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DeKalb’s stable values could repeat in other counties
Property values are mostly flat in DeKalb County, good news for homeowners in Georgia’s third-largest county and beyond as the days of plunging appraisals appear to fade. Preliminary figures from the DeKalb assessor’s office show that despite pockets of increases and declines, overall prices have been stable countywide. In response, ...
Free HIV testing in DeKalb
DeKalb County’s Community Service Board will offer free HIV testing and a community health fair later this month. Testing will be done between 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. June 27 at the DeKalb Addiction Clinic, 455 Winn Way, Decatur. Test results will be available in 20 minutes. The event also ...
Public input needed on Panola Road widening
The state Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting this week to gather public input on a proposed widening of Panola Road. The agency is developing plans for the possible widening of the road between Snapfinger Road and Covington Highway. Work would be done in five segments, starting in ...
DeKalb hosting severe weather workshop Thursday
DeKalb County residents can learn about preparing for severe weather at a workshop later this week. The county’s Emergency Management Agency will discuss safety during a tornado as well as other weather emergencies at the event. The workshop begins at noon Thursday at the One DeKalb resource center, lower level ...
DeKalb Sheriff traveling to Turkey
DeKalb County Sheriff Tom Brown will be among several local elected officials to travel later this summer to Turkey for a joint fellowship. The group will visit various government and religious sites in Turkey. Brown will focus on exploring the country’s judicial system and political perspective. Brown had previously traveled ...
Park advisory committee meets Wednesday
The committee that helps DeKalb County decide how to spend its parks bond money will meet Wednesday.The Parks Bond Advisory Committee and Initiative for a Green DeKalb Advisory Council meeting will include an update on current projects and a tour of walking trails at Henderson Park.The meeting begins at 5:30 ...
Doraville holds tax rate steady
Doraville will hold two public meetings later this month on its tax rate. The city has proposed holding its rate steady at 9 mills, though the city must advertise the rate as an increase because it annexed land into its borders last year. The first public hearing will be held ...
New Walmart opens Wednesday in DeKalb
A Walmart Supercenter will open Wednesday in the location of a former auto dealership near Stone Mountain. The 152,000-square foot store, at 5935 Memorial Dr., creates about 300 new full- and part-time jobs. It will be open daily from 6 a.m. to midnight. Residents in the area welcomed the retail ...
DeKalb senior group raises $200,000
Senior Connections, a nonprofit that serves senior citizens in metro Atlanta, recently raised $200,000 for its operations at its recent “Senior Prom.” The funding will offset cuts in federal funds due to sequestration. The money raised translates into 40,000 additional meals the group can prepare or the ability to provide ...
Slowdown on DeKalb shelter could mean more services
DeKalb County leaders, under public pressure for over a year to improve how it handles stray and unwanted pets, got a new response Tuesday: applause. Nearly 100 animal advocates clapped and cheered when officials presented three finalist sites for a new animal shelter, including the advocates’ preferred site as well ...
DeKalb names “new” attorney, planning director
Two administrators serving in interim roles in DeKalb County government have been approved to serve permanently.Overtis “O.V.” Brantley, who served as chief legal counsel for Fulton County for eight years, is DeKalb’s new county attorney. She will oversee 14 staff attorneys and earn $190,000 a year in the role.Andrew Baker, ...
DeKalb summer camp info meetings Thursday
DeKalb County will host two informational sessions Thursday about different summer camp and youth programs available in the county this summer.The meetings will be held at noon and 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the ONE DeKalb Resource Center on the lower level near Macy’s inside Northlake Mall on Briarcliff Road.The sessions ...
Private group taking over DeKalb animal control
LifeLine Animal Project is looking to hire workers to help when it takes over operations at DeKalb County’s animal shelter on July 1.The county will pay the no-kill shelter about $2 million a year to handle all animal services except pickup and cruelty investigations.The group will need workers for shelter ...
DeKalb service board seeks volunteers
A non-profit group that supports behavioral health and developmental disability services in DeKalb County is seeking new board members.The DeKalb Community Service Board requires only that would-be members be a county resident, not employed by a provider and have an interest in the services.More information: 404-508-7875 or www.btfdekalb.org.
DeKalb solicitor wins award for charity work
DeKalb County Solicitor Sherry Boston recently was honored for her work to collect food for the hungry.Boston helped collect the equivalent of 55,824 pounds of food during a recent food drive, the most out of any legal organization in Georgia. The total is just shy of the 58,000 pounds of ...
DeKalb animal rescue wins state grant
Atlanta Animal Rescue Friends, a DeKalb County-based animal welfare group, was recently among 19 groups across Georgia to win state Agricultural Department grants.The $7,500 Spay and Neuter Grant is part of $125,000 dispensed statewide to help fund sterilization efforts of pets. The funding comes from the state’s specialized auto tag, ...
DeKalb hosting planning meetings for Stonecrest Saturday
DeKalb County is seeking public input this weekend on its plans to improve land use and roads in the Stonecrest Mall area.The Stonecrest Livable Centers Initiative, or LCI, will result in a master plan designed to boost economic development while improving traffic congestion and livability in the area.Planning meetings will ...
Storytelling program returns to DeKalb History Center
A storytelling series for children returns to DeKalb History Center this week and through the month of July.The program will include weekly session on craft making every Wednesday between Wednesday and July 31. Events run between 10-11 a.m. at the historic Biffle Cabin, 720 W. Trinity Place, Decatur.The programs, for ...
Doraville hosting info meeting about GM site
Doraville will host an informational meeting Tuesday to discuss its livable centers initiative, or LCI, study focused on the former General Motors redevelopment.The session begins at 6 p.m. at the Doraville Civic Center on Central Avenue.There, organizers will explain the goals of the redevelopment and the proposed local codes designed ...
Brookhaven to lease via own nonprofit
Brookhaven City Council recently agreed to form itself into a nonprofit corporation that will handle leases and purchases for the new city.State law allows governments to sign only one-year contracts, with the option for renewal, to allow for changing elected officials’ votes.By creating the nonprofit, Brookhaven can enter multi-year leases ...
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