Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Brookhaven teen Xander Bickers is undergoing chemotherapy and starting high school after doctors discovered osteosarcoma in his knee, initially mistaken for a basketball injury, and replaced his knee and eight inches of bone with a prosthetic.
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Brookhaven teen Xander Bickers is undergoing chemotherapy and starting high school after doctors discovered osteosarcoma in his knee, initially mistaken for a basketball injury, and replaced his knee and eight inches of bone with a prosthetic.
Brookhaven teen Xander Bickers is undergoing chemotherapy and starting high school after doctors discovered osteosarcoma in his knee, initially mistaken for a basketball injury, and replaced his knee and eight inches of bone with a prosthetic.
Community
The National Association of Chinese Americans and the Ko Family Foundation, both based in Dunwoody, are accepting applications through Oct. 31 for their second annual scholarship program offering $26,000 across six awards to Chinese American high school seniors and college underclassmen.
Community
DeKalb County Animal Services on Chamblee Dunwoody Road is completely out of kennel space with more than 500 dogs housed and 36 still at risk of euthanasia; free Tuesday adoptions, a free adoption weekend Aug. 27–31, and foster applications offer Dunwoody and Brookhaven residents ways to help.
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Brookhaven's Arborist Division has planted native Piedmont Prairies featuring about 30 species at Blackburn and Skyland parks to combat erosion, cut maintenance costs and support pollinators, with more sites planned.
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The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce announced five September events headlined by Mayor John Park's State of the City Address on Sept. 24 at City Centre, plus a Police Chief's Award Luncheon, a young professionals mixer, a networking lunch and a Coffee & Contacts gathering.
Community
Stan Cottrell, an 83-year-old Marine Corps veteran and Guinness World Records holder, will run the first leg of the VET 22 Suicide Prevention Run on Aug. 30 from First Baptist Church in Dunwoody, beginning a 22-day, 2,200-mile relay to Las Vegas to raise funds for veteran suicide prevention and a planned DeKalb County veterans village.
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The Dunwoody Planning Commission approved the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta's permit for a 10,000-square-foot indoor pickleball facility on its Tilly Mill Road campus, though the project still needs City Council sign-off.
Community
Brookhaven's Stormwater Division needs volunteers Saturday morning to glue "No Dumping" markers on storm drains in the Pine Hills neighborhood, with all materials provided and no RSVP required.
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Residents Terri Eden and Maria Stewart are posting signs around Brookhaven Park searching for an 8-week-old tabby still missing after a woman was charged with throwing kittens from a moving minivan on Osborne Road.
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Dunwoody Police officers and St. Vincent de Paul volunteers contacted five people experiencing homelessness on Tuesday, July 28, with two accepting shelter services, one arrested on a warrant, and two declining help.
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Margaret Lines, the Community Assistance Center's oldest volunteer on record, turned 100 on July 28 and still stocks shelves at the Roswell Road food pantry almost every Tuesday with her daughter before bowling in Dunwoody.
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The Dunwoody Police Department held its "Cops with Cones" fundraiser at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams on Monday, July 27, raising money for Special Olympics Georgia as part of a year-long series of department fundraising events.
Community
The Aha! Connection is giving away 40 free seats to an advance screening of A24's Anthony Bourdain film 'TONY' at Regal Perimeter Pointe on Wednesday, July 29, at 7 p.m., more than three weeks before the film's wide release.
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