http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton-news-81970.html en-us Copyright 2012 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:31:08 GMT 2012-02-11T05:31:08Z en-us Copyright 2012 http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/anatomy-of-a-crime-1341062.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 On a day where almost everything went wrong, Atibi Thomas and Keith Roach were lucky about one thing when they met nearly two years ago: Roach wore his bullet-proof vest. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:18:25 GMT svisser@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/anatomy-of-a-crime-1341062.html Steve Visser 2012-02-11T00:18:25Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/sketchy-future-weighs-on-1344651.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Atlanta's near-death experience of losing Lake Lanier as a water source may have ended last summer, but the threat is not over for nearly 5 million area residents who rely on the lake and its releases into the Chattahoochee River for their existence. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:24:41 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/sketchy-future-weighs-on-1344651.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-10T22:24:41Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/student-testing-not-make-1341482.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Student test scores won't be pivotal to how schools are rated now that Georgia has been allowed to opt out of federal No Child Left Behind requirements. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:01:33 GMT nbadertscher@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/student-testing-not-make-1341482.html Nancy Badertscher 2012-02-10T17:01:33Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/woman-accused-of-stealing-1341400.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 A Roswell woman faces several counts of identity fraud after she allegedly opened phony bank accounts in others' names. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:07:31 GMT apstevens@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/woman-accused-of-stealing-1341400.html Alexis Stevens 2012-02-10T03:07:31Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/albers-named-to-world-1340099.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 State Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell, was elected to the Board of Directors of the World Chamber of Commerce at the group's annual membership meeting and awards dinner Feb. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:02:10 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/albers-named-to-world-1340099.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-09T14:02:10Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/2-8-million-in-1338627.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 A traffic stop in north Fulton County led to the seizure of $2.8 million worth of cocaine, methamphetamine and cash, police said Wednesday. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:13:14 GMT apstevens@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/2-8-million-in-1338627.html Alexis Stevens 2012-02-08T20:13:14Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/man-convicted-in-ga-1338224.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 A Gainesville man has been convicted of vehicular homicide in the death of a woman who fell out of the Jeep he was driving on Ga. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:24:37 GMT jprovano@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/man-convicted-in-ga-1338224.html Joel Provano 2012-02-08T19:24:37Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/sandy-springs-battles-coyote-1338110.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Officials in Sandy Springs are trying to figure out how to control coyotes amid fears that pets are in danger of being attacked. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:22:30 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/sandy-springs-battles-coyote-1338110.html Associated Press 2012-02-08T13:22:30Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/business/alpharetta-mortgage-firm-faces-1336808.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Add Missouri to the growing list of states going after banks and other companies on behalf of consumers apparently caught in a widespread fraud involving forged signatures on phony home loan documents. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:48 GMT http://www.ajc.com/business/alpharetta-mortgage-firm-faces-1336808.html Associated Press 2012-02-07T22:36:48Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/wireless-sensor-solves-traffic-1336697.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Sandy Springs transportation officials have solved a rush-hour problem they hope will stick. Crews have installed an underground traffic sensor at Mount Vernon and Roswell roads to correct a malfunction created by afternoon sunshine on the traffic signal cameras. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:47:16 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/wireless-sensor-solves-traffic-1336697.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-07T17:47:16Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/police-shoot-rabid-fox-1336647.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 A suspected rabid fox was killed by police in Johns Creek. Around 5 p.m. Friday, an officer on patrol was flagged down by several citizens on Carrington Cove in the Kensington Oaks subdivision, said Johns Creek spokeswoman Rosemary Taylor. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:08:54 GMT jprovano@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/police-shoot-rabid-fox-1336647.html Joel Provano 2012-02-07T17:08:54Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/error-causes-some-fulton-1335570.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Nearly 400 retired educators will see their Fulton County Schools' benefit checks reduced due to a mistake in calculations made by the district’s pension fund. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:20:12 GMT adodd@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/error-causes-some-fulton-1335570.html D. Aileen Dodd 2012-02-07T01:20:12Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/roswell-plans-tour-of-1335161.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Roswell officials will conduct a tour of two new MARTA construction projects at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Attendees will be taken by specially chartered bus to the site of a pedestrian improvement project at Holcomb Bridge Road and Ga. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:51:25 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/roswell-plans-tour-of-1335161.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-06T15:51:25Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/golf-instructor-wins-national-1334937.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Jackie Cannizzo, director of instruction at the Country Club of Roswell, was recognized recently as a Master Kids Teacher for 2011 by U.S. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:36:27 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/golf-instructor-wins-national-1334937.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-06T15:36:27Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/sandy-springs-installs-warning-1335120.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Sandy Springs will begin testing eight new tornado warning sirens shortly before noon on the first Wednesday of each month. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:28:47 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/sandy-springs-installs-warning-1335120.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-06T15:28:47Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/fulton-tax-chief-may-1334779.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Because of a loophole in a state law -- and by personally collecting fees for billing taxes in three cities -- Fulton County Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand has become the state's highest-paid elected official.Taking in $347,000 last year, Ferdinand's earnings approached the level of the U.S. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:12:01 GMT jredwards@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/fulton-tax-chief-may-1334779.html Johnny Edwards 2012-02-06T11:12:01Z ajc_news http://www.ajc.com/news/metro-atlanta-to-awake-1329905.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 While metro Atlanta escaped showers during much of the day Saturday, many may wake up to soggy conditions Sunday. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:14:38 GMT cseward@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/metro-atlanta-to-awake-1329905.html Christopher Seward 2012-02-04T19:14:38Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/debate-brews-as-assessors-1331319.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Local tax assessors this spring will be allowed to raise property values for the first time in four years unless state lawmakers intervene. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:23:44 GMT dwickert@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/debate-brews-as-assessors-1331319.html David Wickert 2012-02-04T12:23:44Z ajc_news http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/johns-creek-explores-new-1330253.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Johns Creek's crumbling road system, in the cross hairs of a surging commuter population, will crumble more if the city doesn't do something soon, a recent study has concluded. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:50:13 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/johns-creek-explores-new-1330253.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-03T23:50:13Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/man-killed-in-alpharetta-1327861.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 A motorist was killed late Wednesday in a fiery single-vehicle wreck in Alpharetta, police said. Alpharetta police spokesman George Gordon said a Toyota Corolla that was eastbound on Cumming Street near Clairmont Avenue shortly before midnight left the roadway, struck a utility pole and caught fire. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:35:34 GMT mmorris@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/man-killed-in-alpharetta-1327861.html Mike Morris 2012-02-02T10:35:34Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/judge-fulton-schools-owes-1327242.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 A state administrative law judge has ruled that a student with cerebral palsy who investigators say was abused by his Hopewell Middle School teacher was denied a "free and appropriate public education" by Fulton County Schools. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:12:42 GMT adodd@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/judge-fulton-schools-owes-1327242.html D. Aileen Dodd 2012-02-02T01:12:42Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/robbery-suspect-charged-in-1326215.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 A robbery suspect faces multiple charges after being shot at by police in an incident that shut down a busy Sandy Springs thoroughfare during most of Wednesday's morning commute. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:48:57 GMT mmorris@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/robbery-suspect-charged-in-1326215.html Mike Morris 2012-02-02T00:48:57Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/construction-to-begin-on-1326730.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Roswell will begin a culvert replacement project at 745 Pine Grove Road on Monday. The road will be reduced to a single lane at times between 9 a.m. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:38:48 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/construction-to-begin-on-1326730.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-01T18:38:48Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/public-meeting-to-focus-1326726.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Alpharettans can learn more about development of an 80-acre site at Ga. 400 and Old Milton Parkway at a public information meeting Feb. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:14:59 GMT pfox@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/public-meeting-to-focus-1326726.html Patrick Fox 2012-02-01T18:14:59Z SPOCC http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/fulton-tax-chief-defends-1326199.html?cxtype=rss_news_81970 Fulton County Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand says his system of selling property tax liens to collections firms doesn't unfairly target the Southside’s poor, but he refuses to hand over the records to prove it. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:32:43 GMT jredwards@ajc.com http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/fulton-tax-chief-defends-1326199.html Johnny Edwards 2012-02-01T12:32:43Z SPOCC