National Park Service announces Memorial Day weeke...
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02:54 PM, Friday, May 24
In a news release, the National Park Service’s staff Friday announced five tips for residents planning to use the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area parks in Sandy Springs and Vinings this Memorial Day weekend. They are: 1. Check the flo...

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Staff / Katherine Frye <br> From left, Pastor Tomas G. Ashford and Bishop Greg Fann at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church.
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Staff / Katherine Frye <br> Bobbie Laminack, Executive Director of Cochran Mill Nature Center, feeds Uncle Fester, a black vulture that she is training to use in educational programs at the center.
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Staff / Laura Moon<br> Vinings Historic Preservation Society Executive Director Gillian Greer, right, accepts the 2012 Business of the Year award as Paces Holdings Property Manager Terry Hilderhoff, a representative of the Vinings Jubilee, last year's winner, looks on.
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Staff / Laura Moon<br> U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Moultrie, addresses the Vinings Business Association Tuesday.
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Updated:Police search DeKalb CEO Ellis’ home, office
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Sandy Springs assistant solicitor resigns
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Another Broken Egg Café offering free breakfast Saturday
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Special Photo<br> A wagon at the Dentistry for Children and Family Orthodontics office in Sandy Springs collects the snowflakes to be donated to Sandy Hook Elementary School students in Newtown, Conn.
Dentist’s office donating snowflakes to Sandy Hook students
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Decatur mayor resigns after 13 years
After 21 years of service to the city, Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd delivered his letter of resignation Dec. 20. In his ...
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The new community development office building.
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Staff / Katherine Frye <br> From left, Tim Davis, superintendent of the Electric Department; Stephen Hood, assistant fire chief of the Fairburn Fire Department and Vern Sutherland, captain at the Fairburn Police Department.
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