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This story has been updated. Chamblee, GA — The city of Chamblee announced on Dec. 11 that an annexation petition for the area around Mercer University, Embry Hills, and Fleetwood Hills has been withdrawn after “technical ...
Chamblee, GA — A petition accepted by Chamblee to annex the area around Mercer University, Embry Hills, and Fleetwood Hills may turn out to have similar problems as the ill-fated Brookhaven annexation effort earlier this ...
Decatur, GA — Records obtained by Decaturish show that fire investigators are probing whether an arsonist targeted a gender-affirming medical clinic at the historic Blair Building on Oct. 30. The Blair Building is a pink-painted structure ...
Chamblee, GA — The Chamblee city council accepted a petition to annex the Mercer University area, Embry Hills, and Belaire Circle at a special called meeting on Oct. 31. The petition uses a “60% method” ...
Decatur, GA — People who use Decatur’s parks and recreation services have gotten sticker shock from increased fees in the last few months. The city says it increased the fees in the current fiscal year’s ...
Decatur, GA — When the city of Decatur purchased the former United Methodist Children’s Home property, a beloved employee of the group home came with the property as part of the deal. At least that’s ...
DeKalb County, GA — For months, readers have been contacting us with suspicions that their recycling isn’t actually getting recycled, and a review by the county’s auditor is raising new questions about it. DeKalb County’s ...
Clarkston, GA — Clarkston Mayor Beverly Burks said Director of Police Services John Pearson has turned in his badge, gun, and city vehicle as of Aug. 9 and that he won’t be paid by the city ...
This story has been updated. Brookhaven, GA — The city of Brookhaven announced Wednesday that a petition to annex the Merry Hills and Toco Hills neighborhoods into the city has been withdrawn. If the annexation had ...
Brookhaven, GA — At a special called meeting June 30, the city of Brookhaven called on DeKalb County to place an annexation referendum on the November ballot for all of the unincorporated area south of ...