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Divine Wind III by Jim Gallucci can be found at Riverside West as part of ArtAround Roswell's 2022-2023 Sculpture Tour. (Courtesy Roswell Arts Fund)

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Roswell sculpture tour delights the creative senses
Roswell has hired Atkins North America for TSPLOST program management services. (Courtesy Atkins North America)

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Roswell hires TSPLOST management services
Roswell has accepted a donation from North Fulton Community Charities to install a pedestrian crossing to connect NFCC facilities on either side of Elkins Road. (Courtesy City of Roswell)

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Nonprofit donates to construct Roswell pedestrian crosswalk
Roswell will add a 2.5% service fee to credit card transactions beginning July 1. File Photo

Roswell adds fee for credit card payments
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Local police departments are getting creative by employing measures to retain officers

Local police departments are getting creative by employing measures to retain officers
Community rallying around neighbor who was run over in hit-and-run

Community rallying around neighbor who was run over in hit-and-run
The winners of Roswell's 2021 “Rule #1 is Pick Up #2” campaign are Bubba, Pi and Kingsley. (Courtesy City of Roswell)

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Roswell launches 2022 pet waste cleanup campaign
The Roswell Fire department will conduct a "push-in" ceremony to debut its new Fire Truck 21. (Courtesy Roswell Fire Department)

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Roswell Fire to debut new fire truck
Powerful afternoon storms wreak havoc across metro Atlanta

Powerful afternoon storms wreak havoc across metro Atlanta
More street racers arrested after drag event on Easter Sunday

More street racers arrested after drag event on Easter Sunday
Fulton County Schools is holding a job fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at North Springs High School in Sandy Springs. (Courtesy Fulton County Public Schools)

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Fulton County Schools holding job fair June 25
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The Roswell Design Review Board will discuss a proposed car wash at their next meeting July 5. (Courtesy City of Roswell)

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Roswell to apply for grant to fund hiring nine new officers. (Courtesy Roswell Police Department)

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The American Kidney Fund now has a donation trailer for household goods and clothing at the Roswell Recycling Center, 11570 Maxwell Rd. (Courtesy American Kidney Services)

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Roswell Recycling trailer makes donations easier
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A hot pink billboard on Briarcliff Road in Atlanta challenges viewers to fight antisemitism. It's one of 10 coming to the metro Atlanta area through the fall. (Miguel Martinez / Miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

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Abortion rights activists gather at the Georgia State Capital Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Ashleigh Irvin holds up a “keep abortion safe and legal” sign while standing under an umbrella on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Abortion-rights demonstrators gathered on the steps of The Capitol to protest in response to The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Abortion rights activists marched from the Georgia Capitol to Underground Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. The protest follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution Investigative reporters Alan Judd, left, and Willoughby Mariano, right, discuss their "Dangerous Dwellings" series with political reporter Greg Bluestein during a taping of the AJC's "Politically Georgia" podcast. (Jay.Black@ajc.com)

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06/17/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Chaka Zulu, Co-CEO of Disturbing Tha Peace Records and Ebony Son Entertainment Inc., makes remarks during the inaugural induction ceremony for the Black Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Thursday, June 17, 2021.  (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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