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Natural wonder: Becoming one with the environment in Jacksonville

A lone brown pelican leaves its perch atop a tree on the Fort George River in Jacksonville and glides above our group of kayakers. The soft whistles of egrets and herons fill the air. Fish occasionally leap out of the blue-green water to be momentari...

Residents want sidewalk on busy cut-through

Originally constructed to be a quiet, neighborhood road, Carter Road is now used by many to avoid the busy Memorial Drive-Columbia Drive intersection. Residents say a sidewalk is needed to protect pedestrians. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
For more than a decade, Karen Fain has been trying to get sidewalks on her street, a .7-mile section of Carter Road between Memorial Drive and Columbia Drive. “Safety of the pedestrians should be paramount,” Fain said. The road was designed as a ...

Tucker High student plants 1,000 trees

Courtney Scott was awarded a Plannet Connect grant to plant 1,000 trees in her community by the end of June. Photo provided
  Courtney Scott, a 17-year-old soon-to-be senior at Tucker High School, was browsing the internet when a link popped up that she felt compelled to click on. The link Scott had stumbled upon was to apply for a 2011 student grant through Planet Conne...

It’s a party in the parking lot, as new Chick-fil-A opens in Northlake

Some waiting in the parking lot divide into teams for contests directed by Chick-fil-A staff members. Photos by Kathy Mitchell
  Neither crowds, nor heat, nor dark of night could deter hundreds of eager would-be Chick-fil-A customers waiting in the parking lot for the opening the restaurant’s newest metro Atlanta location in the Northlake area. The Chick-fil-A on Lavista ...