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Column: Middle school takeover case of history rep...

by Thornton Kennedy
Northside Neighbor Columnist

02:44 PM, Wednesday, May 22

This summer Sutton Middle School will take over a Buckhead high school, repeating a scene that has played out once before. In the early 1970s, three public high schools served the community. North Fulton High School was the original, dating back t...

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Column: Charter school amendment debate gets ugly quickly
I knew it was going to get ugly, but I didn’t know it would get this bad this quickly. I am talking about the constit...

05:50 PM, Wednesday, August 22

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Column: I trust J.C. Penney
For years, I waited to see what would happen if a store advertised all of its products at the lowest price possible —...

05:42 PM, Wednesday, August 22

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Column: One record shop outlasted them all
Apparently I am waiting for the return of Turtles Records and Tapes. Never mind the complete digitization of the mus...

05:16 PM, Wednesday, August 22

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Column: Memories of Rich's
(UPDATED AT 11:45 A.M. MONDAY WITH CORRECTED NAME OF BOOK) This afternoon my wife Maggie and I attended a lecture a...

06:47 PM, Sunday, August 19

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Sandy Springs Police Officer Larry Jacobs

Bullying: What is it, what are the results and what to do
What is bullying? Anyone who has ever been picked on knows what bullying is. We are talking about mental or physical...

03:32 PM, Friday, August 17

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Column: Thanks to you, speaker might be ready to unload gr...
Are you sitting down, dear reader? Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, has announced that he will prop...

04:29 PM, Wednesday, August 15

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Column: Now you can stay home longer
I remember as a child going with my mother to visit “shut-ins” at nursing homes. I count them among the saddest exper...

04:14 PM, Wednesday, August 15

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Column: Old plantation home holds a special place
When people think of our city, I dare say many conjure visions of Tara, the stately home of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone ...

03:48 PM, Wednesday, August 15

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Third time’s the charm for license renewal
Waking up at 5:45 a.m. on a Saturday is not my idea of fun, but it’s necessary to take certain precautions when going...

05:35 PM, Thursday, August 09

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Column: School superintendent’s endorsement of Chip Rogers...
What in the world was State School Superintendent John Barge thinking when he endorsed the reelection campaign of Sta...

03:07 PM, Wednesday, August 08

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Column: Message to Georgia’s so-called leaders: We don’t t...
My very first car was a Pontiac Sunbird. It pretty much got me from A to B without a lot of fuss. A couple years late...

02:56 PM, Wednesday, August 08

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Column: Camp started as sports program for rowdy boys
The summer camp nestled behind The Westminster Schools in Buckhead came as a complete shock to me when I was 8. All o...

02:28 PM, Wednesday, August 08

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Column: Watching London Olympics 16 years after Atlanta's
Hard to believe, but it has been 16 years since the Olympic Games were held in our state. As I watch the festivities ...

02:23 PM, Wednesday, August 01

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Column: 2 percent want something for nothing
I’ve got to hand it to Janet. She is incredibly persistent. She wrote me more than a year ago, complaining about one ...

02:12 PM, Wednesday, August 01

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Column: Voter turnout steady at my polling place
This morning I voted at High Point Elementary School in southern Sandy Springs. When I arrived at 7:22 a.m., there we...

09:14 AM, Tuesday, July 31

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Alpharetta police investigating bomb threat at North Point Mall | 05.10.13 - 10:22 am by Nicole Dow Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

Column: E. Rivers Elementary fire drew thousands | 05.08.13 - 06:10 pm by Thornton KennedyNorthside Neighbor Columnist Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

Male Athlete of the Year: Joshua Dobbs | 05.22.13 - 02:58 pm by Chase Wallace cwallace@neighbornewspapers.com Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

Local nonprofit to host fundraiser for cerebral palsy research | 05.01.13 - 01:21 pm by Everett Catts Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

Arrest made in connection with North Point Mall bomb threat | 05.10.13 - 01:32 pm by Nicole Dow Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

Brews are the ‘STAR’ at Roswell’s first beer festival | 05.01.13 - 11:53 am by Joan Durbinjdurbin@neighbornewspapers.com Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

Atlanta Botanical Garden opens exhibit of enchanted creatures | 05.08.13 - 10:39 am by Caroline Young Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

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Sandy Springs Publix employee wins lottery | 05.05.13 - 10:15 am by Staff Reports Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

Schools’ scores mixed in new evaluation system | 05.16.13 - 05:54 pm by Everett Catts Neighbor Newspapers Copyright 2013 Neighbor Newspapers. All rights reserved.

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Alpharetta police investigating bomb threat at North Point Mall | 05.10.13 - 10:22 am

Column: E. Rivers Elementary fire drew thousands | 05.08.13 - 06:10 pm

Male Athlete of the Year: Joshua Dobbs | 05.22.13 - 02:58 pm

Local nonprofit to host fundraiser for cerebral palsy research | 05.01.13 - 01:21 pm

Arrest made in connection with North Point Mall bomb threat | 05.10.13 - 01:32 pm

Brews are the ‘STAR’ at Roswell’s first beer festival | 05.01.13 - 11:53 am

Atlanta Botanical Garden opens exhibit of enchanted creatures | 05.08.13 - 10:39 am

Decatur teacher leaves classroom for own business | 05.08.13 - 10:40 am

Sandy Springs Publix employee wins lottery | 05.05.13 - 10:15 am

Schools’ scores mixed in new evaluation system | 05.16.13 - 05:54 pm