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Neighborhood rebuilds vandalized pool

Recently, the Hearthstone neighborhood pool in Stone Mountain was vandalized and Tidy Cat, a kitty litter company, paid to clean up the pool as part of its PU Patrol program. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Vernell Kimbrough, a resident of the Hearthstone neighborhood in Stone Mountain, said he thought his community was never going to be able to use its pool again after teenagers vandalized it and burned down the pool house. Several weeks ago, Kimbrough...

Clarkston hires new development manager

Jasone Gaines, 33, the new planning and development manager of Clarkston said his goal is to attract more quality development to the city. Gaines who worked for Cobb County the last seven years, started in its community development agency then transf...

Man accused of killing police officers appears in court

William Woodard, 34, who is accused of killing DeKalb County police officers Eric Barker, 34, and Ricky Bryant Jr., 26, while they were working as off-duty security at the Glenwood Gardens Apartments, recently appeared in court. During a motion to su...

Holocaust survivor among honorees at Oglethorpe commencement

Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson had a message of faith and perseverance for attendees at Oglethorpe University’s commencement ceremony on May 12. Dawson, an 85-year-old accomplished pianist, Holocaust survivor and former faculty member at Indiana Univers...

DCSD launches social networking initiative

The DeKalb County School District has launched a social networking initiative to interact with stakeholders and promote student success. Officials unveiled DCSD’s new Twitter handle @DeKalbSchools at a May 3 event recognizing salutatorians and vale...

Program helps East Atlanta residents in need of emergency home repair

For the past two years the East Atlanta Village Community Association’s Neighbor in Need program has been helping elderly or low-income residents with emergency home repairs at no cost to them. Jeff Whitehouse, chairman of the Neighbor in Need Comm...

DeKalb Schools lease of Fernbank Forest to end in June

Soon the DeKalb County School District will no longer be responsible for the care and maintenance of Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre tract of mature mixed hardwood forest that serves as a nature preserve. On June 30, a 45-year lease of the preserve to DCS...

Plans to move north police precinct may change

DeKalb County officials said it still plans to relocate the north police precinct from Dunwoody to land next to the DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK), but that those plans may change if Brookhaven residents vote “yes” to cityhood. Currently, the pre...

13 charged in FAMU hazing incident

The Florida State Attorney’s Office has charged 13 individuals in the hazing death of DeKalb-native Robert Champion. Champion, a student at Florida A&M University who was a member of the school’s famous “Marching 100” band, was found unre...

Grand jury urges DA to investigate board of education, again

A grand jury, in a recent presentment, urged DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James to convene a special grand jury to investigate the actions of the DeKalb County Board of Education. This is the second time in the past six months that grand ju...