Month: February 2014
The Brookhaven Post reports that DeKalb County Schools may soon have a new district map that will create a fundamentally different School Board. The website reports that the state Senate passed House Bill 979 on ...
Atlanta Public Schools has announced a shakeup in leadership within the school system. APS announced via its Talk Up APS blog that there would be an unspecified number of principals removed from schools within the ...
Emory University has tapped U.S. Rep. John Lewis to give the commencement address this year. Lewis is a celebrated and accomplished public speaker. The Civil Rights icon is the last living speaker from the 1963 ...
Bonnie Kallenberg has seen Avondale Estates’ ups and downs during her 30 years doing business in the city. Kallenberg’s consignment shop, Finders Keepers, has been there through it all. The business celebrated its 30th anniversary on Feb. ...
The Republicans in the state General Assembly are keeping everyone busy with election-year shenanigans this session. One law proposed by a House GOP member drew scrutiny from Decatur Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver. According to The ...
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story described the meeting as a “drop in.” The city has issued a corrected press release to clarify that the event will bet two separate meetings: one at ...
City Schools of Decatur Athletic Director Carter Wilson recently sat down for an interview with Georgiastatesports.com and reminisced about his time coaching at GSU. Wilson hasn’t coached since 2010 when he was the basketball coach ...
A plan for redeveloping Kirkwood’s historic Pratt-Pullman Yard cleared another hurdle on Tuesday. Neighborhood Planning Unit – O, a zoning advisory board covering Kirkwood, voted 11-6 to write a letter of support for turning the historic ...
Avondale Estates’ famous Pallookaville restaurant is known for its no-nonsense approach to signage. Now that Georgia’s state Legislature is considering a law that would allow businesses to discriminate against the state’s LGBT population, the restaurant has created ...
The “Vampire Diaries” TV show is shooting in Decatur again and casting directors need extras for a “fall college scene.” Background Artists Casting Atlanta says the shoot will take place in Decatur on Wednesday, Feb. ...