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County to dump more money in toilet rebate program

The county’s toilet rebate program is working so well DeKalb County leaders want to dump more money into it. The Board of Commissioners voted on Nov. 14 to add another $250,000 to its toilet retrofit rebate program. The program, which was initiated...

DeKalb County commission seat a step up for former state legislator

New DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Watson. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
When Stan Watson takes office in January, he will be a freshman county commissioner, but he brings 12 years of political experience as a state legislator to DeKalb’s legislative body. And Watson does not consider the move from the Georgia House of ...

Two children killed in apartment fire

  A mother and her boyfriend face charges after a Nov. 10 apartment fire claimed the lives of two of her children and badly burned a third. Angel Johnson, 29, and her boyfriend Keith Pinkney, 24, both were charged with three counts of felony cruelty...

Progress made in 2010, commissioner says

This year will go down as the year DeKalb County had to weather an “unperfect storm,” said Larry Johnson, presiding officer of the county’s Board of Commissioners. The decrease in property values, increased pension payments and the poor nationa...

County plans redevelopment of North Druid Hills

Once a rural byway, North Druid Hills Road has developed into a major thoroughfare to the upscale commercial district of the Buckhead, Lenox and Lindbergh communities. Now the DeKalb County government wants a unified plan for future development along...

Pension contributions to increase for county employees

DeKalb County employees are going to have to dig a little deeper to save for their retirements. After a vote by the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday employee contributions into their pension plans will increase from 4.5 percent of their income to 8...

County agrees to a $453,000 penalty for sewage spills

The day before a final vote on a major rate hike to improve its water and sewer system, DeKalb County agreed to pay a $453,000 penalty from the federal Environmental Protection Agency for excessive sewage spills. The proposed consent agreement betwee...

DeKalb CEO proposes property tax increase for 2011

  County property taxes may go up 2.32 mills, or $264 a year for an average $190,000 house, in 2011 if a proposal by DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis is accepted by the board of commissioners. Ellis said the proposed $563 million budget is lean and r...

Decatur preparing to modernize buildings

The fire department, recreation center and public works facility in Decatur are all slated for major renovations next year as part of the city’s urban redevelopment plan. The city will have to issue about $13.8 million in municipal bonds for the pr...

Avondale Estates is planning to annex old mill property

Leaders of Avondale Estates want to turn the vacant 13-acre Fenner Dunlop mill property into a vibrant, multi-use development. About nine acres lies in unincorporated DeKalb County and would have to be annexed. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
If the city of Avondale Estates gets its way, it will one day be several acres larger and there will be a new multi-use development within its borders. For about a year, the city has been eyeing the vacant 13.14-acre Fenner Dunlop mill property that ...