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Chateau Élan is a ripe, nearby escape

With its winery, spa, golf courses and resort accommodations, the elegant Chateau Elan is both restful and romantic. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
If you’re looking for an epicurean escape from the winter doldrums, take an hour-long drive to Braselton, home of Chateau Élan Winery and Resort. With its restaurants, winery, spa, hotel and golf courses, Chateau Élan is ripe with distractions. F...

Avondale community makes last ditch effort to save schools

William Mosely steps up to the microphone to voice his concerns about the proposed closings. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
People lined up in a hot, stuffy cafeteria on Friday, Feb. 25, but no food was being served. Instead, community members waited for a turn at the microphone to voice their opinions and express concerns about the proposed closing of Avondale High Schoo...

DeKalb Schools boss recommends eight closures

by Maggie Lee   DeKalb County School System Interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson presented her plan for school closures and redistricting to a crowd of more than 200 at a county board of education in Stone Mountain on Monday night. She wants to close...

Parent takes local issues to heart

A keen interest in public policy motivated Elena Parent to attend law school, and that same passion pushed her to run in last year’s election for the Georgia House District 81 seat then occupied by Republican Jill Chambers. Parent, a graduate of th...

Georgia’s first all-craft-beer store highlights small breweries

Co-owner Eddie Holley checks out a customer at Ale Yeah! Photos by Ginger Kaderabek
by Ginger Kaderabek A love of craft beer inspired friends to open Georgia’s first all-craft-beer store in Decatur. “We’re beer lovers. We’re excited by today’s beer renaissance and wanted to make a go in the all-craft business,” said co-o...

Decatur neighbors help neighbors through MLK Weekend project

James Matthews, project chairman of the MLK Service Day project in Decatur, compares the work done through the annual effort to the barn raisings at which Americans in an earlier time all gathered for a day to help their neighbors build a barn. “Th...

Progress made in 2010, commissioner says

This year will go down as the year DeKalb County had to weather an “unperfect storm,” said Larry Johnson, presiding officer of the county’s Board of Commissioners. The decrease in property values, increased pension payments and the poor nationa...

County agrees to a $453,000 penalty for sewage spills

The day before a final vote on a major rate hike to improve its water and sewer system, DeKalb County agreed to pay a $453,000 penalty from the federal Environmental Protection Agency for excessive sewage spills. The proposed consent agreement betwee...

Avondale Estates is planning to annex old mill property

Leaders of Avondale Estates want to turn the vacant 13-acre Fenner Dunlop mill property into a vibrant, multi-use development. About nine acres lies in unincorporated DeKalb County and would have to be annexed. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
If the city of Avondale Estates gets its way, it will one day be several acres larger and there will be a new multi-use development within its borders. For about a year, the city has been eyeing the vacant 13.14-acre Fenner Dunlop mill property that ...

Citizen police academies help public understand what men and women in blue do

Two of Doraville’s finest dressed in full SWAT gear are ready to display their skills for CPA students. Photos by Tamara Neal
by Bob Kelley In the often fickle arena of public opinion, acceptance sometime boils down to one key ingredient: respect.  Rodney Dangerfield couldn’t get enough of it, Aretha Franklin topped the music charts demanding it and law enforcement tea...