Irish-born artist Lorraine Christie demonstrates painting techniques during a workshop at The Art School in Sandy Springs. More than 20 people took part in the two-day... Readmore...
Chuck Bayles of Brookhaven plays with his dogs, Anja, a German shepherd, and Zeus , a Doberman, and a friend’s border collie at Brookhaven Park. Dog owners complain... Readmore...
Volunteers from Hands On Atlanta helped clean Chastain Park on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Above at left, Kenya Cribb, a teacher at Westwood College, is... Readmore...
02-Feb-2010
Category : Public Safety
Sandy Springs police have identified the man who died when thrown from the back of a pickup on Jan. 25. Evilio Morales, 35, of Chamblee died following the accident on I-285 West at New Northside Drive. The pickup’s driver, Jack Mize, 69, of Chamblee, has been charged with second-degree homicide by vehicle and a lane violation, a Sandy Springs police spokesman said.
28-Jan-2010
By John Schaffner
editor @ reporternewspapers . net
Sandy Springs Police Chief Terry Sult
Cars lined Londonberry and Powers Ferry roads and side streets in posh neighborhoods of southwest Sandy Springs. Buses shuttled patrons from a nearby shopping center. Throngs lined the driveways, waiting to get inside the crowded party pads.
“It is sort of like the ‘perfect storm,’ ” Sandy Springs Police Chief Terry Sult said of the illegal Halloween and New Year’s Eve parties that each drew 700 to 1,000 people to revel in large Sandy Springs mansions.
28-Jan-2010
By Joe Earle
joeearle @ reporternewspapers . net
The proposed Sandy Springs Farmers Market would be located in the parking lot of the former Target store (now owned by the city) at the corner of Johnson Ferry Road and Sandy Springs Circle. The planned setup of vendor booths is represented by the brown blocks in the graphic above.
Two Sandy Springs businessmen propose opening an outdoor farmers market on Saturday mornings at Sandy Springs Circle and Johnson Ferry Road.
The market would offer spaces where merchants could sell fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers and some crafts, market organizers Jeffrey Langfelder and Andrew Bauman told members of Sandy Springs City Council. It also could serve as a community gathering place, they said.
“The purpose of this market is to create a better Sandy Springs,” Langfelder said.
28-Jan-2010
By John Schaffner
editor @ reporternewspapers . net
Hospital representatives (left to right) Ron Frieson of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Maureen DeBlois of St. Joseph’s Medical Group and Russ Davis of Northside Hospital discuss helalthcare issues at the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber Bagels & Breakfast meeting.
The health of the healthcare industry may face even greater financial and staffing emergencies if the Georgia Legislature adopts a proposed “bed tax,” a state hospital association executive said.
Georgia Hospital Association Executive Vice President Glenn Pearson said Gov. Sonny Perdue’s proposed 1.6 percent tax on hospital beds will be very detrimental. The so-called “bed tax” on hospitals and nursing homes is designed to raise $350 million to help with Medicare/Medicaid matches.
28-Jan-2010
Category : Community
By Jody Steinberg
An illegally unleashed German Shepherd enjoys its freedom at Brookhaven Park.
Before you see the dogs, you see the flashing lights of their collars.
At dusk, a popular time for dogs and their owners to enjoy some exercise and fun at Brookhaven Park. They used to come during daylight hours, but an aggressive ticket-writing campaign has scared off many who have considered this place a haven for more than a decade. So now they come closer to twilight, when no one can see the dogs are unleashed.
DeKalb County has more than 120 parks. Leashed dogs are allowed in all of them. Two – Brook Run and Mason Mill parks – are designated “dog parks,” where dogs can legally be off leash.
28-Jan-2010
Category : Community
By Ben Smith and Michaela Kron
A nearly scuttled plan to turn a dormant 19-story high rise and some surrounding buildings into a mixed-use development at North Druid Hills Road and I-85 may be back on track.
Harrick Westech LLC wants the 6-acre tract to be rezoned and DeKalb County’s land use plan changed to allow for a town center development on the site.
28-Jan-2010
By Joe Earle
joeearle @ reporternewspapers . net
and Michaela Kron
The proposed area for annexation into Chamblee is north of the city limits and is generally bordered by I-285 on the north, Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, North Peachtree Road and North Shallowford Road. It includes as many as 850 homes.
An annexation plan that would substantially increase the size of the city of Chamblee is being considered in the state Legislature.
Rep. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) said he presented the annexation proposal to the DeKalb County delegation earlier this week. He said the delegation could act on the bill within several weeks. It then would go to the full House of Representatives and state Senate.
If the bill is approved by both legislative bodies, a public vote by residents of the area of the annexation could be taken in the fall.
28-Jan-2010
Category : Community
Although right-of-way issues have stalled completing the sidewalks in front of 13 homes on Wieuca Road near the Sarah Smith School, some of the work has been completed.
A new crack has appeared in efforts to build sidewalks along Wieuca Road to provide a safe path for students to walk to the new Sarah Smith School campus.
28-Jan-2010
Herman Mensch shows the height of the September flood waters on his mailbox post at the Peachtree Battle Circle house.
Herman Mensch has had his house at 956 Peachtree Battle Circle flooded out twice in five years as the result of major storms—the last time during the storms and floods in September which resulted in the house being declared more than 60 percent damaged.
28-Jan-2010
Hong S. Wills points to the side of her Burke Road home where a tree fell and destroyed a screened porch, leaving only the concrete pad, above her car.
When a large tree fell on the Peachtree Park home of Hong S. Wills during the September storms, she saw it as an opportunity to improve her 1949 residence by replacing a demolished screened porch with an enclosed master bedroom suite and a second garage.
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