By Jill Nolin, contributor Most people put up a tree for Christmas. Thomas P. Samford built a 30-foot-tall monument to the holiday in the middle of a lake. When Samford accomplished this festive feat of ...
The Georgia Department of Transportation says this will be the last weekend of roadwork for 2014. “Following this weekend’s work, Georgia DOT will suspend construction-related lane closures for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday weekends,” ...
The state of Georgia ditched the school performance rating system under the federal No Child Left Behind law, known as Adequate Yearly Progress, in favor of a new system. Within that system, City Schools of Decatur ...
The city of Avondale Estates told residents via email on Dec. 19 that city officials are closely watching a proposal to annex the Druid Hills Neighborhood into the city of Atlanta. That annexation, proposed by ...
This story has been updated. A panel charged with resolving the border disputes between the proposed cities of Tucker and LaVista Hills has approved a proposed map that will resolve their overlapping boundaries. The cityhood ...
Decatur lost another restaurant this week. Burnt Fork BBQ announced via Facebook on Thursday, Dec. 18, that it is calling it quits after four years. The message said, “Well, folks after four years of hard ...
A panel tasked with refereeing a dispute between the proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker will vote on maps on Friday, Dec. 19. The House Governmental Affairs committee appointed the five-member DeKalb County Cityhood Subcommittee after ...
This story has been updated … Google is postponing an announcement about whether it will bring its gigabit internet service to the Atlanta Market. The company in February announced more than 30 “potential” Google Fiber around the ...
Construction of the Trinity Triangle project forced the city to close off East Howard at Trinity to bike, pedestrian and car traffic. The city’s initial estimate for the closure was almost two years. But the city ...
Underground Atlanta has a new owner. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s office announced today that WRS, Inc., a South Carolina Real Estate investment company, purchased the retail center for $25.8 million. In March, the City Council ...