Health & Wellness Sponsored section ►►PAGE 22
Endres, Lin win council runoff Coughlin fills Post 2 unexpired term ►►PAGE 4
Trees for a cause
Council takes second look at Barnwell Rd.
St. Brigid’s firs benefit charity ►►PAGES 14 – 15
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December 10, 2015 | johnscreekherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 19, No. 49
Fulton passes on Cauley Creek By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com
PHOTOS BY HATCHER HURD/STAFF
Scouts enjoy being part of the ninth annual Founders Day Parade as they ride their float down State Bridge Road.
Hundreds turn out for Johns Creek Founders Parade By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmeidagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – In near perfect weather and under a cloudless sky, the ninth annual Johns Creek Founders Day Parade marched down State Bridge Road before an enthusiastic crowd. Marching bands, floats, enthusiastic candy throwers and crazy Shriner vehicles entertained the cheering onlookers. Of course, old St. Nicholas made a guest appearance as well. As if to make up for the rainout last year, the city could not have asked for better weather or a better parade to kick off the holiday season in Johns Creek.
See more photos, Pages 42 – 43
ATLANTA – The Fulton County Board of Commissioners thumbed down Dec. 2 the offer to buy the Cauley Creek Water Reclamation Facility, ending months of lobbying including a furious push by Johns Creek after the city bought the 133acre site for over $20 million. The city had paid $20.3 million for the Cauley Creek site and the wastewater plant itself with a proviso to split the proceeds from the sale of the plant if Fulton County could be persuaded to buy it as a means to come back into compliance with the state Environmental Protection Division. But a unanimous vote
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by the commissioners endorsed following Fulton County Manager Dick Anderson’s recommendation to pass on Cauley
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FAST charter school on fast track for opening State approval is last hurdle for August opening BY CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com
The Barnwell Choir sings holiday songs.
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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Organizers of the Fulton Academy for Science and Technology Charter School could learn next month if they have passed the final hurdle in their bid to open the school in August in North Fulton. A spokesman for FAST said the petition is being reviewed
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by the State Board of Education and a decision could be made in January. “We have been told that we are in the ‘clarification stage’ and have already submitted all clarifications the Georgia Department of Education has requested,” said Philip Chen, a member of the FAST Governing Board. “Given that, our belief is that our petition is on track for approval at the early January state board meeting.” The charter application received approval from the Fulton County Board of Education
See FAST, Page 45
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