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July 28, 2022 | AppenMedia.com | An Appen Media Group Publication | Ser ving the community since 1976
Friends, family commemorate local woman’s 100th birthday By LUKE GARDNER newsroom@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — July 20 was a big day for Dunwoody resident Doris Minor Martin. More than two dozen friends and family gathered at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Helen Martin, to celebrate her 100th birthday on Wednesday, July 20. During the party, which ran most of the late afternoon, Doris blew out her candles at around 4 p.m. while surrounded by smiling guests. Throughout the party she opened gifts, most of them books and photographs. “I am really proud of her for making it to 100,” said Doris’ daughter Jan Hamil-
ton. Doris has lived in Dunwoody for almost five years after moving in with Jim and Helen, who have lived in the area for decades. She was born in 1922 in Frayser, Tennessee, which is now part of Memphis. Upon graduating high school, she took a job at a local bank. It was there that she saw the name James Martin on a list of deceased and missing soldiers. After 9 to 10 months as a German war prisoner,
See CELEBRATES, Page 5 Doris Minor Martin sits between her daughter Jan Hamilton, at left, and her daughter-in-law Helen Martin.
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Dunwoody residents up in arms about multiuse paths By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Some Dunwoody residents are up in arms about the city’s planned construction of multiuse paths along its major corridors, though City Council members say the concerns are being addressed. The city has four major path projects in the pipeline. The first, a 12-foot multiuse trail
along Winters Chapel Road, is under construction and set for completion in the spring. The other proposed projects include similar paths along Peeler Road and the northern section of Tilly Mill Road, and either a trail or sidewalk along the southern portion of Tilly Mill. Residents say the 12-foot paths would be a liability, rather than an asset, to the community. Some worry hundreds of trees may be cut down to
make way for the paths, while others say putting cyclists and pedestrians together on the path could create safety hazards. Frank O’Neill, a resident of the Briers North neighborhood just off Tilly Mill Road, said he and neighbors conducted a tree survey on the north end of Tilly Mill and found 330 were in the right of way needed to construct a multiuse trail. At the same time, the City Council has been discussing an
ordinance to protect the city’s trees, though the matter was tabled in June. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense to be
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