Today, Sep. 23, is the Autumnal Equinox, also known as the first day of Fall. According to Timeanddate.com, “On the equinox, night and day are nearly exactly the same length – 12 hours – all ...
By Ralph Ellis, Contributor A lot of writers live in Decatur. How many grew up here? One homegrown talent is Lindsey Grant, author of the recently-published book “Sleeps With Dogs: Tales of a Pet Nanny ...
By Ralph Ellis, Contributor The Decatur Book Festival, which starts today, is a huge event with hundreds of authors and venues scattered around the city. Thousands of fans pack the city of Decatur over the ...
By Ralph Ellis, Contributor The ever-expanding Decatur Book Festival, which begins Friday, has added new program tracks this year that should please foodies, Civil War buffs, romance readers and Pat Conroy fans. For food lovers, ...
By Ralph Ellis, contributor Decatur’s Book festival returns this weekend, and there’s a lot of things to do. You can see the complete schedule for the Decatur Book Festival schedule at the festival website, but ...
School’s out and summer vacation has arrived. Subjects of this Friday’s roundup include barn kittens, East Ponce construction, school resource officers and water ambushes. Enjoy. Decatur Police Sgt. Jennifer Ross says, “The Decatur Police Department is ...
By Ralph Ellis, contributor You know it’s summer when thousands of art-lovers and people-watchers pour into Decatur. The Decatur Arts Festival has established itself a Memorial Day weekend tradition for metro Atlanta. About 160 artists ...
By: Ralph Ellis Contributor Leo Shababy Jr., owner of Skip’s Chicago Dogs, has become a hot dog profiler since opening his Avondale Estates store in 1980. He can figure out where a person comes from by ...
By: Ralph Ellis Contributor It’s spring, which means it’s time to go for a walk in the sunshine. Here are the best places to go to enjoy the beautiful weather. Atlanta Beltline The trendiest place ...