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Avondale Estates, Stone Mountain hosting National Night Out events on Aug. 1

DeKalb County, GA — Local police departments will be hosting national night out events on Aug. 1. The Avondale Estates Police Department will be hosting an event from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Town Green, located at 64 N. Avondale Road. The family-friendly event will kick off the start of the new […]

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Toll Brothers townhome project nearly complete in Avondale Estates

Avondale Estates, GA — Toll Brothers is building 33 townhomes in Avondale Estates and the project is near completion. The Avondale Estates City Commission, at its July 26 meeting, discussed the final plat and infrastructure for the project. The project is located at 3039 Wells Street. The city commission will vote at its next regular […]

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Clarkston City Council plans town hall, shows no signs of acting on allegations against city manager

Clarkston, GA — Nearly a week after Clarkston’s finance director raised questions about payment requests he received from City Manager Shawanna Qawiy, Clarkston’s City Council shows no signs that it plans to take any action or investigate the matter further. A new legal analysis by the city attorney obtained by Decaturish raises new questions about contracts […]

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Decide DeKalb helps The GLOBE Academy secure $25 million bond; writers and actors strike felt locally

DeKalb County, GA — The Decide DeKalb Development Authority board on July 26 voted to assist The GLOBE Academy to secure a $25 million bond to purchase and upgrade a new lower campus. The GLOBE Academy is a dual language immersion charter school for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. Admission for DeKalb County students is via […]

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Flicks With Nicki – ‘The Barbie Movie’

There’s a Barbie inside of me. She is sometimes quiet. She is sometimes bold. I’ve always loved Barbie. As a child, she was my friend and my playmate. I didn’t have TikTok and 1,000 streaming channels. I had a doll with a dream house. She is the reason I love to tell stories, why I’m […]

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Goodwill generates $1 billion in economic impact in 2022

Atlanta, GA — Goodwill helped generate $1 billion in economic impact for the state last year, according to the organization’s 2022 annual impact report In Georgia, there are four organizations that makeup Goodwill as a whole – Goodwill of North Georgia, Goodwill of Southeast Georgia, Goodwill of Middle Georgia and the Central Savannah River Area, […]

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Decatur superintendent hosting listening sessions in August

Decatur, GA — City Schools of Decatur Superintendent Dr. Gyimah Whitaker will host listening sessions throughout August to listen and learn from students, staff, families, and community leaders. The sessions are the first phase of the superintendent’s three-phased entry plan into the district entitled GEM – gathering, envisioning and maximizing. Her plan focuses on gathering […]

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Brookhaven City Council approves withdrawal of annexation petition

Brookhaven, GA — The Brookhaven City Council, at its July 25 regular meeting, approved the withdrawal of an annexation petition attempting to bring the Toco Hills and Merry Hills neighborhoods into the city. The city council did not offer any comments before voting but did vote unanimously to accept the request to withdraw the application. […]

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How to Back Up Your Photos

Special promotional content provided by Reminis  By Rachel LaCour Niesen Storing your photos on hard drives is like storing your life savings under your mattress. Having hard drives stuck in your closet is just as risky as having printed photos shoved into boxes. In either scenario, you could lose thousands of irreplaceable photographs in minutes. […]

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Clarkston residents pack city hall for tense council work session

Clarkston, GA — The Clarkston city council held its first public meeting after the police department collapsed  and the city’s finance director called several payment requests from the city manager into question. The only item on the published agenda for the July 25 work session was a discussion of raising pay for the city’s police. […]

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