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Evicted soldier's mom gets help from friends

AJC DeKalb - July 29, 2010 - 4:53pm
Friends and supporters have rushed to the aid of military mom Patricia Roberts just days before she was to be evicted from her Lithonia home.

Agnes Scott receives $2.5 million gift

AJC DeKalb - July 29, 2010 - 3:23pm
Agnes Scott College alumna Elizabeth "Libby" Rhett Jones has pledged $2.5 million to the institution, making it the college's second largest gift from a living donor.

Eye on the Street

Decatur Metro - July 29, 2010 - 1:45pm
Superior Avenue, Decatur, GA (pic submitted by Joel)

Decatur Book Festival Full Schedule Now Online

Decatur Metro - July 29, 2010 - 12:52pm
The full schedule for this year’s Decatur Book Festival is now up on their website! CLICK HERE to check out the full list of authors for this year’s Labor Day Weekend event and HERE to see where and when they’ll be speaking.

Big Money For Agnes Scott

Decatur Metro - July 29, 2010 - 10:46am
From the Agnes Scott Communications Office… Agnes Scott College has received its second largest gift ever from a living donor. Elizabeth “Libby” Rhett Jones, Agnes Scott class of 1973, and her husband, Gary T. Jones, have pledged $2.5 million to the college. The Jones’ gift is the latest in a string of recent successes for Agnes Scott. [...]

Search continues for suspect in cop shooting

AJC DeKalb - July 29, 2010 - 10:45am
The search continued Thursday morning for a 26-year-old man accused of shooting a DeKalb County police officer.

Stone Mountain grandfather wins $200K playing Fantasy 5

AJC DeKalb - July 29, 2010 - 9:32am
A grandfather of 12 nearly missed out on more than $200,000 in a Fantasy 5 drawing. Jose Rodriguez, 55, had forgotten about his ticket until his wife Sandra decided to look up the numbers on the Georgia Lottery’s website.

4 sentenced after Stone Mountain drug bust nets $100,000 in cocaine

AJC DeKalb - July 28, 2010 - 7:49pm
Four Atlanta-area men were sentenced Wednesday for drug possession after being arrested with $100,000 worth of cocaine.

Trackside Tavern To Be Rebuilt In Its Own Image

Decatur Metro - July 28, 2010 - 7:02pm
We’ve heard this on and off for a while, but more than a year-and-a-half after a fire destroyed Trackside Tavern and 5th Earl, it now sounds like construction of Trackside 2.0 may finally be around the corner. A reader sends along this note from Trackside owner Doc Al… OK, OK – here’s the news: Today is the [...]

Eye on the Street

Decatur Metro - July 28, 2010 - 5:18pm
Devonshire @ Lansdowne Ave Decatur, GA (photo submitted by Andisheh)

DeKalb County police officer shot

AJC DeKalb - July 28, 2010 - 4:50pm
A DeKalb County police officer was shot in the arm Wednesday afternoon, according to dispatchers. The incident happened in the 2300 block of River Road, near Bouldercrest Road in south DeKalb.

Decatur’s Third Places and Public Spaces

Decatur Metro - July 28, 2010 - 2:12pm
How does Decatur stack up to GOOD magazine’s recent checklist of what a “model town” looks like? According to the mag’s Neighborhood Issue, an “excellent” town (or neighborhood) has the following characteristics: A Signature Event – self explanatory Third Places – the gathering places of a community.  Home and work are the 1st and 2nd places. Public Spaces – [...]

Emory Invests in Facilities Improvements to Reduce Energy, Water Consumption

Emory University - July 28, 2010 - 2:00pm
Emory University has engaged Siemens Industry, Inc., to retrofit campus buildings in order to improve their energy efficiency and decrease water consumption. Phase 1 of the project includes five campus buildings and highlights Emory¿s commitment to sustainability, to its green building practices, and its overall goal to reduce energy use 25 percent per square foot by 2015 from 2005 levels.

Armed robbers hit DeKalb bank

AJC DeKalb - July 28, 2010 - 12:01pm
The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying and locating two armed and bewigged men who robbed a DeKalb County bank on Tuesday.

Decatur Active Living Launches New Blog

Decatur Metro - July 28, 2010 - 11:19am
Say farewell to Decatur Active Living’s 231 Sycamore blog and hello to BeActiveDecatur.com! BeActive looks to have much of the same sort of content as 231, but with a brand-new cleaned up look!  With the move, Active Living has switched from a Blogger to WordPress format.  A smart move in my opinion, since WordPress offers you [...]

Three Time Capsules Unearthed at 5th Avenue School Site

Decatur Metro - July 28, 2010 - 9:41am
This picture recently appeared on the City Schools of Decatur’s website.  But with little explanation. Three time capsules at Fifth Avenue?  What could it be?  Old teacher-edition textbooks?  Pirate gold?  Barrels full of monkeys?  Astronaut ice cream? Luckily we have CSD’s Bruce Roaden to keep our feet on the ground and give us the real – and [...]

Slain soldier's kin to lose their home

AJC DeKalb - July 28, 2010 - 4:34am
Patricia Roberts lost her son in the Iraq war. Now she’s going to lose her home. A judge informed Roberts on Monday that she had seven days to find a new place to live.

Some DeKalb elected officials gave staff raises

AJC DeKalb - July 27, 2010 - 6:20pm
Five employees in the DeKalb County CEO’s office and three county commissioners’ assistants got raises, despite other workers receiving a pay cut.

DeKalb delays GM plant vote

AJC DeKalb - July 27, 2010 - 6:11pm
DeKalb County will have a few more weeks to decide whether $36 million in federal stimulus bonds should be used to redevelop the old GM plant or build a new convention center.

DeKalb approves foreclosure registry

AJC DeKalb - July 27, 2010 - 4:34pm
DeKalb County residents will soon be able to find the location of the county’s 13,900 foreclosures.
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