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Residents, students rally behind Fernbank Science Center

Residents, students and community members came out to show their support for the Fernbank Science Center at a rally June 18. The DeKalb County School District has recently proposed drastic cuts to the center’s $4.7 million budget. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Thomas Dolby’s 1982 hit She Blinded Me with Science, played over a sound system as people concerned about the fate of the Fernbank Science Center congregated on an adjacent sidewalk June 18. In what has been a long and contentious budgeting process...

GPC lays off hundreds to battle deficit

Georgia Perimeter College is facing a growing budget deficit and to relieve some of that burden, that more than 250 employees were be laid off, Interim President Rob Watts announced June 18. In a message sent to staff, Watts said he deeply regretsted...

Special tax water district could aid homeowners’ bill ills

For years, homeowners in the Whitehall Forest East condominiums off Bouldercrest Road have had unpaid water and sewer bills that have reached approximately $300,000. Aging pipes and undetected leaks have led to a crisis at the condominiums, built in ...

Basketball camp a long-standing tradition in DeKalb

Former Atlanta Hawk Mike Glenn held his 33rd annual basketball camp for hearing-challenged athletes, which drew 102 campers from schools for the deaf across the Southeast and as far away as Iowa, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Photo by Robert Naddra
For 33 years former NBA player Mike Glenn has been carrying on a tradition begun by his father. Glenn’s father established the sports programs at Georgia School for the Deaf when it was segregated. “I grew up around deaf kids and understand the c...

Man and child found dead in car during house fire

Two people were found dead in a vehicle on the evening of June 19 when the DeKalb County Fire Rescue Department responded to a house fire near Lithonia. The identities have not been released of an adult and a child—both male—who were found in the...

News Update, June 20

  DeKalb to hold summit on youth violence DeKalb County officials and a local church will hold a Summit on Youth Violence and Interfaith Vigil June 20 from 7- 9 p.m. The summit will be held at Victory for the World Church, 1170 North Hairston Road, ...