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Summer swim league brings communities together

Swimmers from across the area converged on Emory University’s Woodruff PE Center June 30 - July 1 for the DeKalb County Swim League Championship Meet. Spanning two days, the event was a chance for members of the area’s 22 swimming clubs to compet...

Summit offers help for women veterans

Often when Americans think of problems that military veterans may face such as post-traumatic stress disorder, homelessness or joblessness, they are inclined to think of men. But experts in health care and related fields say that women who have serve...

Struggling adults increasingly returning to the nest

For generations, parents have gone through the empty nest experience. This generation of parents, however, is going through a unique situation. Increasingly, their adult children are returning to the nest—often creating challenges that require crea...

Locals back on U.S. Olympic track team

DeKalb County has produced numerous top track and field athletes over the years and two of them will be competing in the 2012 London Olympics. Dee Dee Trotter, a 2001 graduate of Cedar Grove, and Angelo Taylor, a Southwest DeKalb graduate, will conti...