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Roswell Environmental Education Coordinator Nikki Belmonte shows a group of residents how fluorescent lights are recycled at the Roswell Recycling Center on April 16.

Roswell shows off recycling center Facility in line to collect 1,400 tons of material by June

ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell Recycling Center, one of the few facilities in

Georgia equipped to sort, process and bale thousands of tons of materials each year, has been at the heart of the city’s green effort for more than two decades.

During a tour of the facility April 16, Roswell Environmental Education Coordinator Nikki Belmonte explained the difference between curbside recycling

and what happens at the city’s facility, what materials are accepted and how they are reprocessed.

Belmonte said the facility opened in 2000, thanks to a grassroots initiative

by Roswell citizens who asked the city to

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METRO ATLANTA — The deadline to register to vote in the May 24 ended April 25.

In-person early voting begins on May 2. The Secretary of State’s office began mailing out absentee ballots April 25.

With everything ramping up, campaigns placing dozens of signs on every street corner and political commercials already barraging your TV, navigating the primary elections can be confusing. Here’s a guide that can help you get some clarity in the chaos.

What is a primary election?

A primary election serves to narrow the political playing field before a general election.

For partisan elections like U.S. Congress or Georgia General Assembly races, candidates of each political party face off against members of their own party to become the party’s

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Police seek voyeur who fled from store ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police are searching for a man who allegedly used a camera taped to his shoe to record a video from beneath a woman’s skirt April 19 at Dillard’s in North Point Mall around 2 p.m.

A loss prevention officer told police she saw the man acting suspicious and watched him on the store’s security cameras.

A manager told police that when someone confronted the man, he fled the store, got into a car and struck an unattended car while fleeing the parking lot.

The suspect was wearing a mask and his identity could not be confirmed, but police were able to obtain information from the suspect’s vehicle.

Woman cited in row at Alpharetta tavern ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 24-year-old Johns Creek woman was arrested for simple battery, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after she allegedly struck a number of patrons, including her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend, at Taffer’s Tavern in downtown Alpharetta around 2 a.m. April 17.

Police arrived after receiving a report about the assault and saw the woman attempting to leave the scene in a vehicle. Police handcuffed the woman, who, they said, showed signs of intoxication and professed that she was the one who had been assaulted.

Police spoke with the caller who showed police a video of the woman approaching another patron from behind and hitting

PUBLIC SAFETY her on the side of the face. The patron did not fight back but attempted to avoid the woman, who continued to move toward her as witnesses attempted to separate the two. Police identified the patron as the suspect’s ex-boyfriend’s new partner.

Other witnesses showed police videos of the suspect “approaching a second woman to grab and pull on her hair.” She then struck a third woman in the mouth, chipping her tooth.

Police arrested the suspect, a 24-year-old Grace Cunningham of Johns Creek, on charges of simple battery, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

The store notified police that the man, Victor Gonzalez, was suspected of having stolen items from the store on multiple occasions. In the latest incident, an employee said Gonzalez left the scene without paying for the items.

Police ran the plate of the Toyota Camry seen leaving the lot and drove to the man’s residence, locating the three items he’d allegedly stolen. The tools were returned to the store.

Gonzalez was released from the Fulton County Jail April 20 on $1,000 bond.

Man reports assault by three men at club

ROSWELL, Ga. –– A man reported April 18 that a catalytic converter had been removed from one of his company trucks of Garage Floor Coating.

The victim said a catalytic converter was taken from a 2017 Isuzu NPR and that the incident had been recorded on security footage. Video showed an unidentified male entering the property two days prior and looking at the vehicles on-site. The video footage stopped for one hour and the suspect was no longer there. The owner stated the converter is worth near $2,500 and plans to press charges.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police received a report from a Cumming man April 18 who said he had been assaulted by three men at Roaring Social in downtown Alpharetta on April 16.

The man told police he had gotten into an argument with three unidentified men in their 40s at the club, and one of them “jumped him” and began punching him in the head and back. He said the three men had left the scene before police arrived.

Police were unable to find a dispatch report associated with the call. The man said he had declined a report after the assault occurred because he just wanted to go home.

The man had no identifying information on the suspects but provided police with a license plate number for an Uber he said the men left in. No further action was taken.

Roswell man charged with stealing power tools ROSWELL, Ga. –– A Roswell man was arrested for felony shoplifting April 17 for allegedly stealing three Ryobi battery-powered tools worth $537 at Home Deport on Holcomb Bridge Road.

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Juvenile leaves store with $275 in clothing MILTON, Ga. –– A juvenile male reportedly stole $275 worth of items April 14 at Walmart on Windward Parkway.

Loss prevention notified police of the theft after reviewing store surveillance footage that showed an unidentified male attempting to purchase several articles of clothing at checkout using a number of credit cards that were rejected. The youth then left the store without paying for the items. He was last seen on foot heading toward Ga. 9.

Police obtained photos of the suspect from the store cameras, and the investigation is continuing.

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Alpharetta City Council approves new luxury home subdivision

By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta City Council approved a new 41-home subdivision to be developed on Kimball Bridge Road during its April 25 meeting.

The subdivision, to be developed by luxury home builder Toll Brothers, will sit on 23 acres near Kimball Bridge and Buice Road. The development will have a density of 1.8 units per acre, with each lot at least one-third of an acre. The homes are planned to sell for a minimum price of $1.3 million.

At a city Planning Commission meeting regarding the proposal on April 14, residents raised concerns about water runoff from new developments causing flooding in adjacent subdivisions. Some Alpharetta residents have faced similar problems in recent years, particularly near downtown, where residential development has soared.

Before voting, City Council members grilled representatives of Toll Brothers on the subdivision’s stormwater management. The approved plan includes two retention ponds in the northeast and northwest corners of the property.

Don Rolader, the attorney representing Toll Brothers, argued that the currently undeveloped land allows water to flow wildly across the parcel and onto nearby properties. He said the retention ponds would serve to control that runoff, improving conditions for nearby property owners.

City staff recommended the council approve the project, subject to 27 conditions that included limiting rentals to 10% of the lots and building a p ocket park in the subdivision. Before voting, council members added two more conditions.

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The Alpharetta City Council convenes April 25 in a session that included a lengthy discussion about a 43-home subdivision planned on Kimball Bridge Road. While the proposal was approved for development, council members drilled into the site plans to ensure stormwater runoff would not affect surrounding properties. the new subdivision’s shared property line with the adjacent Park Brooke subdivision, if possible. The condition was requested during public comment by a representative of the Park Brooke Homeowners Association.

The second added condition requires Toll Brothers to “make every effort” to pipe underground and connect the stormwater system to existing infrastructure. The council unanimously approved the development with the 29 total conditions.

Councilman Donald Mitchell was absent from the meeting.

Between the presentation from Toll

Brothers, council discussion and staff and four public comments on the proposal, the item took up nearly two hours of meeting time. The full meeting lasted nearly five hours.

Councilman Doug DeRito acknowledged that some nearby residents may be unhappy with the new subdivision but said it would ultimately be good for the city. He said the addition of new high-value homes would help increase property values in the area.

The City Council also approved another residential development, this one at the intersection of Haynes Bridge Road and Devore Road. The development

will be significantly smaller, consisting of just under 3 acres but will have a density of 6.7 units per acre.

The development, Alcovy Estates, calls for 10 single-family detached homes, two duplexes and five townhomes. It will also contain an underground water detention facility.

The city also approved the first reading of an ordinance that would classify the Alpha Loop as a city park. If passed, the ordinance would also explicitly restrict the use of motorized vehicles in city parks and on city trails. The restriction would not apply to people who require motorized devices for mobility.

Street race crowd accused of damaging Roswell patrol car

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying more suspects involved in an intersection takeover the evening of April 17.

The incident report states that when Roswell Police Officer A. Halm approached the intersection of Houze Road and Rucker Road, a group of spectators surrounded the patrol vehicle and began kicking it “so loud that you can hear them in the dash camera footage.”

At around 6:30 p.m., the report states, Cherokee County 911 notified the Roswell Police Department that street racers were seen in the area of Arnold Mill Road and Cox Road and that they had moved over to the Houze Road and Rucker Road intersection.

Halm was eastbound on Rucker Road and activated her emergency lights and siren when she came across a black Infiniti doing doughnuts at the intersection. The incident report states the Infiniti headed toward Halm’s patrol vehicle and into oncoming traffic in an attempt to flee.

“A group of spectators then surrounds Officer Halm’s patrol vehicle and begin to kick it,” the report states. “… Fearing for her safety, Officer Halm put her vehicle into drive and drove into the intersection. Most of the suspects ran off at this point.”

According to the incident report, other officers arrived at the scene, stopping different vehicles for traffic violations. Halm stated she was not harmed but that her vehicle had sustained damage, including on the rear driver side quarter panel near the gas cap, where there were visible boot prints and dam-

age to the metal.

Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said in an April 26 email to the Herald six individuals have been charged in connection with the incident, and more charges are forthcoming. Several participants in the crowd were captured in video footage from Halm’s dashboard camera. Some of those being investigated are from outside the city. At least two are from Bethlehem, and another is from Mableton.

Anyone with information, videos or photos of the incident is asked to email TrafficEnforcement@roswellgov.com.

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The family-friendly foodie event includes more than 10 food trucks each month, offering a variety of cuisines and desserts along with live music.

Seating is limited, so bringing your own blankets or chairs is recommended.

April 28 marks the kickoff of 2022’s Food Truck Alley, featuring a performance by the musical troupe Atlanta

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Roswell City Councilwoman Lee Hills makes a motion April 25.

Roswell cracking down on massage parlors

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell City Council is taking steps to curtail and eliminate illicit massage establishments that promote human and sex trafficking.

Councilwoman Lee Hills made a motion April 25 to approve the first reading of a text amendment to the city’s code of ordinances with additional restrictions requiring all spa employees to obtain an annual work permit. The motion was seconded by Councilman Will Morthland and passed 5-0, with Councilman Marcelo Zapata absent.

“There’s a known problem across the United States and certainly Roswell is no exception for human trafficking and prostitution that is going on under some of our massage establishments and spas,” Hills said. “I absolutely want every single business here in Roswell to thrive, to make money and go home and sleep well at night. For the ones that are trying to dupe our city or our residents or use us as a vehicle for illicit and illegal behavior, I have no tolerance for that.”

Roswell Police Chief James Conroy said the ordinance in place today has historically provided challenges when it comes to prosecution. He said the amended ordinance will give officers additional tools so they can more readily identify offenders who are taking advantage of the loopholes, committing crimes in these establishments and “giving them all a bad name.”

“As I mentioned at the Public Safety Committee [meeting] last week, not all of these establishments are committing criminal violations and not all of the employees are involved in these criminal violations,” Conroy said. “This will allow us to identify them, those who are in violation, hold them accountable and prevent them from repeating these offenses.”

Mayor Kurt Wilson said the issue was brought to his attention soon after the March 16, 2021, shooting spree that occurred at three spas and massage par-

lors in metro Atlanta. Eight people were killed, six of whom were Asian women, and one other person was wounded.

Additionally, in 2016, an undercover operation at a Roswell massage business on Grimes Bridge Road resulted in three people being arrested and charged with prostitution-related offenses. According to media reports, Roswell police had previously made arrests at the same location, which had been operating under a different name.

“The victims of this (human trafficking) are the most vulnerable people with no place to turn, and it’s unconscionable as a city to not defend those who can’t defend themselves,” Wilson said.

“There’s no more heinous crime than human trafficking.”

At the meeting, Janet Russell, a longtime Roswell resident and frequent speaker, asked the City Council to prohibit “these unreal massage parlors” from places such as near school bus stops.

“As I’m sure the chief knows, they move their staff all over metro Atlanta,” Russell said. “When they close this one, they just move to another place and to another place and to another place. … I want to make sure that … we can’t have these massage places near school bus stops.”

Reading from the proposed ordinance, Wilson said massage or spa establishments will be prohibited from opening within 300 feet of any state route and at least 300 feet from any parcel occupied by a house of worship, public or private elementary or secondary school, public park, state-licensed day care facility or residence.

“Let me go just go ahead and be very bold about this,” Wilson said. “ … I can say to you that a year from now, there will not exist any of these illegal spas in the City of Roswell and I say that confidently because this team is behind it and it’s going to be eradicated.”

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Primary: Continued from Page 1 nominee. Democrats run against other Democrats, and the candidate that receives the most votes will move on to the general as the Democrat nominee.

Republicans, as well as third-party candidates, do the same.

For nonpartisan races, like some school board races, candidates are not divided by party. All of the candidates are on the ballot in the primary, and the top two candidates move on to face each other directly in the general election.

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Members of the Georgia General Assembly have two-year terms, which means every seat in the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate is up for election this year. Most cities fall within multiple legislative districts.

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Local elections The Fulton County Board of Education is having its general election for Districts 2 and 5 on the same ballot as the May 24 primary. To see your Board of Education district, the county has posted a district map on its website. This election is nonpartisan, and the candidates are: Fulton County Board of Education District 2 (General election, nonpartisan) Candidates: Lillie Pozatek, Brittany Griffin Fulton County Board of Education District 7 (General election, nonpartisan) Candidates: Michelle Morancie, Phil Chen, Linda Arnold

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State House District 49 Democrat candidate: Peggy Gillen Republican candidate: Chuck Martin (I), Michael Gordon State House District 51 Democrat candidates: Erendira Brumley, Esther Panitch Republican candidate: Peter Korman State Senate District 21 Republican candidate: Brandon Beach (I) Brandon Beach is running unopposed for this seat.

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Milton formalizes committee to research election feasibility

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council voted unanimously April 18 to adopt a resolution creating an election feasibility committee.

The move stems from an August 2021 meeting in which a group of residents told the City Council they did not support them entering into a contract with Fulton County to conduct its municipal elections, citing questions of integrity in the 2020 General Election.

While elected officials moved forward with the contract, they informally agreed in November 2021 to identify a group of individuals and community stakeholders to convene and look into the issue.

At the April 18 special called meeting, City Attorney Ken Jarrard said the committee is comprised of Councilman Rick Mohrig, Councilman Paul Moore, Deputy City Manager Stacey Inglis, City

Clerk Tammy Lowit and community members Mark Amick and Lisa Cauley.

Jarrard said the resolution is intended to bring transparency to what they’re attempting to do as well as give the committee a timeframe within which to accomplish their objective.

The resolution states the committee will have six months or 180 days from the date of its approval to meet and distill their findings into a product that they can then bring back to the City Council.

“The committee’s function is to study, inquire, fact gather and ultimately make a recommendation to the mayor and council as to whether it is feasible for the city to conduct its own municipal elections, taking into account the costs, obligation, liabilities and potential risks of such an undertaking,” Jarrard said.

The motion was made by Mohrig and seconded by Councilwoman Andrea Verhoff.

Milton High School schedules football combine and showcase League players, will be on the field with participating athletes.

The Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau issued a press release promoting the event.

“We are thrilled to bring such an outstanding event and opportunity to Alpharetta,” Bureau CEO Janet Rodgers said in the release. “We look forward to seeing the event grow in future years, and we are happy to know that Alpharetta will be the backdrop to dreams being made for the athletes participating!”

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Six Bridges Brewing announces plans to expand into Milton

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Six Bridges Brewing, a Johns Creek staple since late 2018, is expanding with plans to open a new brewery location in Crabapple this year.

The brewery — named after the six bridges located in Johns Creek: Jones Bridge, Medlock Bridge, McClure Bridge, Abbotts Bridge, Rogers Bridge and Little Bridge — is a family business started by local father and son Charles and Clay Gridley.

The two shared a passion for beer and were homebrewers before they decided to take the plunge and turn their hobby into a business which now employs roughly seven full-time and seven part-time employees.

Community, Clay said, has been central to Six Bridges since its origins.

It was members of the Johns Creek Planning Commission that came up with the business’ name.

“We were halfway through our sales pitch, and they said, ‘Stop, we want you. What can we do to help you?’” Charles said.

From there, everything happened quickly. Rezoning and permitting were quickly approved by the City Council, and the Gridley’s started building relationships with different groups in the community including the Arts and Culture Board, the Public Safety Foundation and the Historical Society, Clay said.

Joan Compton, president of the Johns Creek Historical Society, shared the history of the area with the Gridley’s and painted a mural right inside the front door of the taproom showcasing the local history.

Six Bridges Brewing in Johns Creek is made up of three distinct parts: the taproom, an outdoor seating area and the production facility in back.

Within the roughly 10,000-square-foot warehouse, Six Bridges is constantly brewing, experimenting, and canning their “endless” concoctions, Clay said. Each brew takes anywhere from two to five weeks from start to finish before making its way into kegs and cans which then travel around the state.

“In the market, we normally have about a half

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Clay and Charles Gridley, co-founders of Six Bridges Brewing oversee the production of thousands of gallons of beer in the production facility of the Johns Creek brewery April 20.

dozen different beers,” Clay said.

The 1000-gallon tanks are mostly reserved for their year-round beers, like local favorite Medlock, but in the smaller, 60-gallon tanks, the brewers experiment with different flavors and hops and sell the concoctions in the taproom.

“It’s small batch stuff that we keep here in house, and we don’t send it out to market,” Clay said. “But if one of those does well here, it might graduate up to a

Six Bridges Production Manager and Brewmaster Bryan Johnson enjoys a beer in the taproom April 20. big batch.”

The testing area provides Six Bridges Production Manager and Brewmaster Bryan Johnson the creativity he’s always sought in the brewing process.

“I fell in love with it,” Johnson said. “Me and the guys in the back will go through different recipes that we know how to brew and just try to do something dif-

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Brewery: Continued from Page 8 pilot brews are all about trying to do something new that people will enjoy.”

Six Bridges distributes their beer throughout Georgia in addition to in-house sales and partnerships with local restaurants in the metro area.

While Clay said the pair is content with remaining a Georgia-only business, the expansion into Milton is “exciting.”

A developer approached the Gridley’s in November 2020 about joining the Crabapple neighborhood and they jumped at the opportunity. When the new location opens, hopefully in the next couple of months, Charles said, it will include a production facility, indoor and patio areas, a rooftop space and will feature food from Spiced Right Ribhouse in Roswell.

“It’s going to be really cool between the food, the patio, the rooftop and being right next to the town center where they’ll have concerts and everything,” Clay said.

The original location of Six Bridges in Johns Creek is also near the city’s proposed town center, situated on Lakefield Drive, just a seven-minute walk from City Hall.

One of the things Clay said he loves most about the brewery is the relationships it has built among neighbors. Even the layout of the taproom is designed to encourage conversation.

“We have those long, communal tables, and everybody gets chatty once they’ve had a beer,” Clay said. “But that’s one of the beautiful things about it.

We don’t need TVs or anything too flashy, people just

In the production facility, 1,000-gallon tanks are mostly reserved for their year-round beers, like local favorite Medlock. From start to finish, brews take anywhere from two to five weeks from grain to can. come in and have a drink and converse with their neighbor… and it’s great to see and to be able to provide that.”

Six Bridges Brewing is open Tuesdays through Sundays with weekly recurring events including trivia and cornhole tournaments.

For more information on upcoming events and updates on the new location in Crabapple, visit sixbridgesbrewing.com.

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Inside Six Bridges Brewing a mural showcases local history and the bridges for which the business was named. The mural was painted for Six Bridges by community leader and Johns Creek Historical Society President Joan Compton.

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By JOHN RUCH SaportaReport ATLANTA — The MARTA Police Department is launching a “zero tolerance” crackdown that will continue through June.

A new “Train Patrol Detail” will strictly enforce the transit agency’s “Ride with Respect” rules as well as state and local laws, MPD Chief M. Scott Kreher said during an April 7 meeting of the Buckhead Public Safety Task Force. The idea is to make the system more appealing to rule- and lawabiding passengers as ridership picks up after COVID-19 pandemic lows.

Kreher said “we’re basically going to have a zero-tolerance [policy] on our system.”

MARTA is not advertising the crackdown, but transit agency spokesperson Stephany Fisher said MPD likely will release information about its results afterward.

“If the detail is successful and budget allows, MPD will more than likely have another one,” Fisher said.

The April-through-June detail will include 12 officers, four sergeants and two wagon drivers.

The crackdown will include removing homeless people who stay on the transit system, which Kreher called MPD’s “biggest challenge.” He said that when ridership plunged during the early stages of the pandemic, the “entire

system began to be inundated with unsheltered folks.” Today, he said, MPD removes an average of 40 to 60 homeless people from the system’s trains and buses each night at the end of service.

He said 120 homeless people were removed on the night of April 6, when the weather brought thunderstorms.

Part of MPD’s challenge, Kreher said, is the lack of mental health or substance abuse facilities for homeless people with such issues, as well as a near-total absence of long-term housing. MARTA does have a “HOPE team” program, piloted in 2020, that pairs social workers with unarmed security officers, called field protective specialists, who address homeless people staying on the system. Kreher said the HOPE teams work with people to find support services or pre-arrest diversion programs.

In addition to the crackdown detail, Kreher said, MPD has launched an undercover operation with a minimum of five officers on the system daily.

A former Atlanta Police Department deputy chief, Kreher took command of MPD during the pandemic in 2020.

He said MPD, like many other police agencies, is dealing with retention and hiring issues. He said MPD has lost 63 sworn-officer positions since January 2020 — about a 20 percent reduction in the force.

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Milton unveils community center at former country club

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — After challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Milton has finally unveiled its remodeled clubhouse turned community center at the former Milton Country Club on Dinsmore Road.

Milton Public Works Director Sara Leaders said on April 23 the ribbon-cutting was a celebration of plans and designs coming to fruition.

“We still have some finishing touches,” Leaders said, “but we’re excited to be able to welcome the community to see the first trails at the former Milton Country Club.”

The ribbon-cutting took place just before the city’s Earth Day celebration, which featured animals from the Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort and several hands-on activities.

The public also got a first look at 1.25-miles of new surface material that connects to a 2.25-mile loop through the property, around the lake, across the boardwalk and back to the community center.

The former Milton Country Club at 1785 Dinsmore Road was purchased in 2018 using a portion of the voterapproved $25 million greenspace bond. The 137-acre property consists of two components – and active area for recreation programs and facilities, and a passive portion consisting of 130 acres of undeveloped land.

Milton Community Development Director Bob Buscemi said one key feature of the community center is its entry doors, which were made from the same oak trees that were removed when the city built the Broadwell Pa-

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Elected officials, city staff and visitors attend a ribbon cutting and Earth Day celebration at the former Milton Country Club on April 23. The event marked the first time that residents got to see the remodeled clubhouse turned community center and 1.25-mile of new surface material that connects to a 2.25-mile loop on the property. vilion and later used for parts of the city’s courtroom.

“There’s history in every building that we do in the city,” Buscemi said.

He added that the biggest challenge the project faced was product availability due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Everybody knows today we have inflation, price esca-

lation and then just trying to get the products,” Buscemi said. “… I will say that we worked hard to maintain the budget, so even though we had inflationary pressure and product availability issues … [the] team really worked hard to maintain our overall budget.”

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Recycle: Continued from Page 1 to offer more recycling options. Up till then, she said, volunteers had been collecting cardboard and paper products in bins down by the Roswell Jail.

But since the facility opened, it has grown into an environmental force in the community. Belmonte said while the Keep North Fulton Beautiful facility in Sandy Springs and CHaRM – the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials – in Atlanta and Athens are similar, none were designed to handle or sort as much material.

“This facility is one of a kind in the state,” Belmonte said. “[The others] don’t have truck bays or forklifts, and they’re not as large. … One of the things I want to get across to you all today is that by coming here, you’ve made a huge step, … because a lot of stuff is ending up in landfills that doesn’t have to.”

Belmonte cited national data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency collected in 2018 that broke down the numbers. The data showed about one-quarter of all waste that ends up in landfills is food, 19 percent is plastics, 12 percent is paper and cardboard, 10 percent is metals, 9 percent is wood and 8 percent is textiles. Glass accounts for 5 percent, and the remaining 12 percent is yard waste, rubber and leather.

Roswell Recycling Center Supervisor Sam Bennet told the Herald in an April 19 email that by the end of the fiscal year 2021, the facility will have accepted close to 1,400 tons of material.

From July 2020 to June 2021, the

Club: Continued from Page 12 To date, the city has spent approximately $784,632 on facility improvements, according to ClearGov.com.

The budget is based on the concepts outlined in the Former Milton Country Club Master Plan. Phase 1 includes improvements to the building. The second

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facility collected approximately 1,407 tons of material, and from July 2019 to June 2020, about 1,658.50 tons, according to Bennet.

It includes glass, fluorescent lightbulbs, molded Styrofoam, items that are at least 50 percent metal, tires, vegetable oil and books. Some of the books, Belmonte said, are donated directly to Friends of the Roswell Library, a nonprofit service organization dedicated to supporting literacy in the community.

Belmonte said other materials, like No. 1 plastics found in Coke and juice bottles, are turned into fleece and even carpet.

“Georgia is the number 1 in the world for the carpet industry,” Belmonte said. “So, think about how we’re contributing directly to our state’s economy every time we recycle. That is really cool to me.”

Belmonte said the Roswell Recycling Center is operated by seven city staff and several community service workers who mostly visit the site on Fridays and Saturdays. She added that two months ago, the facility invested in a new baler, which can handle a little over 1,200 pounds of material.

“This machine takes our materials, cubes and compresses it and ties it up,” Belmonte said. “Then, our forklift will remove it from the machine, and we’ll weigh the materials and put it into one of the trailers before sending it off with the vendor. … This is a huge deal for us to have a brand-new piece of machinery that’s so key to our operation.”

Until March 2020, the center had been open to non-residents, but after shutting down for two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it re-opened exclusively to Roswell residents and businesses, free of charge. Only some

phase recommends an initial expansion to the existing building, and phase 3 outlines additiaons and improvements to the building, pool and tennis courts for a total estimated cost of $3.02 million.

Mayor Peyton Jamison said while it’s been a long road, he’s glad to finally be able to present the completed project to the community.

“I know back in 2018 when this was first purchased it was a dilapidated building and an old crusty pool, and people

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Workers at the Roswell Recycling Center on Maxwell Road unload a resident’s car on April 16. The facility accepts a variety of materials from plastic and glass to motor oil and appliances. materials, such as liquid paint, require a fee. Additionally, residents have access to curbside recycling and yard waste pickup through the city’s contract with Waste Management.

Belmonte said she encourages everyone who’s interested in improving their recycling efforts to establish a routine and to be wary of contamination, which occurs when materials are not properly cleaned and reduces or eliminates the quality of the recyclable.

In recent years, some collection programs have either stopped altogether, tightened the list of materials they accept or simply hauled recyclables to landfills or incineration facilities because too much of the material they were receiving was contaminated.

Roswell’s website states the city is currently exploring options to partner with neighboring cities to expand the services of the Roswell Recycling Center, but no additional information is available at this time. Belmonte reiterated how unique it is for Roswell to have its own recycling center.

“I think it’s just how each city decides to spend their money,” Belmonte said. “This was the route that [Roswell] decided to take back in 1998 when it was first discussed.”

The Roswell Recycling Center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 11570 Maxwell Road in Alpharetta. A full list of recyclable items can be found at roswellgov. com/RecyclingCenter.

were like, ‘What are y’all doing?’” Jamison said. “Maybe I had those same thoughts at some point, but we’re here, we had a vision, we had a goal and … this is going to be our crown jewel.”

The Milton City Council is expected to vote on a new name for the former country club in the coming weeks.

In November, the city opened the Lackey Road greenspace, which was also purchased in 2018 using a portion of the greenspace bond.

The property is a 106-acre natural preserve that sits in southwest Milton off a remote gravel road easily accessible from Arnold Mill Road. It features a 1.5-mile loop trail, plus a roughly .3-mile trail that goes to Sweet Apple Road as well as a bubbling creek, flourishing flora and wildlife, and a picturesque lake.

The Wolff family, which owned the property for more than seven decades, sold it to the city in hopes of preserving and protecting it from development.

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Fulton County Development Authority OKs tax break for ‘Project Lemon Lime’ FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Development Authority of Fulton County approved a revenue bond inducement April 13 for a possible medical device manufacturing site to come to Johns Creek.

The company behind the development is not named in Development Authority agendas, and the project is referred to only as “Project Lemon Lime.” The new site would be located at 11650 Johns Creek Parkway just off McGinnis Ferry Road. Plans call for the existing building to be torn down to make way for a new facility that would be between 180,000 and 238,000 square feet.

The inducement will grant the compa-

ny a 10-year tax abatement, estimated to total between $55 million and $75 million.

The project proposes to retain 275- 50 existing jobs and create 225 new permanent jobs. The overall economic impact of the project is estimated to be more than $1.3 billion.

The company already has a presence in Fulton County and operates outside of Georgia, according to Development Authority. The project is noted to be “highly competitive,” with the company also currently pursuing other locations across the United States for the new facility.

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Dunwoody day care owner indicted in death of 4-month-old, other abuse

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — A 46-year-old Dunwoody woman and former day care owner was indicted April 19 on 20 counts in connection to the death of a 4-month-old left in her care and other evidence of child abuse, officials said.

According to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, Amanda Hickey was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, seven counts of first-degree cruelty to children, two counts of second-degree cruelty to children, three counts of simple battery and seven counts of reckless conduct.

Officials said the charges stem from the Feb. 2, 2021, death of a 4-monthold boy, who was found unresponsive in his crib at Hickey’s “Little Lovey” home day care center on Leisure Lane in Dunwoody.

Video evidence indicated the baby had been placed on his stomach to sleep and was left unattended for more than two hours before he was found. Officials said further investi-

gation revealed alleged abuses against six other children in the day care center ranging from 6 months to 16 months old.

Investigators also noted that the day care center was licensed to care for a HICKEY maximum of six children, but on the date of the alleged incidents, it was at nearly double capacity. Following the baby’s death, the state ordered an emergency closure of Hickey’s facility. It is not longer in operation.

Hickey’s case will now be assigned to a DeKalb County Superior Court Judge and later set for trial. The case is being prosecuted by the District Attorney’s Sexual Exploitation and Crimes Against Children Unit.

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Backpack Buddies adds partners to help more kids

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 in 6 Georgia children were food insecure, according to Feeding America, a national organization that tracks childhood hunger.

Children experiencing food insecurity are lacking basic nutrition and are not sure where their next meal will come from. They are often receiving two meals a day from their schools, but on the weekends, food can be harder to come by.

Ronald and Samra Robbins launched Backpack Buddies in 2011 to help eliminate the issue. While they were serving as board members at their synagogue in Savannah, they learned about rampant food insecurity among children in their area.

Joined by four friends, they began by packing weekend meals for eight local children. It took off from there. By the time they moved to Dunwoody in 2017, they were feeding 150 children weekly at four different schools in Savannah.

Now, Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta, with newly minted nonprofit status, is serving 1,000 children each week through a network of more than a dozen synagogues, churches and community organizations.

The groups partner with school counselors, social workers and principals to identify students in need.

Then they purchase and package food which is distributed to the children on Fridays.

Originally, the six weekend meals were sent home with the kids in backpacks, hence the name Backpack Buddies, but over the course of the pandemic, the organization opted to send the food home in disposable packaging to limit the spread of germs.

Each child’s weekend food package includes five proteins, two vegetables, two fruits, two servings of juice, two breakfast items and three snacks, totaling 16 single-serve non-perishable food items.

The costs of this food and the space it takes up, can limit local organizations in their ability to feed children regularly, Ronald Robbins said. “So, we thought, ‘What if we can eliminate the space issue by doing just-in-time inventory?’”

Enter Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta’s new storefront and beta program.

In early February, BPBMA moved into a storefront in Williamsburg in Dunwoody between the UPS store and E. 48th Street Market.

Each child’s weekend food package includes five proteins, two vegetables, two fruits, two servings of juice, two breakfast items and three snacks, totaling 16 single-serve non-perishable food items.

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Samra and Ronald Robbins hold hands in front of Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta’s mission and vision statements in their Dunwoody storefront April 22. The pair brought the organization to Dunwoody in 2017 which now feeds 1,000 children weekend meals every week.

The site provides a central location for all the food to be stored and sorted for the participating organizations so they can just pick up the food before packaging it and taking it to the schools.

Right now, six participating organizations are taking part in a beta program where food is sorted and stored in the Dunwoody building and picked up on Wednesdays.

The pilot program started about two weeks ago, Robbins said, and will run until the end of the school year in mid-May. Since being awarded 501(c)3 nonprofit status in early April, Robbins said the organization hopes to receive more donations to help cover the costs of food.

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The nonprofit is managed by Robbins and six other board members including a local real estate agent, lawyer, financial expert and former nonprofit director who are all supported by Robbins’ wife of 53 years, Samra, and their part-time facilities manager Jonathan.

But in order for Backpack Buddies to continue to grow, Robbins said, they need more community support from the Dunwoody City Council and local organizations in the form of individual monetary and in-kind donations and volunteers.

The board is planning to host a ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Dunwoody storefront in mid-June to celebrate Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta’s growth. A website is also under construction to provide a central location for information on the nonprofit and a way to order food for kids in need.

Ronald has been working seven days a week for months now, Samra says. Like the Backpack Buddies slogan says, “Because hunger doesn’t take the weekend off.”

For more information on Backpack Buddies of Metro Atlanta and to find out how to volunteer and donate, contact Ronald Robbins by calling 912-2726245 or emailing ronaldrobbins034@gmail.com.

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Sometimes, it makes sense to join the pack A song popped into my head the other day.

“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.

Let’s do it; let’s fall in love.”

What triggered this Cole Porter tune (I recommend the Alanis Morissette rendition.) was the turmoil I encountered recently trying to PAT FOX get the agenda packet for the ForManaging Editor syth County Board of Commissionpat@appenmedia.com ers meeting before its 5 p.m. start.

Here’s why it matters: Most local governments follow an agenda when their elected officials conduct business.

Along with the official agenda is a packet that provides background information on each agenda item. It gives elected officials and the public important details about the scope and history of the item up for consideration.

An agenda item may include a request to rezone a parcel from low-density residential to commercial.

That’s pretty cut and dried.

What you don’t know

But, what the agenda won’t tell you is that the parcel is bordered on all sides by low-density housing with 1-acre lots, or that the parcel runs along a portion of Smith Road that may not support increased traffic from commercial development. It probably won’t tell you that the local planning commission voted against the rezoning and that scores of residents have signed petitions against it.

That kind of information would likely be in the packet.

That’s why agenda packets are important. They arm residents with the background they need to understand whether a pending decision may affect them or their quality of life. Residents may want to offer their thoughts to their commissioner about a measure before – not after – it comes up for a vote.

The earlier those packets are made available to the public, the better.

Most Metro Atlanta cities and counties make agenda packets available days in advance of meetings, usually at least three days ahead.

Roswell does it, Alpharetta does it, Milton does it, Johns Creek does it.

Even Gwinnett, Fulton, DeKalb and Cherokee counties do it.

Forsyth County doesn’t.

Rookie in the packet biz

It was only last October that Forsyth County began posting agenda packets online at all. It took them two years and more than $67,000 in software to do it, according to information obtained through an Open Records request. Officials originally estimated having the online packet system in place by late 2019. That’s well before the pandemic shut things down.

Last October, when the system launched, Forsyth County officials hailed it in a press release as “another resource to have a transparent government.”

That’s a bit of an overstatement if the packet isn’t published online until three hours before a meeting, like it was April 7, or five hours before the April 21 meeting.

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Like all other government bodies, Forsyth County has an organizational chart. At the very top, right above the “Board of Commissioners,” you’ll find one listing in big, bold type. It says: “Citizens of Forsyth County.”

At the April 26 commission work session, scheduled for 2 p.m., the packet wasn’t available by late morning.

The agenda itself included contract awards for well over a million bucks. It might interest taxpayers to know a little something about all that money.

If a resident learns of a significant issue mere hours before the County Commission is scheduled to decide it, he or she would be hard pressed to ask the boss to leave work early, arrange for childcare and navigate rush hour traffic to arrive before the gavel falls.

Gwinnett County has posted its agenda packets online for over 10 years. Residents have access on Fridays to background information about their Board of Commissioners meetings four days ahead of the Tuesday morning work session and evening business session.

Gwinnett County Communications Director Joe Sorenson told me the commission felt it was important for residents to have a heads up on matters that might affect them.

“We do want to give people as much time as possible,” Sorenson said.

It’s not always easy to sew up all the details by the Friday deadline.

“Some go down to the wire,” he said.

And, sometimes, issues pop up at the last minute that require commissioners and staff to announce updates to the packet during the meeting, Sorenson said.

But those cases are rare.

Fulton County posts its agenda packet online the Friday before the County Commission’s Wednesday meeting – five days in advance.

A silent response

Forsyth County Commissioner Todd Levent raised the issue of agenda packets at the April 7 business meeting, suggesting they should be moved up in priority to give residents a better opportunity to plan ahead for matters they’d like to speak on. He suggested a 24hour window to start with.

No other commissioners weighed in.

Not one.

Forsyth County Manager Kevin Tanner explained that some measures require last-minute updates, and rounding up details from different departments can delay finalizing an agenda packet. By all accounts, Tanner is a capable county manager, and his staff works hard to provide the county with the best service tax money can buy.

But, staff could probably do more to inform the public about details of commission meetings if elected officials considered it worth the time, staffing or money it would take.

While Forsyth County has distinguished itself for its near-comatose approach to publishing agenda packets, it does one thing as well as any other county.

Like most local governments, Forsyth County has an organizational chart. It is among the best. Search online for: Forsyth County, ga. organizational chart.

Go way up to the very top, right above the “Board of Commissioners.” There, you’ll find one listing in big, bold type.

It says: “Citizens of Forsyth County.”

I’m thinking that’s an overstatement, too.

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PRESERVING THE PAST

In Memoriam

Floyd Arena

Floyd Arena, age 69, will be remembered as a loving, protective and spirited patriarch to his family and friends. He passed away on April 18, 2022, with his family at his side after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he is survived by his wife, Eileen Arena, and daughters: Vicki Noto and husband, Sal Noto; Kelly Arena and spouse, Amy Arena; Lauren Arena, and his son, Floyd Arena, and wife, Danielle Arena, all living in Cumming, GA. Also surviving are his sisters: Anna Attard of NY; Francis O’Beirne of NJ; Carol Franco and husband Ronnie of NY; Florence Garofalo and husband John of FL; and brother Frank Arena of Alpharetta, GA. Floyd has been blessed with 8 grandchildren ages 5 through 21, who he loved unconditionally.

Floyd was a man who could reinvent himself whether for necessity’s sake or pure desire for new challenges. He retired from the NYPD, then entered Wall Street working with computers and escalated to EVP of IT for major financial and international institutions, took a new direction away from WS and worked for such companies as Sesame Street, and Estee Lauder, Inc. In his

later yrs., he took a new direction working for Fulton and Forsyth County school systems. Classic cars and collecting sports memorabilia were his passion, listening to music from the 50’s -70’s and all country music was his greatest enjoyment.

Floyd earnestly strived to know all individuals he encountered on a daily basis, whether the baker in Publix, the server in a restaurant, or the neighborhood landscapers was his moral and ethical responsibility, more simply, his personality.

The family will receive friends Monday, April 25, 2022 from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm and from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at McDonald and Son Funeral Home. Good Shepherd Catholic Church will host his funeral service Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 11:00 am.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St Jude Children’s Hospital in memory of Floyd Arena or to The Good Shepherd Catholic Church.

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Moments in time

By BOB MEYERS

As I was driving on Mayfield Road in mid-April, it was impossible to miss the bright orange silt fences marking future boundaries on a large field at the corner of Bethany Road. I knew that this was the farm of J.L. and Helen (Cochran) English and that they had raised three boys there, Tim, Mark and Paul. I suspected that the near century old house and red barn on the property that I had admired for years were not long for this world, and as a lover of old barns, I knew I had found my first column.

J.L. (1919 – 2017) grew up in Henry County and attended Piedmont College where he played basketball and baseball. He joined the Army after Pearl Harbor and played baseball for the 3rd Army throughout World War ll. Helen (1925-2019) grew up in the Birmingham Community in Milton and attended Milton High School. She met J.L. on a blind date and the two were married in 1947. They purchased their farm on Mayfield Road in 1953.

J.L. devoted his career to the Greyhound Bus Company as a driver and instructor. He was a keen observer of how people lived in the small towns and large cities he visited, and he knew what he wanted to do after his retirement: be a farmer and work from morning to night tending his crops and caring for his animals.

In 1953. a farm on Mayfield Road went up for sale. It had a comfortable house, a barn, three chicken houses and several sheds on 34 acres – just perfect for J.L. and Helen. The property

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had changed hands several times over the decades. William David (1879 – 1965), William T. Broadwell (1892-1961) and Henry Buice (1898-1942) and their wives had worked the farm and raised their families on the property.

Initially, J.L went into the chicken business, keeping about 6,000 of them at a time until the late 1950s. One of the chicken houses and the now-empty home were still there when I visited the property in April.

In the 1960s, J.L. raised hogs. He fed them corn that he raised on the farm until they weighed 250 pounds.

Then he would load 40 to 50 of them into his 2-ton Dodge truck and take them to a hog buyer in nearby Lathamtown in Cherokee County. He would return home, load up again and repeat the process.

J.L. also raised Hereford cattle, a sturdy breed known for their high-quality meat. His newborn calves weighed about 70 pounds. J.L. sold them in about six months when they grew to approximately 375 pounds when weaned.

There is much more to tell about J.L., his family and his farm. We will leave that for a future column. Suffice it to say that it was people like J.L and Helen who helped shape the character of Milton and the adjacent towns of Alpharetta and Roswell.

Patricia McDonnell, 73, of Roswell, passed away April 15, 2022. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Milton, and its surrounding area, has a fascinating yet little known history. However, with a little effort, we find that great stories abound about the people who came before us and what they accomplished to prepare the way for our generation.

This new column is based on the premise that history is important and that there is a natural connection between history and newspapers. After all, newspapers chronicle much of what future generations will know about us.

Our goal is to make the column interesting as well as informative. We welcome your comments and suggestions. So, let’s begin.

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Then Donna talks about how to handle turbulence, whether it’s on a plane or in a family. It’s a serious, sentimental segment. So naturally, we go straight from there into why one pod peep “is 99% sure she saw the beaver.”

The show ends with an interview that you may have heard before. Or at least, you may recognize the voices. Watch for the changes and try to keep up. Then write your own plinko and send it our way. 7704646024.

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PURPOSE Restaurant Consumption on Premises Liquor, Beer, Wine & Sunday Sales

PURPOSE Restaurant Consumption on Premises Beer, Wine & Sunday Sales

APPLICANT Palm 78 Inc. 5325 Windward Parkway Suite 102 Alpharetta, GA 30004

APPLICANT Sulit Coffee & Wine Bar, LLC 4150 Old Milton Parkway Suite 120 Alpharetta, GA 30005

APPLICANT Anjana 2, Inc. d/b/a Pista House 5530 Winward Parkway Suite C310 Alpharetta, GA 30004

APPLICANT VinoRita, LLC 3910 1st Street Space K2 Alpharetta, GA 30009

Owners Palm 78 Inc.

Owners Sulit Coffee & Wine Bar, LLC

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New podcast this week The Georgia Politics Podcast Sine Die Recap Jam packed episode of The Georgia Politics Podcast as the crew recaps the major bills that survived Sine Die, and the ones that did not.

Bills included in the conversation are the late night trans sports amendment which passed; gambling legislation which once again fails to hit the floor; a tax cut which gradually lowers the state’s income tax rate from 5.75% to 4.99%; the abortion pill bill that failed to reach the floor; the GBI elections bill which gives the GBI stronger police powers over elections; the mental health bill signing; teacher and state employee raises; and a bill that would have approved a ballot amendment asking voters to approve pay raises for legislators.

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