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City Council members disagreed on how to address the deteriorating Hawthorn Suites property located on Barfield Road that’s in the neighborhood of $400,000 homes at Autumn Chace. CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS
North Fulton County
Sandy Springs rejects zoning to convert hotel into low-priced apartments
A “party house” in Sandy Springs that draws sometimes hundreds of paying party-goers with ads on social media has inspired a new city law that sets fines and jail time for hosts of illegal parties.
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Sandy Springs is making it easy to get a free COVID-19 vaccination during upcoming concerts and events at City Green. (Courtesy Pixabay)
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Concertgoers in Sandy Springs offered free COVID-19 vaccinations
The city passed a law Tuesday allowing retail package liquor stores to host tastings for distilled spirits.
North Fulton County
Booze laws tweaked in Sandy Springs
Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center is reopening with a booked lineup of music and comedy events through next summer. CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS
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Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center announces lineup and membership program
Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was being held without bond Saturday night.
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The car burst into flames early Friday after the driver crashed on Roswell Road, authorities said.
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WATCH: Sandy Springs DUI suspect pulled from burning car after crash
The Community Assistance Center in Sandy Springs is requesting donations to help up to 1,000 local children start school with backpacks packed with supplies. (Courtesy Pixabay)
North Fulton County
Assistance program in Sandy Springs looking for Back to School donations, volunteers
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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The Community Assistance Center Thrift Shop and Food Pantry, 8607 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, will expand their hours to 5 days a week beginning June 1. (Courtesy Community Assistance Center)
North Fulton County
Community Assistance Center in Sandy Springs expands food pantry, thrift shop to 5 days
Sandy Springs will increase the city's tree canopy by 400 trees annually. (Courtesy Trees Atlanta)
North Fulton County
Sandy Springs approves agreement to increase number of right-of-way trees
The cover of an April editor of The Pamphleteer.
North Fulton County
Tabloid found in driveways, home mailboxes in north Fulton
Restaurant owners in North Fulton are now eligible to apply for direct financial relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. (Courtesy City of Johns Creek)
North Fulton County
North Fulton restaurant owners eligible to apply directly to Restaurant Revitalization...
The CDC says fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks inside.
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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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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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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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Photos: Dunwoody's remembrance ceremony on Memorial Day
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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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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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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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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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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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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January 5, 2021 Atlanta: Fulton County Election Workers opened and sorted ballots on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta before 7 pm when they were then allowed to scan them. 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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Judge to decide fate of Fulton absentee ballot inspection
Alicia Hornsby talks with her daughter after lunch at their Canton home. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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As federal jobless payments cut, Georgians still wait on claims
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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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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Local families have mixed feelings about whether children should still have to wear mask to school
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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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Officials performed life-saving measures on each patient, but were not able to revive them all.
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Officers were sent to three separate shootings over a three-hour period.
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Police said both sets of human remains were determined to have come from Atlanta.
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South Fulton police investigate 2 cases of human remains found burning in 1 week
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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.
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2 motorists killed, 1 injured in 3 Cobb crashes
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