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Archive for February 9th 2011

Sewage spill update, Feb. 7

In the last 10 days there have been five sewage spills in DeKalb County totaling approximately 21,000 gallons, according to county records. The largest of the spills occurred on Jan. 31 when an eight-inch pipe that carries sewage across the sout...

DeKalb Schools boss recommends eight closures

by Maggie Lee   DeKalb County School System Interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson presented her plan for school closures and redistricting to a crowd of more than 200 at a county board of education in Stone Mountain on Monday night. She wants to close...

Chamblee celebrates Chinese New Year

Lots of eating, a touch of singing and a touch of dancing. They’re common ways to celebrate civic calendar events. And in this respect Chinese New Year in Chamblee on Feb. 5 was globally conventional. Participants adorned traditional costumes. Trad...

Winter is show time for the Pocono Mountains

Folks in the know here speak of summer as the Pocono Mountains’ high season. That may be; however, this corner of Pennsylvania is totally resplendent when it’s covered in pristine snow and its many rivers and creeks appear frozen solid or in the ...

Neuman indicted on murder charges

The man suspected of killing a man in Dunwoody outside a day care on Nov. 18 was indicted for the crime, DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James announced Feb. 9. Hemy Zvi Neuman, 45, was indicted by a grand jury on one count of malice murder a...