gym

The DeKalb County Board of Education on Oct. 10 passed a five-year charter to allow the Museum School in Avondale Estates to continue operating. Earlier in the year, the school’s charter status was called into question after a Supreme Court vote de...

Knollwood Elementary gets library makeover

Prior to the ribbon cutting, volunteers in red T-shirts ran back and forth, lifting tables and chairs, and touching up last-minute paint jobs to make sure everything in the Knollwood Elementary media center looked perfect. Over the past several days,...

Recent DeKalb County Schools SAT scores show improvement but remain below state average

Recent Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) results from the College Board show most DeKalb County Schools remained relatively stagnant and below the state average in 2011, while Decatur High School scores improved. Approximately 4,144 DeKalb County School...

Free house, more than 100 years old, available in Brookhaven

The Goodwin House in Brookhaven is thought to be one of the oldest standing houses in DeKalb County. Owner Lynda Martin and her family are trying to find someone to take it and keep it in DeKalb County. Photo provided
A block from the MARTA station on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven sits a house that was built in the early 1800s that has been passed down through eight generations of Lynda Martin’s family. The estate started out as a farm, and was later rezoned in t...