Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Dunwoody's Judi Carlson, a 14-year volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse, won $20,000 as the inaugural national Neighbor of the Year from Neighbors Bank and plans to put the prize money back into the food ministry.
Community
Dunwoody's Judi Carlson, a 14-year volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse, won $20,000 as the inaugural national Neighbor of the Year from Neighbors Bank and plans to put the prize money back into the food ministry.
Dunwoody's Judi Carlson, a 14-year volunteer at Malachi's Storehouse, won $20,000 as the inaugural national Neighbor of the Year from Neighbors Bank and plans to put the prize money back into the food ministry.
Community
LifeLine Animal Project's "Meant to Meet" initiative let three shelter dogs choose their adopters at the overcrowded DeKalb County facility on Aug. 30, and a free Super Adopt-A-Thon with 125 dogs is set for Sept. 26 in Alpharetta.
Community
The Dunwoody Police Department hosts its returning Pizza with Police event on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brook Run Park's Great Lawn Pavilion, ahead of National Faith & Blue Weekend.
Community
Brookhaven's fourth annual International Festival moves to Brookhaven Park on Oct. 17–18 with Cumbiatron and K-pop group DROP headlining, plus a 5K benefiting We Love Buford Highway's free youth orchestra program.
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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.
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.
Community
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.
Community
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.
Community
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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