HERE ARE THE STORIES FROM THE LATEST REPORTER NEWSPAPER PRINT EDITION
What I learned from the pandemic: Rohan Datta, The Galloway School
Reporter Newspapers asked local students to respond to the following prompt: “Take a moment to reflect on how the pandemic has challenged you, what skills you relied on or developed to cope, and how you might use this experience to improve your future.” Rohan…
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What I learned from the pandemic: Flannery Hipp, Marist School
Reporter Newspapers asked local students to respond to the following prompt: “Take a moment to reflect on how the pandemic has challenged you, what skills you relied on or developed to cope, and how you might use this experience to improve your future.” Flannery…
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What I learned from the pandemic: Meghna Singha, Pace Academy
Reporter Newspapers asked local students to respond to the following prompt: “Take a moment to reflect on how the pandemic has challenged you, what skills you relied on or developed to cope, and how you might use this experience to improve your future.” Meghna…
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Editor’s Note: Learn about your local candidates
Election season is gearing up, with a host of candidates qualifying at the end of August. There are more than a dozen vying to become Atlanta mayor, and there are contested seats in Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven. In the coming weeks, Reporter…
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What I learned from the pandemic: Khushi Niyyar, The Westminster Schools
Reporter Newspapers asked local students to respond to the following prompt: “Take a moment to reflect on how the pandemic has challenged you, what skills you relied on or developed to cope, and how you might use this experience to improve your future.”…
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Buckhead Diner closes after 34 years
Another dining institution, Buckhead Diner, has permanently closed. The Piedmont Road restaurant had been shuttered since the pandemic began, but Buckhead Life Restaurant Group said in an Aug. 25 press release that it would not reopen. The property it sits on at 3073…
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Brookhaven approves contract for Murphey Candler community green project
The Brookhaven City Council has approved a $391,678.88 contract with Integrated Construction and Nobility to begin work on Murphey Candler Park’s community green project. The council approved the contract during an Aug. 24 meeting. The community green project is part of the city’s…
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Latin American Association nominates local student for scholarship
The Brookhaven-based Latin American Association has nominated a Cross Keys High School senior for a leadership-based scholarship. The LAA chose 17-year-old Kimberly Castro-Godinez as its nominee for the Posse Scholarship, given to students who demonstrate academic excellence and serve as leaders in their…
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New fintech innovation center bringing 700 jobs to Sandy Springs
Deluxe Corp. opened its FinTech and Customer Innovation Center at 5565 Glenridge Connector in Sandy Springs, where it will eventually employ more than 700 workers with an average salary of $91,000. “We’ve already had our first customer events at the space, where we’re…
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Packed race for Atlanta mayor as 14 candidates qualify
A crowded field of 14 candidates will be on the Nov. 2 ballot vying to be Atlanta’s next mayor. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms upended the race with her surprise announcement in May that she wouldn’t run for reelection. Some familiar faces are on…
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Four qualify for Brookhaven’s City Council elections
Three new candidates and one incumbent have qualified for Brookhaven’s upcoming City Council elections. Qualifying began on Aug. 18 and ended on Aug. 20 at 4:30 p.m. To qualify, candidates had to file a Notice of Candidacy with the Brookhaven city clerk within…
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Every seat contested in Sandy Springs municipal election with 17 candidates qualified
Every Sandy Springs City Council seat and the mayor’s position has multiple candidates for the Nov. 2 municipal election, with 15 candidates running for six council districts and the incumbent mayor facing opposition. Qualifying for the Nov. 2 non-partisan municipal election ended at…
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John Funny resigns as social justice commission chair
After qualifying as a candidate for Brookhaven’s City Council election, John Funny resigned from his role of chairman of Brookhaven’s Social Justice, Race, and Equity Commission. Funny announced his resignation during the commission’s Aug. 19 meeting. The city established the commission in September…
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Ridgeview brings students together through music program
Ridgeview Charter Middle School Chorus Teacher Jesse Gilbert thoughtfully considered her eighth-grade students self-arranged in groups, still murmuring as class had just begun. “I’m going to move you around today,” Gilbert said to them as she started doing just that. Breaking up cliques…
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My Top 5 Something: Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch
Lynn Deutsch was elected Mayor of Dunwoody in 2019, and has spent most of her term dealing with the ongoing pandemic. As events such as Lemonade Days unfold this weekend, and The Spruill Center for the Arts springs to life with new murals,…
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Plans for new Sandy Springs fire station move forward
The Sandy Springs Planning Commission recommended approval for the city’s planned Fire Station No. 5 at 7800 Mount Vernon Road, which sits near the center of the northern panhandle surrounded by residential subdivisions. The Aug. 18 meeting started on a somber note as…
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Esports gaming hub planned for Buckhead
An Atlanta-based esports provider will create a new hub at Uptown Atlanta, the project formerly known as Lindbergh City Center. Skillshot Media is relocating its Alpharetta office and production studios to the south Buckhead development. It will transform a 35,000-square-foot atrium at Uptown…
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DeKalb, Fulton voters can request absentee ballots
DeKalb and Fulton County voters can begin requesting absentee ballots for the November municipal elections. New for this year, voters must include their driver’s license number or Georgia ID number on their absentee ballot application. If they do not have either of these…
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Around Town: Amanda Plumb features the unique eats of Atlanta
Amanda Plumb learned early in life the pleasures of sampling different kinds of food. When she was in grammar school, Plumb lived in a coastal resort town in South Carolina where exotic eateries were few and far between. But Plumb’s parents and their…
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Dunwoody’s Spruill Center for the Arts finally looks like an arts center
If you’ve walked around Dunwoody’s Spruill Center for the Arts lately, you might notice that the building looks a bit different – brighter, more colorful – than it did before. Murals and other art pieces have begun to pop up all over the…
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