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Atlanta VA Medical Center temporarily closes operating rooms due ‘2 to 3 fly sightings’ per day
The Atlanta VA Medical Center in DeKalb County confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that some services at the hospital have been temporarily moved to other facilities, or rescheduled, due to multiple “intermittent sightings of flying insects.”
Walhalla City Council to Discuss Firetrucks, Property Incentives, and Waterline
Walhalla City Council will meet today at 5:30 p.m. to address several key items, including a proposal to purchase two firetrucks to replace aging equipment, with a financing plan involving a $1,123,500 total cost and a $200,000 budgeted payment. The council will also discuss a historical properties ordinance to potentially offer property tax incentives under the Bailey Bill for a local developer’s building renovations, and a request from developer Danny Hutchinson for city assistance with a $80,000 to $95,000 waterline extension. Additionally, the agenda includes first readings for ordinances on council member benefits and the Recreation Commission, a zoning ordinance rewrite agreement, and an executive session to discuss a real estate matter. The meeting will be held at Walhalla City Hall, 206 N. Church St.
Annual ‘Stop the Bullying’ Free Concert Tonight in Toccoa
A free concert that addresses the problem of bullying and how to combat it is set for tonight in Toccoa. The concert, featuring several local and nationally known performers, takes place at 6p at the Historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Toccoa. Tammie Arthur, organizer of Stephens County’s Stop the Bullying...
Attorneys for Rayfondia Craft Due Back in Court Next Week
Attorneys for Rayfondia Craft, who is charged with the 2016 murder of Lavonia businessman Sam Harbin, are expected back in Franklin County Superior Court next week to give Superior Court Judge Chris Phelps a status report on their preparations for trial. On August 8, 2016, an employee of the Point...
Georgia DNR re-opens salt waters for clam harvesting
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (WSAV) The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has re-opened all of Georgia’s salt waters to the commercial and recreational harvesting of clams, after the recent closure due to Tropical Storm Debby. The DNR says the decision follows after careful analysis of water samples from all shellfish growing areas. The samples were found […]
Jamal Ahmad’s 30 years at WCLK 91.9 celebrates jazz and the soulful sounds of Atlanta
Jamal Ahmad has dedicated 30 years to enriching and preserving the soulful sounds of jazz through WCLK 91.9, a full-time jazz-dedicated radio station in America, and is celebrating his 30th anniversary at the station. The post Jamal Ahmad’s 30 years at WCLK 91.9 celebrates jazz and the soulful sounds of Atlanta appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.
Black men emerge as key constituency in 2024 race, bringing dynamic views to the top of politics
Every Monday evening, the Andrew and Walter Young Family YMCA basement becomes a sanctuary for men who, local leaders say, have too often been denied one. The Black Man Lab, which for nearly a decade has sought weekly to create a "safe, sacred and healing space" for Black men in metropolitan Atlanta, regularly gathers more than 100 men to pray, meditate and talk through challenges and triumphs they are facing and learn from peers and elders.
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