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Local gallery a salvation for Atlanta artists

Art crawls and twists from floor to ceiling at Donna Van Gogh’s gallery like colorful kudzu directed by a natural force of feng shui. It is, all at once, complex and charming and evocative and bright, from covering the gambit of traditionalist conc...

Growing crime galvanizes East Atlanta resolve

Morgan Skilling says her East Atlanta home has been broken into five times. Photo by Matt Amato
New Orleans and East Atlanta have a couple of things in common for Morgan Skilling. An independent cultural spirit–or “the buzz,” as she refers to it–and hot summers. Adjusting to the crime has been harder for the Hurricane Katrina evacuee. ...

Dunwoody moving ahead with repaving project

Dunwoody has proceeded with plans for major infrastructural improvement – just over a year since its incorporation. An application sent to the Georgia Department of Transportation has requested funding and permission for a road repaving project. Mo...

Dunwoody police hunting bank robber

Jett Ferry Road Bank of America robbery suspect.
Dunwoody police are still searching for one or possibly more suspects in connection with robberies at a Jett Ferry Road Bank of America on Nov. 12 and a Wachovia bank on Nov. 5. Investigators have not ruled out a link between the two incidents, due t...

Eugenia’s: change of direction delivers success

Many entrepreneurs attribute prosperity to a willingness to change. Yamaha, for example, started out as a piano maker before becoming a global producer of motorcycles. The world of small businesses, too, is full of similar success stories. And Eugeni...

Is ‘race’ the issue in runoff election for Atlanta mayor?

Atlanta’s Dec. 1 runoff election has attracted unusually high national attention because of the potential for electing a non-African American mayor for the first time since 1973. An article published in last week’s Atlanta Journal Constitution f...

Dunwoody arrives at annual budget

Dunwoody City Council members agreed on an annual budget of $16.8 million on Oct. 26 after opting not to increase millage rates for 2010. However, city employees will receive a 3.4 percent merit pay increase and the police department’s size will al...

Sopo gets bikes on the road again

Steve Goode has a slight problem. A bent tire, the result of a sharp run-in with a curb, must be replaced. “I’ll need a decent socket; I’ll see what spares are on the shelf,” he said with the authoritative surety of an experienced mechanic, b...

Doraville applies to provide passport processing service

International travelers take note – Doraville could soon be on the itinerary. In need of new revenue streams during the economic recession, the city has applied to process passport applications – a move potentially netting up to $70,000 a year....