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Roswell recently approved a $6,707,248 annual contract with Bartow Paving Company Inc. for asphalt resurfacing of city streets. (Courtesy Bartow Paving)
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Roswell approves $6.7 million contract for road resurfacing
Beginning July 1, the Roswell Recycling Center, 38 Hill St., will be open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for Roswell residents and businesses only. (Courtesy City of Roswell)
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Roswell Recycling Center hours to change beginning July 1
Roswell’s Transportation Department has installed the latest Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacon on Crabapple Road at Haleys Pond. (Courtesy City of Roswell)
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Roswell installs Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacon on Crabapple Road at Haleys Pond
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The search continues for a swimmer missing on the Chattahoochee River
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The search continues for a swimmer missing on the Chattahoochee River
The Roswell Arts Fund has launched the 6th season of ArtAround focused on the theme of “Connection.” Richard Herzog's "Nesting" is his "view on home during a period of upheaval. While providing a safe space, it also symbolizes the turmoil of the disaster swirling all around us in quarantine." (Courtesy Roswell Arts Fund)
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Roswell launches 6th season of ArtAround sculpture tour
Keeping your children safe during swim season
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Keeping your children safe during swim season
A man tried to kidnap a woman while she walked with her child in Roswell
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A man tried to kidnap a woman while she walked with her child in Roswell
Roswell City Hall. A rezoning for a new location of the Roswell Community Masjid was approved by the City Council. AJC FILE
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Roswell approves relocation of popular mosque to Crabapple community
Anonymous donor giving $1M in scholarships a year to scholar high school football players
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Mystery donor giving $1 million per year in college scholarships to Roswell high school’s
The Sandy Springs Police Department is reminding holiday drivers to avoid a ticket due to the Slowpoke Law. The Impeding Traffic Flow Law, passed in 2014, prohibits drivers from holding up traffic in the left lane, even if driving the speed limit. (Courtesy Sandy Springs Police)
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Sandy Springs police remind drivers to move out of the left lane
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HomeAid Atlanta volunteers from Harrison Homes completed interior demolition at The Drake House in Roswell before plumbing work begins. (Courtesy HomeAid Atlanta)
North Fulton County
HomeAid Atlanta begins fifth major project at Roswell’s The Drake House
A section of Willeo Road will close for a $2.5 million bridge replacement project starting June 1. (Google Maps)
North Fulton County
Roswell bridge replacement will close part of Willeo Road for four months
The 911 center was named an Accredited Center of Excellence for emergency fire dispatching by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. AJC FILE
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Roswell 911 Center recognized for excellence
May 8, 2021 Roswell - People walk along Canton street in downtown Roswell on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Roswell is working to manage future development of downtown to the Canton street neighborhood and preserving its historic look, but some business owners question whether changes will add to current problems. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
North Fulton County
Proposed redevelopment in historic Roswell sparks concerns, questions
A view of the cleared detention pond on Forest Street in Roswell. City crews cleared out 50 trees to expand the pond. Credit: Adrianne Murchison
North Fulton County
50 trees cut down in Roswell for a detention pond sparks debate
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Members of the Holly Springs community and neighboring police departments gather at Barrett Park for a candlelight vigil for Police Officer Joe Burson on Friday, June 18, 2021 after he was killed during a traffic stop earlier this week. Coworkers and friends of Marykate Burson, Joe’s wife, including Katie Beganovic, left, and sisters Gina and Angela Ruggiero gather to mourn their friend’s husband. The Ruggiero sisters have know Marykate since middle school. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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PHOTOS: Residents remember Holly Springs officer at vigil
06/18/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, June 18, 2021. Vice President Harris is visiting Atlanta to promote a White House initiative for the COVID-19 vaccine. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Vice President Kamala Harris visits Atlanta to promote vaccinations
Atlanta Pride is celebrating 50 years of support, aid, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride in 2021. In 2014, Christylynn Rosser (center) and Ayeisha Quinones helped carry the rainbow flag down Peachtree Street. AJC / 2014
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Flashback Photos: Atlanta's Gay Pride through the years
06/11/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Alex Banister prepares samples of The After Bar, a CBD recovery protein bar, at the companies booth during the USA-CBD Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Hundreds of vendors peddle CBD products at Atlanta convention
Terry Hall uses a cloth to wipe paint from an underpass as he works on Grant Street SE on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Painters filled in lines left after the design was placed on the walls yesterday. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Grant Street Mural
Incumbent Keisha Lance Bottoms' May 7 announcement that she wouldn't seek a second term as Atlanta mayor opened the field for candidates looking to succeed her in the city's top office. Here's a look at who's running. Photo: John Spink / AJC
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People sit and listen to the speakers during the city of Dunwoody remembrance ceremony at Brook Run Park Monday, May 31, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe is expected to be the first African American recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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PHOTOS: Fallen soldier gave life for others
A lunar eclipse is observed during dawn in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Wednesday’s eclipse is the first in more than two years and coincides with a supermoon. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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PHOTOS: Super blood moon lunar eclipse around the world
05/21/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, center, receives a tour of an underground tunnel for the expansion of the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport plane train tunnel at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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PHOTOS: Buttigieg visits Georgia to tout Biden’s scaled-back infrastructure plan
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The veranda of Martha and Jean-Francois Morizur’s home looks out over their backyard and pool area. A sofa, chair and coffee table from Wayfair provide seating around the outdoor fireplace, and the fleur-de-lis wood and iron art above the fireplace from Hobby Lobby ties the outdoor decor into the French style of the interior of the home. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.
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The International Charter Academy of Georgia has about 165 students in a Japanese immersion curriculum.
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Academy focuses on Japanese immersion
A new RAND Corporation survey released this week — “Job-Related Stress Threatens the Teacher Supply: Key Findings from the 2021 State of the U.S. Teacher Survey” — found nearly 1 in 4 teachers may leave the job by the end of the current school year.
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New survey: 1 in 4 U.S. teachers may quit
Marietta City Schools' fiscal year 2022 budget totals $117 million and includes raises for employees ranging from 6% to 10.4%. Credit: Marietta City Schools
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Marietta schools budget includes raises for employees
Kennesaw State University Nursing Student Julia Taylor prepares a single does of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for a patient at a drive thru vaccination in the outdoor arena at Jim Miller Park in Marietta on Feb. 3, 2021. Gwinnett County Public Schools and the Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale Health Departments are partnering to offer COVID-19, meningitis and Tdap vaccines to students and families. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Gwinnett school district, health department offering multiple vaccines
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Georgia officials plan to allow a private company to collect tolls on proposed I-285 express lanes in exchange for investment in the project. (AJC file photo)
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Turning I-285 tolls over to private firm comes with rewards, risks
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U.S. Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden
06/18/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, June 18, 2021. Vice President Harris is visiting Atlanta to promote a White House initiative for the COVID-19 vaccine. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Harris urges COVID-19 vaccines in Georgia: ‘It will save your life’
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Local families have mixed feelings about whether children should still have to wear mask to school
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OPINION: In Buckhead’s divorce from Atlanta, who gets the kids?
January 5, 2021 Atlanta: Voters lined up to cast ballots on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at the Park Tavern located at 500 10th St NE in Atlanta. Georgia’s long moment in the national spotlight culminated Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, when state voters cast their votes to determine which party would control the U.S. Senate. Georgia voters also voted to elect a member of the state Public Service Commission, which regulates energy and utility rates and issues. The two most expensive Senate races in history saw more than $833 million been spent by the four campaigns and outside groups supporting them, blanketing the airwaves and stuffing mailboxes across the state. Much of that money has come from organizations with no direct connection to Georgia. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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Georgia releases list of 102K voter registrations to be canceled
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Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray
01/04/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Former Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams makes remarks during a Georgia Democrat U.S. Senate campaign rally in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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SATURDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Rain moves in as Tropical Storm Claudette approaches
Five people were taken to the hospital and dozens of residents were displaced by the massive fire.
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DeKalb residents leap from 2nd story to escape massive blaze
Members of the Holly Springs community and neighboring police departments gather at Barrett Park for a candlelight vigil for Police Officer Joe Burson on Friday, June 18, 2021 after he was killed during a traffic stop earlier this week. Coworkers and friends of Marykate Burson, Joe’s wife, including Katie Beganovic, left, and sisters Gina and Angela Ruggiero gather to mourn their friend’s husband. The Ruggiero sisters have know Marykate since middle school. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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‘He will always be a part of us’: Residents remember Holly Springs officer at vigil
Chris Canady, who has worked as a HERO operator since August 2014, was hit by a tractor-trailer June 9.
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HERO operator recovering after hit-and-run on I-75 in Clayton
Two men were killed and one was seriously injured in three separate crashes in Cobb County on Thursday and Friday.
Cobb County
2 motorists killed, 1 injured in 3 Cobb crashes
A Georgia trooper ran his patrol car into the passenger side of a car being driven by an alleged DUI driver early Friday, the State Patrol said.
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Trooper crashes patrol car into wrong-way vehicle, suspected DUI driver
A 43-year-old man was found dead early Friday after being shot by a Douglasville police officer, the GBI said.
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GBI: Man found dead in woods hours after being shot by Douglasville officer
February 10, 2021 Atlanta: A double shooting in the southbound lanes of I-85 in Midtown left one man dead and wreaked havoc on Wednesday morning’s commute on Feb, 10, 2021. The fatal shooting brought traffic to a standstill about 5:15 a.m. just north of the Brookwood interchange. All lanes were shut down for about four hours as police investigated, leading to massive delays in Midtown, Buckhead and all through the northern suburbs, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. Drivers stuck behind the closure did not move for more than two hours before authorities began turning cars around. Backups stretched all the way to the Ga. 400 merge. An off-duty Jonesboro police officer discovered a dark-colored sedan near the entrance to I-75 North about 5:15 a.m. and found two men with gunshot wounds inside, Atlanta police Capt. Jason Smith said from the scene. One man was pronounced dead. The other was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and survived his injuries. The officer initially thought he had come across a wreck, but quickly called for backup and tried to help the victims, Smith said. It wasn’t immediately clear Wednesday morning where the shots were fired from. Detectives are still working to piece together what prompted the fatal shooting and identify a suspect. Smith said detectives are trying to interview the surviving victim to find out exactly what happened. “This does not appear to be a random act,” Smith said. “It appears to be a dispute that had escalated.” All lanes reopened about 9:15 a.m. when police finally cleared the crime scene. “We always hate when we have to do that,” Smith said when asked about shutting down the interstate. “Unfortunately, we have to make sure that we process the crime scene appropriately, and it does take time.” (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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Shootings on metro Atlanta roadways this year have killed 13, injured others
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