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Gatlinburg : Year-round adventure

Many resort areas are season-specific and while most do offer off-season activities, the main season is typically a narrowly defined window of three to four months. However, this is not the case in Gatlinburg, Tenn., where a wide variety of family-fr...

Avondale Publix development on hold

The aluminum and steel frame of a building stands as a memorial to a failed Avondale development. Photos by Travis Hudgons
It looks like Publix won’t be coming to Avondale Estates anytime soon. That’s after a development plan six years in the making went under. At the end of January, the Avondale Estates city commission voted to stop working with Century Retail, a Fl...

Signing day: Columbia has its best class; Tucker, Stephenson lead pack

Ramon Ward’s message is similar to that of other assistant football coaches around DeKalb County—hard work on the football field and in the classroom could result in a free college education. More than 100 football players across the county heede...

Old school becomes new movie set

Old school becomes new movie set
There was a lot of activity last week outside of Avondale Estates when a school, shut down since 2008, reopened under a new name. Forest Hills Elementary School came back to life last Monday as Millard Fillmore Elementary School as parents walked the...

Wrestling: Southwest DeKalb wins region, sends 12 to state

DeKalb won its first region wrestling championship since 2006 and qualified 12 wrestlers for the AAAA state sectionals this weekend at Loganville. A total of 99 county wrestlers representing 16 schools qualified at three region meets last weekend for...

New center helps community youth develop artistically

The Daisy Dancers at the KIDDS Center for Youth Development and Performing Arts get ready to rehearse for an upcoming production. The center, which features a new dance studio, center, and a piano class was made possible by a $50,000 grant. Photo provided
“A tutu has magical powers,” said Pat Martin, referring to a ballet costume. “It makes a little girl feel beautiful.”  That observation, made many years ago, moved the former behavioral psychology nurse to help children develop through ...

Pittman to serve as Doraville mayor in wake of Jenkins’ death

Doraville Mayor Pro Tem Donna Pittman will serve as acting mayor after the death of mayor Ray Jenkins on Feb. 2. Jenkins died of complications from pneumonia, according to a Doraville spokesman. A special election will be held in June to fill Jenkins...

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...