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Re-opening Atlanta school planetarium discussed

By Mark Niesse
May 6, 2014

Presentations at the Emory University planetarium this week are informing Atlantans about what it will take to re-open a planetarium at Harper-Archer Middle School in west Atlanta.

The events are being handled by Community Partners Education Foundation and staff for the Emory planetarium.

Members of the public will be able to hear about the project and ask questions at 9 a.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Thursday and 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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