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The Milton Planning Commission hears an application for townhomes on Five Acre Road June 4.

Planning board votes against Five Acre Road townhomes

By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — After pushback from the community, the Milton Planning Commission voted not to recommend approval of a proposed plat for townhomes on Five Acre Road at its June 4 meeting.

The preliminary plat goes against the traditional density of Five Acre Road,

which is known for lots sized 5 acres or more, with one single-family home.

The 1.88 acres and 1.97 acres at Ga. 9 and Five Acre Road is owned by developer, Epic Design & Build, LLC. The developer seeks to subdivide 3.87 acres at 265 Five Acre Road into 20-unit townhomes with a density of no more than 10,000 square feet per acre.

The land is a part of four parcels

adjacent to Ga. 9, which are included in the 9 North Vision Plan, established to set future use of the parcels along the road.

In 2013, property owners in and around Five Acre Road, the City of Milton and a facilitator from the Georgia Institute of Technology worked together to create the plan.

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MILTON, Ga. — The Milton Fire Department has achieved a oneminute reduction in its average response BENMOUSSA time, according to Fire Chief Gabriel Benmoussa.

Speaking at the June 2 City Council meeting, Benmoussa gave a presentation of the 2024 fire annual report. The report details technologydriven efficiencies and enhanced community risk reduction services and education.

Benmoussa’s department includes four fire stations, with a fifth on the way. Just a little over 50 firefighters serve the city.

In 2024, the department answered 3,558 calls, which included 1,842 EMS calls, 1,622 public service calls and 94 fire calls. The average response time for these calls was 6 minutes and 10 seconds, a decrease from 2023’s average of 7 minutes and 10 seconds.

“We had about $1.7 million in property loss. That is a very conservative estimate,” Benmoussa said. “But we also saved about $1.46 million in properties.”

The property lost and saved only accounts for structure fires.

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Burglars smash wall at Milton gas station MILTON, Ga. — Police responded to a burglary at the Chevron on 13201 Deerfield Parkway May 30.

Officers met with a friend of the manager, who stated that he noticed the store had been burglarized when he arrived at 6 a.m. that morning.

The officers found the back door open with a large hole in the concrete siding. Officers suspect that the burglars used a tool like a sledgehammer to create the hole and enter the building.

Police cleared the building and contacted on-call detectives to respond to the scene.

The owner soon arrived with video surveillance on his cellphone.

The video reportedly shows two males wearing ski masks enter the business at approximately 2:04 a.m.

May 29. The video also showed the same suspects outside the front of the store earlier, at approximately 1:10 a.m.

Dispatch reported to the police officers that no alarms had been called overnight, and no suspicious persons or vehicles were reported.

The investigation was turned over to the Criminal Investigations Division.

— Sarah Coyne

Contractor reports items taken from residence MILTON, Ga. — A general contractor who works at a home reported a burglary incident to police officers on May 30 at approximately 10:30 a.m.

The contractor told police that he was contacted by one of his employees, who noticed signs of a forced entry into

the home and multiple tools missing.

Police observed small pry marks along three windows in the garage. A window to the right of the front door and left of the garage also had pry marks and the window lock broken.

The last employee left the property at approximately 7:45 p.m. May 29 and did not notice any damage.

Another employee told police that he was the first one to discover the burglary at approximately 7:55 a.m. He told police that he noticed the garage door was lifted halfway up and that multiple tools were missing.

Six items were reportedly stolen from the residence, all belonging to an employee of the contractor. The items include two sliding miter saws, two portable corded jobsite table saws with folding stands, an orbital saw, an orbital sander and a paint sprayer. The missing items are worth $3,423 in total.

Officers canvassed the area and gave the contractor a case card.

— Sarah Coyne

Man reports money stolen from truck MILTON, Ga. — A man called police after he believed that someone may have followed him to steal money May 31.

Through translation from his coworkers, the man stated that around 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. he went to Wells Fargo on 2055 Cobb Drive in Marietta to retrieve $9,000 in $100 bills. He placed the money in the center console of his truck, then went to get lunch at La Finca Carniceria Tortilleria on 2085 Cobb Drive.

The man arrived at a home on Haley Pass to meet with his coworkers to pay them at approximately 11:10 a.m. While in the garage, the man heard what sounded like a car door being shut.

When he looked outside, he noticed a white SUV in the grass next to his truck. The SUV then backed out of the driveway and left the home.

The man checked his car

immediately and noticed the money was gone. He did not observe a license plate or suspects but told police that he saw the same SUV at the Wells Fargo, and conjectured that he may have been followed.

Police observed fresh tire marks in the grass. Police also lifted prints from the center console.

Police canvassed the area and attempted to use Flock license plate reader cameras to find suspect vehicles.

— Sarah Coyne

Thieves take materials from shuttered business ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police are investigating the theft of $760,000 in building materials, including copper and electronics, from the former Studio Movie Grill at 2880 Holcomb Bridge Road.

An officer said he spoke with a Kimco Realty contractor May 26 outside the building who said he heard voices coming from the building when he arrived. After further inspection, he told the officer he found no one inside.

Officers searched the building with the contractor, who showed them where copper wire and electronics had been forcibly removed.

According to the contractor, around $360,000 in copper and $400,000 in electronics had been stolen from various areas. He said his team first noticed the theft May 23 after unidentified people started a fire behind the building.

The officer said he contacted the property manager who sent him photos of the areas where materials were removed. Evidence at the scene includes a McDonald’s receipt, a battery with a fingerprint on it and latex gloves.

The officer said he notified the Criminal Investigations Division about the burglary.

According to the latest reports, no suspect has been identified.

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Commissioners reappoint chair for Registration and Elections Board

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners reappointed Sherri Allen as chairwoman of the Registration and Elections Board in a 5-2 vote along party lines at its June 4 meeting.

Allen is a practicing Sandy Springs attorney and an active community member, sitting on city and local nonprofit boards. She also works as a legal assistance manager for The Warrior Alliance.

Commissioners approved her nomination unanimously last July during a special-called meeting before the 2024 election. At the time, elected officials on both sides of the aisle spoke positively about Allen’s confirmation.

Less than a year later, the board’s two Republican commissioners voted against her renomination to a new two-year term.

At a May 21 meeting, commissioners voted unanimously to confirm the Fulton County Democratic Party’s two nominees, Douglass Selby to replace Aaron Johnson and the reappointment of

Teresa K. Smith Crawford.

Moments later, commissioners failed to appoint current board member Julie Adams and Jason Frazier, the Fulton County Republican Party’s nominees, in a 5-2 vote along party lines.

At that May meeting, District 5 County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. took issue with the move.

“This is not about partisan politics for me … maybe it is for some,” Arrington said. “The problem we have in this country is the far right and the far left, the solutions are in the middle.”

Arrington said he thinks the Democratic nominees, Selby and Crawford, are in the center but inferred Adams and Frazier are on the “far right.”

District 4 County Commissioner Mo Ivory said Adams sowed “discord and chaos” when she refused to certify the county’s primary results last year. Ivory also read off comments from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger about the county’s well-run 2024 election, saying she can work with some Republicans.

Democratic commissioners made similar comments about Frazier, saying he has “an egregious record of voter suppression.” Frazier characterizes his work as “fighting for election integrity,” showing one of the stark divides in American politics.

Two weeks after failing to appoint all four regular members of the board, Republican commissioners told their Democratic colleagues that they could not support Allen’s reappointment.

District 1 County Commissioner Bridget Thorne, representing east North Fulton, said she supported Allen’s nomination last year but has issues with her as chair.

“I ran on transparency in our elections, and it has been all but transparent,” Thorne said. “To have trust in our elections, we need transparency, and that’s exactly what Sherri Allen has not done.”

Thorne said she spoke and met with Allen when she was nominated.

After confirmation, she said Allen stopped taking her calls.

Thorne said both sides of the aisle contribute to lawsuits and public uncertainty about elections.

County Commissioner Arrington, who abstained from Allen’s confirmation vote last year, said his focus is on ensuring county boards have the staff they need.

“Commissioner Thorne, I actually found something that we agree on,” Arrington said, cracking a smile.

“Because our boards need to be compliant with our rules. So, I agree.

I hear the allegations that are being made regarding Ms. Allen, but we need to address a bigger problem.”

Arrington then brought up other county boards, which he alleged do not follow established rules and procedures. As a suggestion, Arrington said the county should hire an officer in the County Attorney’s Office to ensure board compliance.

As far as his comments at the last board meeting, when two Republicans nominees were denied confirmation, Arrington said he hopes he didn’t

offend or call anyone names.

“I want to see people in the center on both sides … closer to the center than in the fringes,” Arrington said.

“That being said, some people are obstructionists. And some people will add so many questions that they prevent the people from doing the work they have.”

The problems, Arrington said, are with the county’s processes and systems.

Thorne and Arrington said they are both glad to have found common ground.

“I would love to pursue some sort of compliance officer, I think it will save on litigation … and pay for itself,” Thorne said. “I do believe it’s processes and systems, and I’m all about process.”

Ellis, the other Republican commissioner, struck a different tone.

“I have no ill will toward Ms. Allen, and I do thank her for her service and willingness to serve,” Ellis said. “But I would rather us take some time and identify a person who we think could move this board further in a greater fashion, and I’m not going to be supportive of the nominee today.”

Ellis said the remarks about Registration and Elections Board nominees were “really unfortunate.”

“All of these people are wellintentioned citizens who are looking to play a civic role in the right manner,” he said. “But this persistent issue — with the challenges with our elections — it just goes on and on … it’s tiresome.”

Ellis, who’s served as a commissioner for 11 years, said there have been consistent questions about the Registration and Elections Board’s funding and spending plan.

“I felt like we fell short on that for a number of years. We’ve made some incremental progress, I want to acknowledge that,” he said. “In many ways, our elections are significantly better than where they were, but ultimately transparency is our friend.”

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GDOT, Peach State Partners advance Ga. 400 express lanes

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com METRO ATLANTA — A year from now, commuters in North Fulton may begin seeing familiar orange barrels lining Ga. 400 regularly.

Just as the major I-285/Ga. 400 interchange project is wrapping up in Sandy Springs, Georgia DOT is poised to begin work on a 16-mile express lanes project along Ga. 400 from North Springs MARTA station north to southern Forsyth County next summer, just as Atlanta prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup from June 15-July 15. The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce estimates some 300,000 people will visit the city for eight games.

Already, GDOT contractors are scheduling several overnight lane closures this summer to perform roadwork activities on sections of the Ga. 400 the express lanes project.

Substantial competition of the estimated $4.6 billion express lanes project is expected in 2031. The major mobility improvement project has a minimum five-year construction timeline.

The State Transportation Board selected SR 400 Peach State Partners as the project’s private-sector partner last August setting up an expected financial closure within 12 months.

In November, GDOT and the State Road and Toll Authority signed agreements and reached commercial close with Peach State Partners, signifying a key milestone in projects with public-private partnerships.

The project’s timeline is subject to change as the developer advances final design concepts, obtains the necessary financing and begins permitting. In the last few months, GDOT says it has continued to purchase necessary right of way.

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A map shows plans for the Ga. 400 Express Lanes project, running some 16 miles from North Springs MARTA station in Sandy Springs to just north of MacFarland Parkway in southern Forsyth County.

with GDOT with more than 200 employees in Metro Atlanta.

The Ga. 400 project will add new express lanes in both directions from the North Springs MARTA station Park & Ride (Exit 5C) in Sandy Springs to about 1 mile north of McFarland Parkway (Exit 12) in Forsyth County.

There will be two express lanes in each direction between the North Springs station and McGinnis Ferry Road in Alpharetta, switching to a single lane north to the project limits in south Forsyth County.

According to GDOT’s May 2025 fact sheet, the express lanes will operate like others in Georgia with dynamic congestion pricing based on traffic conditions.

The corridor will be widened as part of the project

with the express lanes running along the median of the state highway, like those along I-75 south of Atlanta.

The state is also investing $100 million for parts of the planned MARTA bus rapid transit (BRT) line, which will ride for free in the express lanes. The BRT line is designed to run north from the North Springs station to a planned MARTA Park & Ride and transit-oriented development at Windward Parkway in Alpharetta.

GDOT says SR 400 Peach State Partners is providing MARTA with $26 million to build the bus rapid transit lanes. Peach State Partners is also set to build two BRT stations at Holcomb Bridge Road and near North Point Mall with additional access to the North Springs station and Windward Parkway.

The interchanges for BRT stations are expected to have slip ramps throughout the corridor and some direct express lane connections to existing highway exits like Holcomb Bridge Road.

Speaking at the May 20 Envision Perimeter gathering at the King building, GDOT Commissioner Russell McMurray said ongoing mobility investments will make Central Perimeter and the surrounding region thrive.

After more than seven years of construction delays and orange cones, the I-285 and Ga. 400 interchange project is all but wrapped up. The redesigned interchange covered some 12 lane miles at an estimated cost of $800 million.

“We’re going to give you a reprieve from orange barrels for a little bit,” McMurray said. “Enjoy the Transform 285/400 for now … there’s more investment coming in future mobility that will continue to make this Perimeter Center thrive economically and competitively.”

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Enchanted Forest at The Village focuses on keeping customer base Tariff uncertainty adds wrinkle to longtime Dunwoody gift shop

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Elizabeth Morris and her mom, Kay Underwood, had some free time on their hands and opened a small gift shop in a small Gwinnett County city in 2005.

Now in its 20th year, The Enchanted Forest is in the back right corner of the Dunwoody Hall shopping center at 5580 Chamblee Road.

Morris said she opened the Village location in 2008, right around the time Dunwoody was incorporating. The Gwinnett native said opening a business in her hometown of Metro Atlanta keeps lots of friends from high school and college in her life.

Most of the employees are nearby residents as well, which lets the shop follow up with customers they know by name.

“Because we are a small business, we have the opportunity to really get know our customers,” Morris said. “That does make a difference.”

The shop sells a variety of gifts, candles, dinnerware, bags for every season, baby gifts, books and Mahjong tiles of every size, style and color. If you’re looking for a specific brand, The Enchanted Forest probably has it.

“We had two stores for a little while and then closed down the second store and just focused on our Dunwoody location,” Morris said. “Initially, I opened it as a part of a corporate gift business … and then realized we needed a little more space and opened a storefront.”

The Gwinnett location shuttered around 2010 because of significant construction slowing foot traffic in the area, making it hard to access the space. Around that time, The Enchanted Forest firmly planted its roots in Dunwoody, operating the single storefront through the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic.

“We still do some corporate gifts for companies … we help them create a unique gift to send to their clients and then send it out, usually around the holidays,” Morris said. “For the most part, we’re just a regular little gift store, and we try to carry unique brands at a good price point.”

Today, the shop ships some items to out-ofstate customers and specializes in its face-to-face customer service with gift wrapping, holiday specials and all the top brands.

Morris and Underwood, the mother-daughter duo behind The Enchanted Forest, are teachers by trade.

Before she opened the first location, Morris said she chose the name of the business because she wanted to open a children’s bookstore.

“We love talking to people and visiting with people,” Morris said. “She offered to help because I

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Kay Underwood and Elizabeth Morris are a motherdaughter duo who own The Enchanted Forest within the Dunwoody Hall shopping center, selling home décor and uniquely themed gifts.

needed somebody else, it takes more than one person to get things up and going.”

She said her father — a financial planner and accountant — suggested expanding the store’s merchandise to draw in a larger demographic.

While many department stores and corporate retailers have stopped complimentary wrapping and packaging, The Enchanted Forest wants its customers to walk out the door with a gift they can hand to someone.

“Our goal is for the customers who come in to find something unique for whoever they’re gifting to,” Morris said. “We offer the giftwrap, so they don’t have to go somewhere else. It’s one less step that the customer has to take.”

Morris said she thinks customers get value from coming into a brick-and-mortar shop, perusing merchandise and selecting something they can touch and see.

Like other local retailers and small business owners, the on-again, off-again tariffs are impacting The Enchanted Forest. In the first week of June, Morris said there’s a lot of uncertainty.

“A lot of our vendors have already implemented significant price increases across the board, in addition some of our vendors are charging us tariffs on top of the price increase,” she said. “It’s hard for people because money is tight, not everyone has a lot of expendable income right now.”

Because the gift shop usually has its price points set by manufacturers and vendors, the family-owned business doesn’t usually have the flexibility to change prices.

“It’s been a pretty big increase for a small business,” Morris said. “We try to partner with other small businesses, people who make their own

Gifts celebrating Georgia, Atlanta and Dunwoody sit on display at The Enchanted Forest, a small business within the Dunwoody Hall shopping center off Chamblee Dunwoody Road. A mother-daughter duo from Gwinnett County, Elizabeth Morris and Kay Underwood, opened the shop within the Village in 2008. products, and the tariff surcharges for them have caused some of them to go out of business or really reduce what they can produce.”

As a result, The Enchanted Forest is adjusting its purchasing to reduce order volume in some cases.

Morris said she thinks small businesses are bearing the brunt of tariffs and trade uncertainty.

“We have a lot of vendors who say, ‘we can no longer absorb the tariffs,’” Morris said. “At the same time, they aren’t necessarily in effect, but they’re still passing [the surcharge or price increase] onto us regardless of what comes of the tariffs.”

Trying to predict where things may go, Morris said she thinks the price increases will stay but hopefully the tariff surcharges go away as trade disputes cool.

“Having been in business for a long time, it tends to level out,” she said. “We try and seek out the smaller vendors who are trying to feed their families, and those are the companies that we do our best to continue to support because it does make a difference.”

Morris said she thinks there are similarities between the business environment during the pandemic and the current tariff situation.

“This time we’re still able to get product, during COVID we couldn’t get much product because so many things were shut down,” she said. “Companies are trying to figure out what they can do to pivot how their businesses are run to be able to adapt and adjust.”

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MS is a chronic disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the central nervous system—the brain and spinal cord. MS often worsens over time, leading to disability and reduced life expectancy. Common symptoms include fatigue, difficulty walking, balance problems, and cognitive impairment—issues that severely impact quality of life.

In recent years, the importance of gut health in overall wellness has come into focus. We now frequently hear about the “gut-skin,” “gut-joint,” and “gut-brain” axes, suggesting that gut health is closely tied to the health of distant organs. We’re just beginning to understand how gut bacteria— collectively known as the gut microbiome— play a role in both health and disease.

Clues to MS’s origins have come from a related condition, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). In GBS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath around peripheral nerves, leading to symptoms like hand and foot weakness and sometimes paralysis. A well-established trigger for GBS is Campylobacter jejuni. Its surface proteins mimic those found in human nerves closely enough to confuse the immune system, leading the immune system to attack both the bacteria and the body’s own tissues—a phenomenon called molecular mimicry.

Since the 1982 discovery that C. jejuni can cause GBS, researchers have hunted for a similar microbial trigger for MS. Many studies proposed potential bacterial culprits, but with thousands of gut bacteria to sort through, most leads fell flat.

That may have changed in February 2025. A breakthrough study involved using a mouse model that mimics MS when mice are exposed to certain gut bacteria. In sterile environments, these mice remained healthy, but once exposed to normal gut flora, they could develop a MS-like illness.

They were more likely to develop this illness if the bacteria came from the gut of people with MS. The challenge was identifying which specific bacteria were responsible.

The game-changing insight came from studying identical twins where one twin has MS and the other does not. Researchers

collected bacterial samples from the ileum and colon—both stool and wall-adherent bacteria—from these twins. The twins’ DNA might be identical, but their gut microbiomes were not! Researchers transferred these bacterial communities into the MS-prone mice. The result: mice receiving microbiota from MS-affected twins developed illness, and a bloom of bacteria from the Lachnospiraceae family was observed.

Two species in particular—Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium—were linked to disease development.

While this study is a landmark in neurology, its implications extend to autoimmune diseases across the body, including those of the skin. For example, patients with inflammatory bowel disease are nearly three times more likely to have severe psoriasis, a chronic skin condition. Molecular mimicry involving the gut microbiome could be a unifying cause in many autoimmune disorders.

Why the ileum and not some other part of our gut such as the stomach? The stomach is extremely acidic. In contrast, the pH of the ileum is around 7.4 – similar to the rest of our body. The bacteria that thrive in the ileum could also easily thrive in the rest of our body, so bacteria in the ileum pose more of a threat of invading and causing disease. To defend our bodies from the bacteria that live in the ileum, the immune system has to be hypervigilant – sometimes too vigilant. The ileum has specialized lymphoid structures to train aggressive immune system cells. But highly trained immune cells can sometimes become overzealous attacking not just harmful invaders, but our own tissues as well. Sometimes, autoimmunity is a consequence of having a part of our gut be the same pH as the rest of our body and of having to fight off the bacteria that grow there.

The discovery of Lachnospiraceae in the ileum likely causing some cases of MS is exciting because it offers a roadmap for uncovering microbial causes of autoimmune diseases more broadly. If a suitable animal model exists for a disease, and if human twin pairs can be identified where only one of the two twins is affected, this approach could be replicated across various conditions—perhaps in psoriasis, certain types of eczema or in hidradenitis.

We are entering an era when the microbiome may hold the key to some of medicine’s most enduring mysteries. As our understanding of these bacterial-human interactions deepens, causes of disease will be identified, and new treatments will follow.

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Bad breath: Causes, prevention, and treatments Brought to you by – Dr. Bradley Hepler, Atlanta Center for Dental Health Bad breath—also known as halitosis— is something nearly everyone experiences at some point. Whether it’s morning breath or a more persistent issue, it can be embarrassing and even impact your social confidence. Fortunately, understanding the causes and solutions can help keep your breath fresh and your mouth healthy.

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bad breath, as can high-protein or lowcarb diets.

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• Medical conditions: Though less common, chronic bad breath can be linked to conditions like sinus infections, acid reflux, diabetes, or liver/kidney problems.

Prevention tips The best way to fight bad breath is to maintain excellent oral hygiene and healthy habits. Here’s what you can do: 1. Brush and floss regularly: Brush your teeth at least twice a day and floss daily. Don’t forget to gently brush your tongue or use a tongue scraper.

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For example, if an important goal gets blocked at work and you are angry, behaviors like yelling, becoming passive aggressive, or shutting down may not be effective. Learning to observe anger when it starts in your body, checking the facts, and then engaging in something more effective is tough and doable.

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Alpharetta couple to reunite after month of detention

By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The first thing Richard Landin plans to do after reuniting with his wife is give her a big hug.

“I’m ecstatic, happy, joyful, honestly a lot of different things,” the Alpharetta husband said June 4. “I’m very, very, very happy that I’m going to see my wife and hold her again.”

Richard was separated from his wife Daniela Joy Landin May 12 when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents apprehended her without warning from their Alpharetta apartment. Led away in handcuffs, Daniela remained in custody at federal immigration detention centers in Georgia and Texas for more than four weeks.

Daniela, who sought asylum as a Columbian immigrant, was granted a $10,000 bond after a June 4 hearing in El Paso, Texas.

Her attorney said she has broken no laws.

Previous attempts to reach the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were unsuccessful.

Immediately after learning she had a hearing date set, Richard hopped on a plane, so he could post bond as quickly as possible.

Daniela presented herself to Border Patrol officers in 2024 after leaving Columbia stating her fear of violence at the hands of paramilitary groups. She has appealed a decision by an immigration judge who denied her asylum status.

The couple was married Feb. 8 in a small ceremony in Alpharetta.

Expecting the worst from her bond hearing, Daniela was “very emotional” upon learning she would be freed, Richard said.

“I’m going to take her to eat a good meal for the first time in three weeks and let her have some actual rest and tranquility after such a terrible, terrible time for her,” he said.

Richard described his wife’s experience in federal custody as difficult.

Through in-person visits and video calls, Daniela had told him she was struggling in custody.

Richard said his wife was “desperate” and “depressed,” and he worried she was losing faith.

She experienced sleep deprivation from a rigid schedule in her pod, where overhead lighting was dimmed for only a few hours each day. She battled boredom mainly indoors, unwilling to venture outside during yard excursions because of high temperatures and a lack of shade.

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Richard Landin and his wife Daniela Joy Landin enjoy time together.

“She always sounds very desperate,” Richard said previously.

“When she calls me, she's always asking, ‘Hey, is there an update? Do we know when the bond hearing will be?’ She feels like they're treating her worse than criminals.”

Her immigration attorney Jameel Manji, who is based in Tucker, said

Daniela will likely be released within a day after her bond is posted.

After her release, her asylum case will continue and could reach a resolution within months or years.

A federal immigration board has received her case but has yet to issue a ruling.

The board could order her deportation, allow her to remain in the country or send her case back to the original judge for a ruling. Manji also has begun the process for her to obtain a green card through a spousal application.

Since the start of 2025, federal agents have begun apprehending immigrants who would have previously remained free, he said.

“ICE has changed its priorities under this administration,” Manji said. “The previous administration was focused on individuals with final deportation orders and people with criminal histories. This administration is openly much more aggressive.”

Immigrants in detention can receive rulings on their appeals within months, but a decision can take years for those on bond.

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Police Foundation ordered to release ‘Cop City’ records Judge: Public records cannot be withheld because of who asks

By ALESSANDRO MARAZZI SASSOON Atlanta Civic Circle ATLANTA — A Fulton County Superior Court judge has ordered the Atlanta Police Foundation to turn over records related to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center — or “Cop City” — within 30 days.

Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick’s decision follows a closely watched legal battle initiated by journalists and researchers seeking greater transparency about the polarizing project’s construction on city-owned land. The plaintiffs — the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) and Lucy Parsons Labs, a Chicago-based research group — requested emails, APF board meeting agendas, and minutes.

“This court concludes that APF was under a duty to provide records to ACPC and Lucy Parsons Labs pursuant to the Open Records Act,” Barwick wrote in her 12-page order, delivered two months after a two-day bench trial in April. “Under the authority explained in this order, no exemptions applied.”

However, Barwick narrowly tailored her ruling, only forcing APF to hand over the records at issue.

While many observers hoped the decision would clarify how Georgia’s Open Records Act applies to nonprofits whose work is almost exclusively related to a government agency, the judge explicitly declined to set broader legal precedents.

“Plainly speaking, this court is not entering an advisory opinion,” Barwick wrote.

Barwick clarified that the order does not designate APF a “public entity” whose records are all declared “public and accessible.” Nor does the order make the requested records available in future open records requests, “though everyone should comply with the law.”

The judge also declined to award attorney’s fees to ACPC and Lucy Parsons Labs, ruling that APF’s violation of the Open Records Act was not done “knowingly and willfully.”

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County celebrates solar panel installations on more buildings

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — When the sun’s out, solar panels generate cheap, clean energy on the roof of the Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Center off Vernon Woods in Sandy Springs.

Fulton County is installing solar panels on 53 of its facilities as a part of a push to have the sun power 25 percent of its electricity by 2030. The county says it hopes to have some installations complete by the end of 2025 with other major ones wrapping up early next year.

The Board of Commissioners hosted two ceremonies in late May on both sides of Atlanta, billing them as a major expansion of its sustainability program.

The other solar panel installation was just inside the city of South Fulton at the Evelyn G. Lowry Library at Cascade.

Another existing installation from the original contract is at the Alpharetta Branch of the Fulton County Library System off Park Plaza.

Commissioners adopted a Sustainability and Resilience Plan in 2019, entering into a procurement agreement with Atlanta-based Cherry Street Energy a year later.

Jessica Lavender, the county’s Energy and Sustainability manager, announced completion of the Benson Center installation in early April.

“We started a smaller project in

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New solar panels, installed by Atlanta-based Cherry Street Energy, line the back roof of the Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Center off Vernon Woods in Sandy Springs. Fulton County officials celebrated two solar panel installations May 29 and 30 with a total of 56 completed or planned across the county.

2021 where we installed solar panels on seven buildings. That’s gone really well, and we’ve saved almost $150,000 since then,” Lavender said. “That went so well that we expanded our contract with that vendor to the 46 additional buildings.”

The county says commissioners approved a major expansion of the pilot program in December 2024 after its initial success.

Fulton County officials, including Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and Commissioner Bob Ellis, joined Cherry

Street Energy CEO and Founder Michael Chanin for the May 30 celebration of clean energy expansion. While it was a rainy morning, the installation’s springtime completion is set to have the solar panels soaking up the sun all summer.

Under the agreement, Cherry Street sells the generated electricity to the county at a lower rate than commercial electric utilities like Georgia Power.

Because the local company owns, maintains and operates the systems,

county officials say it’s a win-win.

The program is expected to generate $2.4 million in taxpayer savings over the agreement’s 20-year term. The solar panels are expected to last that long as well.

Some of Cherry Street Energy’s clients include Emory University, the cities of Atlanta and Savannah and Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. One representative pitched a similar agreement to the Sandy Springs City Council in March.

The county says the shift to solar energy supports its adopted environmental goals and is expected to bring down long-term energy costs, with lower prices compared to traditional commercial rates.

The solar panel installations, especially their cost savings for local governments, are achievable through tax incentives within the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that can accelerate the transition to clean energy.

The accelerant is a tax credit that allows Cherry Street Energy to sell electricity to the county at a competitive market rate.

The county says the new batch of solar panels are expected to generate more than eight times as much electricity as the first seven sites, or 4,695 kilowatts.

When the current program wraps up next year, Fulton County will be generating more than 5,000 kW across its facilities with solar energy.

Alpharetta hires law firm to prepare for pro hockey team bid

By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta is quietly positioning itself to lure a potential National Hockey League team to the once-thriving North Point Mall area.

At its June 2 meeting, the Alpharetta City Council approved hiring Troutman Pepper Locke, a prominent national firm that specializes in corporate law, as special counsel. A letter of engagement retains an attorney with the firm for a “confidential matter” for an hourly rate of $943.50.

City documents offered no further details about the engagement, but City Administrator Chris Lagerbloom said the move was intended to avoid a conflict of interest with Jarrard & Davis, the Cumming-based firm that typically provides legal services to Alpharetta.

Jarrard & Davis also represents Forsyth County, which was first to

pitch drawing an NHL team tied to The Gathering at South Forsyth, a massive mixed-use development in the works just across the county line. County commissioners have reviewed plans for the $2 billion development near Union Hill Road and Ga. 400.

Those plans include a 750,000 square-foot arena and a 450-room hotel. County officials have openly discussed drawing a professional hockey franchise since late 2023.

Alpharetta gathered itself from the initial news and began strategizing how it could lure pro hockey to North Point.

In March 2024, Alpharetta Sports & Entertainment Group submitted a petition to attract a hockey franchise to the city.

“The special counsel does, in fact, revolve around the future of North Point Mall and its redevelopment,” Lagerbloom said. “We simply wanted to have somebody in place that we could go to if we needed to.”

Lagerbloom said hiring Troutman Pepper Locke is about being prepared.

The Alpharetta City Council has yet to receive any redevelopment plan for the mall involving a hockey team or arena.

“I don't have an application for anything. I don't have a request for anything …, (but) I'm trying to put the best (legal) team together to represent the city, so that when an application is received, we've got the right team in place to review it,” Lagerbloom said.

The decision to retain the firm comes about a month after the Alpharetta Development Authority approved a $150,000 feasibility study by strategic consulting firm Creative Artists Agency to research the economic viability of a hockey team and arena.

The study, which is expected to take five to six months, will determine market demand and appropriate characteristics for a new arena. It will estimate what kind of event programming and attendance the market can support, generating a profile to evaluate financial viability.

“We wouldn’t go into something blind,” Lagerbloom said previously. “A

good progressive city does this type of work in advance of these massive, massive types of projects.”

Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin said a North Point Mall redevelopment project could provide enormous benefits for city residents.

Once a premier shopping destination, the mall’s significance has faded over the past decade as mixeduse developments like Avalon and Alpharetta City Center have siphoned a lot of visitors.

“A lot of our residents have seen that the mall is no longer what it used to be, and they are concerned about that,” Gilvin said.

A redevelopment plan could incorporate dining and shopping amenities and serve as an economic driver, stimulating investment in nearby areas, Gilvin said.

“North Point as a corridor is a critical part of our community,” Gilvin said, adding, “We see that as a very critical part of what Alpharetta will be.

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Sandy Springs City Council approved an agreement with Fulton County Schools May 20 to house the district’s deescalation simulator in the new Police Headquarters off Morgan Falls Road.

The virtual training environment uses simulations to teach individuals, including law enforcement officers, how to de-escalate potentially violent situations. The system employs virtual reality to create realistic scenarios in a controlled setting, allowing safe useof-force training.

According to a Sandy Springs memo, the Fulton County Schools Police Department purchased a stateof-the-art simulator in 2022 to train its officers and to engage students studying criminal justice. After receiving a $100,000 grant from the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, the school district purchased

Records: Continued from Page 20 In doing so, Barwick also agreed that, while not valid, APF’s stated reason for denying the requests was reasonable.

APF lawyers argued that releasing the records would endanger named individuals, citing the harassment and sometimes violent tactics Stop Cop City activists have employed to oppose the facility. APF also argued that ACPC was functionally an arm of the activist movement, equating their actions to “terrorism.”

ACPC rejected that characterization, asserting that Georgia’s Open Records Act does not permit withholding public documents based on the requester’s identity, an argument that Barwick endorsed in the closing sentence of her order.

“Let the record also be clear that the identity of the requester does not determine whether records are characterized as public,” she wrote.

Samantha Hamilton, ACPC’s staff attorney, said she was glad that Barwick “saw through” APF’s stated justification for withholding the records, and that in reality they had done so simply because they had published information critical of APF and the training center.

“It’s frustrating that we had to go through the whole process of filing a lawsuit a year and a half ago to prove what we knew to be true all along: that

the simulator from Suwanee-based InVeris Training Solutions.

Sandy Springs Police Maj. Dan Nable said finding somewhere to locate the use-of-force and de-escalation simulator benefits both departments.

“It turns out that they have this wonderful system but no place to keep it,” Nable said. “And, we have this wonderful new building … and nothing to put in the room.”

Recognizing the mutual public benefit, the two governments struck an agreement to share maintenance costs, with Sandy Springs covering utilities and any future system upgrades or additions.

The new Sandy Springs Police Headquarters and Municipal Court, which officially opened April 12, is a 130,000-square-foot facility at 620 Morgan Falls Road. There are future plans for a public safety training facility at the site, but the simulator is set to be in the existing building.

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gave its approval for the agreement ahead of formal approval from Sandy Springs officials. School Board President Kristin McCabe and Schools Police Chief Mark Sulborski signed it May 1.

Beginning in July 2027, the city and the school district agree to split the anticipated annual maintenance cost of around $14,000. For the first year of the agreement, the Fulton County Schools Police Department will absorb all the cost.

Nable said most of the maintenance work will involve software upgrades, and the Sandy Springs Police Department has the option to purchase system enhancements.

According to the system’s extended warranty, the weapon attachments

include a pistol, rifle, shotgun, taser and spray.

“We believe [the cost] is minimal compared to the benefit that we get out of this system,” he said, explaining the value of the value of the virtual reality system.

Nable told elected officials that he can take people, sworn officers or civilians, to the gun range and teach them marksmanship.

“What I can’t teach at the firing range is the judgmental portion of it … should you pull the trigger?” Nable said. “Or should you use a different de-escalation tactic? That’s what this system does … help educate our officers.”

He said Citizens Police Academy enrollees will also have opportunity to check it out during the biannual nineweek course.

“We believe that it’s a very valuable experience for just those few thousand dollars each year to keep it up,” Nable said.

Why Appen Media is sharing this story While Appen Media rarely republishes reporting from other newsrooms, this story adds important context for readers.

Appen Media has covered the public safety foundations of cities in its coverage area. Most groups, like the ones in Alpharetta, Roswell and Johns Creek, focus on fundraising to support first responders during times of crisis.

Sandy Springs formed a second organization, the Sandy Springs Police Foundation, aiming to construct a training facility with an estimated price tag of $37-$45 million. Appen Media first reported these plans in April 2024. The city then stopped fulfilling public records requests related to the foundation, saying the agency is a separate entity and not subject to the Georgia Open Records Act.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick presides at a hearing in April.

these records related to Cop City are subject to the Georgia Open Records Act,” she said.

It is unclear whether APF plans to appeal the ruling. Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Howard Melton, the Troutman Pepper attorney who represented APF during the trial, declined to comment for this story.

This article was originally published on atlantaciviccircle.org. The nonprofit newsroom covers housing, democracy and labor in Metro Atlanta.

Atlanta Police Foundation CEO Dave Wilkinson sits in Barwick’s courtroom in April.

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City-developer partnerships play key role in Alpha Loop

By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Private developers continue playing a substantial role in Alpharetta’s Alpha Loop.

At its June 2 meeting, the Alpharetta City Council approved an agreement that provides impact fee credits to Lakeview Park Development in exchange for building a length of the mutli-use trail.

The agreement stems from a 2019 rezoning approved for a 7.7 acre property to be used for the Lakeview mixed-use project near Haynes Bridge Road and Ga. 400.

Lakeview includes homes, green space, 16,500 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 360,000 square feet of offices.

Construction costs for the trail are expected to reach $1.5 million and will grant the developer more than $650,000 in fee credits. Impact fees are one-time payments imposed by local governments to cover the costs of infrastructure and public services.

Lakeview’s 12-foot multi-use Alpha Loop portion, which remains under construction, will connect to an amphitheater open to the public and wind around a nearby lake. It will allow connections to the North Point Mall area, Big Creek Greenway and other Alpha Loop sites.

Consisting of an inner and outer trail, the Alpha Loop

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Alpharetta officials are continuing plans to build out the near-10 mile Alpha Loop trail system.

is expected to bring almost 10 miles of milti-use pathways to the city.

The paths are designed to provide routes for pedestrians and cyclists, connecting four major activity centers — Avalon, Alpharetta City Center, Northwinds Office Park and the North Point Economic District.

Private developers have made significant contribu-

tions to the Alpha Loop since Alpharetta began work in 2017, said City Administrator Chris Lagerbloom.

The city has built much of the trail and also provided a vision that allows private partners to participate, he said.

“This is what happens when you have purposeful planning,” Lagerbloom said. “There had to be a picture of an Alpha Loop that worked for Alpharetta, so that when these development projects that nobody expected at the time came in, they would know there is something to build.”

Lagerbloom said he is aware of numerous other partnerships with developers to build portions of the trail. He said he lives in a Thompson Street neighborhood whose developer constructed a connection to the Alpha Loop.

The city has found similar partnerships with developers such as Providence Group and at projects like Northwinds. A 1-mile section of the trail connecting Avalon to downtown Alpharetta was built by developers.

Impact fee agreements also incentivize developers to add other amenities such as green space, enhancing the trail further, Community Development Director Kathi Cook said. The trail connections and improvements also can make projects more attractive to prospective visitors, residents and workers.

“It’s a good partnership,” she said.

Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra names Cheng as new music director

By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra welcomes a new musical director with an international resume.

Henry Cheng was selected to lead the ensemble, which can include as many as 60 musicians on stage, Executive Director Linda Brill said.

Cheng said he is grateful to join the orchestra and looks forward to becoming a part of the Johns Creek community.

“This isn’t about making music. It’s about building something meaningful and lasting, and serving a community that truly values innovation, education and the arts,” Cheng said. “Orchestras grow when they serve, and my vision is for JCSO to become a place where people feel connected, inspired and proud of what we create together, not just on stage, but throughout the city.”

Reunited: Continued from Page 19 During her entire time in the U.S., Daniela has never broken a law, failed to make a court appearance or filed paperwork late, Manji said. She also has no criminal history.

“She didn’t deserve to be detained at

His selection by the orchestra’s board and search committee marks a seasonlong selection process that considered two other finalists.

Cheng replaces the late founder and maestro J. Wayne Baughman, who died November 2023 after battling pancreatic cancer. Beloved by the orchestra and community, Baughman founded the orchestra in 2007.

Titled Three Maestros, One Podium, the 18th concert season featured Chen and two other finalists in at least two concerts each. After each performance, audiences submitted feedback and cast votes.

The other finalists include Paul Bhasin, an Emory University orchestral studies director, and Howard Hsu, music director of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra.

Cheng was selected based on the votes of musicians, audience members and the board of directors.

In the coming months, the orchestra

plans to release details about its 19th season, expected to launch in the fall.

Cheng is an internationally recognized conductor who has led performances across Europe, Asia and North America, winning nuCHENG merous awards.

He is the winner of the Antal Doráti International Conducting Competition and the European Union Conducting Competition.

His career spans a variety of musical styles and artistic forms. He has also collaborated with Justice Desk Africa, a South African human rights organization inspired by Nelson Mandela’s legacy.

“His projects often reimagine the concert experience, whether through ‘Classical K-pop,’ which bridges the worlds of BTS and Beethoven, or ‘Minecraft x In C,’

a music education initiative merging minimalist composition with digital interactivity,” Brill said.

In addition to his work on the podium, Cheng composes and produces interdisciplinary performances that fuse sound, movement and visual storytelling.

Often developed in collaboration with dancers, technologists and visual artists, his work has been featured at venues such as the Berliner Festspiele, Singapore Art Museum, Steirischer Herbst Festival and Kaohsiung Performing Arts Center.

These projects explore themes of presence, memory, and transformation, creating experiences that move across the boundaries of genre and tradition.

“My family and I are looking forward to becoming part of Johns Creek’s cultural and civic life, and to building on the strong foundation JCSO has established, helping it grow artistically, strategically and in service to the people who call this place home,” Cheng said.

all,” Manji said. “She is certainly not a danger to society or a flight risk.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially told the couple she would be held because of problems with a tracking anklet she wore.

Richard said a case worker told him they could see no problems with the anklet’s function, leading him to question the agents’ explanation.

Richard said he wonders about the

fairness of an immigration system that works within laws but seemingly punishes those who follow them.

“It is a big injustice because we have a system to be able to seek lawful and permanent residence in the U.S.,” Richard said. “This whole situation kind of makes me feel like the government doesn’t care if these things are in place. They are more trying to use it against people who are trying to immigrate.”

Manji said Daniela could be separated from her husband if federal agents decide to detain her again.

He said her release was “wonderful news” but also worried about the damage done to her and her family.

“It was a terrible experience for her,” Manji said. “It was unfortunate and unnecessary for them to take those actions. Now, she will live with the trauma for the rest of her life.”

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Townhomes: Continued from Page 1 The group recommended that the parcels be created into residential developments, offices, retail, gyms, assisted living or restaurants. The plan was approved by the City Council in 2014.

The City Council approved the Deerfield Form-Based Code in April 2015, which reflects components of the plan into the ordinances.

In 2016, the mayor and council approved an amendment in the Deerfield Form-Based Code, which preserved the allowance of residential uses including rowhouses fronting Ga. 9 for the Five Acre Road Zone. This amendment gave a synonymous definition to rowhouses and townhouses and restricted the remaining parcels abutting Ga. 9 from developing for residential uses.

The plat was first introduced at the April 23 Planning Commission but was given a second hearing for staff to review the math and dimensions of the site plan.

At the April 23 meeting, city staff reported to the commission that the plat meets or exceed all requirements for the site plan, including elements such as density, landscape buffers, fencing, stormwater facilities and parking locations with no access from Five Acre

Report: Continued from Page 1 The department also saw a 50 percent reduction in cooking-related fires, as a result of a targeted public education campaign.

The fast response time also helps saves lives and properties. Benmoussa said that incorporating technology helps shave time off.

“Fire grows in size every 30th to 60th second in a minute, so the faster we get there, we can limit the damage,” Benmoussa said.

Medical training included Each firefighter is also a certified emergency medical technician, 43 percent of whom are trained to paramedic standards.

“The greatest accomplishment is our cardiac arrest [survival rate],” Benmoussa said. “Compared to 2023, we had a 153 percent increase in survivability. We went from 13 percent to 33 percent.”

The percentage accounts for survivors who walked out of the hospital with zero damage. The department attributes the success to the increased rates of bystander CPR, the delivery of high-quality CPR

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Road. Staff also ruled that the site plan meets the requirements of the applicable city codes.

At the second hearing, Attorney Ethan Underwood who represents Epic Design & Build, LLC, offered a negotiation to remove four units from the preliminary plat. Underwood proposed that the four units on the northeast corner of the property would be replaced with a recreation area. The developer also agreed to not allow any access from the neighborhood to Five Acre Road.

Attorney Patrick Dodson with Giacoma Roberts & Daughdrill, LLC, spoke on behalf of Five Acre Road homeowners Scott and Jules Hornsby. At the April 23 meeting Dodson was tentatively representing three other neighbors, all of whom agreed to allow Dodson to only represent the Hornsby’s.

“The first issue is in fact the density,” Dodson said.

Dodson claimed that through communication with the city Planning Department and city attorney that the density issue was not solved through a revised plan.

“They’ve had several months to get this in order,” Dodson said. “It’s not in order.”

A petition voicing concerns over density and environmental impact created

by Five Acre Road resident Kyle Auffray has garnered more than 387 signatures.

At the April 23 meeting, 30 members and the implementation of advanced cardiac life support protocols.

The Milton Fire Department currently holds an Insurance Service Office rating of Class 2. Only four percent of the nation’s approximately 40,000 can claim that level of service.

The Insurance Service Office evaluation occurs every four years, and departments are issued a rating in the range of 1 to 10, with one being exceptional. The higher the rating, the lower the insurance premium for homeowners.

The rating ensures that the department is protecting their community.

“The 2 and 1 are typically the top, that meaning that we have adequate water supply, we have enough hydrants around the city, we have enough units to respond, enough stations, we do enough training, all of those kinds of requirements to meet that,” Benmoussa said.

His goal is to get a rating of Class 1, which could happen any day now. The department was last evaluated in 2019.

In addition, the Milton Fire Department is one of 326 agencies in the world to become an International Accredited agency. Only 14 percent of the United States population is protected under an accredited agency.

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Laura Wysong makes a public comment against the proposed preliminary plat at the June 4 Planning Commission meeting at City Hall. of the community spoke. Four public comments were heard at the June 4 session.

Glenn Martin, a resident of the Five Acre Road community, spoke out against the proposed townhomes.

“This proposal is not context sensitive to the existing Milton neighborhoods in that area,” Martin said. “It doesn’t match the reality of the people who live in that area. It does not match the vision of the City of Milton for that area.”

Other residents voiced their concerns over the potential congestion that could come with the new neighborhood.

“If you allow this to go through it’s going to devalue my property and Accreditation International gives the agencies the achievement after a peer review of accreditation documents, completion of an onsite assessment and participation in a public hearing.

The accreditation is valid for five years.

Milton is the only fire department in North Fulton to achieve this international accreditation.

Occupational tax spending The City Council unanimously approved the first presentation of an amendment for the use of additional occupational tax revenue, prohibiting expenditures to exceed appropriations and prohibiting expenditures to exceed actual funding available in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget.

The increases to anticipations for revenue include current year real property taxes, land disturbance permits, fines and forfeitures and a transfer in from the American Rescue Plan Act Fund related to interest earned.

“The main drivers of revenue coming in higher than anticipated include an increase of $250,000 to current year real property taxes to account for data from the most recent digest available from Fulton County,” Deputy City Manager Bernadette Harvill said.

The item will go before City Council

because of the congestion that’s going to be from all the traffic somebody’s going to get hurt,” resident George Smith said.

Attorney Underwood ended his rebuttal stating the developers willingness to compromise.

“This is a recommendation by the Planning Commission, you cannot enforce conditions, but you can recommend conditions,” Underwood said. “My client is here trying to say they want to work with you all. They are going on the record consenting to the conditions that were presented.”

While the commission cannot approve or reject the preliminary plat, it can give feedback based on the public hearing to the city’s Community Development director.

The Planning Commission gave a unanimous approval to deny recommendation of the preliminary plat.

Planning Commissioner Sumeet Shah recused himself from voting on the item because he lives in the neighborhood next to the proposed plat.

The developer can come back to the Planning Commission once they have a revised plan.

“I would have the applicant submit a new application with the new preliminary plat so that we can correctly have a look at that one and make a decision based upon what’s really going to happen,” Commissioner Kurt Nolte said. again June 16 for a final vote.

In other matters, the City Council unanimously approved to condemn property needed for Webb Road at Cogburn Road for the left turn lane and widening project.

The city will condemn .029 acres of fee simple right of way, 332.12 square feet of temporary easement for construction of slopes and 2,945.15 square feet of temporary easement for construction of slopes.

The decision comes after the city was unable to agree to the terms requested by the property owner, Fulton Greens Limited Partnership, during negotiations. The appraised value of the property is approximately $51,800.

“This action does not mean the end of negotiations,” Engineering Project Manager Robert Dell-Ross said. “This allows the city’s project to move forward while we allow the legal process to determine the final price.”

Dell-Ross advised the City Council that staff did give the owner a 10day letter two weeks ago. The owner responded approximately a week ago.

“We are hopeful to avoid filing this with the court, but we don’t have a lot of time,” Dell-Ross said. “We anticipate filing by the end of the week, so if we’re able to reach a settlement in the next couple of days we will not file.”

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PRESERVING THE PAST

A historic stone house is reborn When I wrote a column about local historic stone houses in March 2024, I purposely omitted one stone house located on Birmingham Road in Milton because it was undergoing major renovation by its new owners Carol Cookerly and her husband Robert Beal. Work has progressed, so now is the perfect time to highlight this important historic structure.

BOB MEYERS When Carol and Robert Columnist purchased the property in 2023, the stone house was surrounded by a thick landscape of dense brush and trees. Despite recommendations that they demolish the house, the couple saw the great potential of the property and set about repairing the house, a neglected stable and historic courthouse (see February 2025 column Militia Districts in Georgia and the Double Branch Courthouse).

The stone house was designed and built in 1935 or 1937 by William T. (Will) Wright (1888-1952) on land he purchased for farming circa 1930. According to Nina Samples, his great-granddaughter, Wright was a highly successful farmer and businessman.

He raised beef cattle, prize bulls and chickens on his 56-acre farm. He grew high-quality vegetables which he sold in the wealthy neighborhood of West Paces Buckhead. Robert W. Woodruff, president of the CocaCola Company, was one of his customers. Will had three chicken houses and a large three-story barn on his property.

Will opened a small general store which no longer exists on the corner in front of the house which his wife Nettie Joanna Henderson Wright (1888-1967) operated.

Like most country stores, it was a social gathering place for local farmers. Before opening the store, Will and Nettie operated a cotton gin and a sawmill.

Will and Nettie had five children. Their second daughter, Estelle (1912-2002), was Nina’s grandmother.

She married Toledo Burgess (1906-1987). The couple bought land next door to the stone house and lived there all their lives. Toledo drove school buses owned by Will and helped him on the farm.

“Toledo was well known for the beautiful clocks he made,” says Nina. The youngest daughter, Janelle (1915-1952), married J. W. (Joseph Wesley) Walker and lived in a stone house about a half-mile down Birmingham Road. Will and J.W. designed and built the house.

Will obtained stone from the Stone Mountain quarry, about 40 miles from Alpharetta on today’s roads. The stone was probably transported by wagon. The stone is granite which the quarry produced in several colors including gray and dark brown. The Wright house is gray interspersed with large, very dark brown stones which creates a unique and beautiful appearance.

One of the features of the house is its parquet floor made of pine, oak and poplar. Will designed the floor and used 1-nch wood strips or micro-slats originally scheduled for use by the famous Brumby Chair Company in Marietta. The parquet goes from room to room with a complex design. The result is a design beyond exceptional. Robert and Carol have taken great pains to protect and preserve the floor.

The Wrights were known for having family picnics and social gatherings on the front porch and lawn,

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A beautiful historic stone house in Milton is undergoing major renovation by owners Carol Cookerly and husband Robert Beal. The house was built circa 1935.

The parquet floors in this historic stone house are intricate and beautiful. They were installed throughout the house when it was built. according to Nina.

After their deaths, the Wrights only surviving son Charles inherited the property, which he kept intact until the early 1990s. He then divided the property into multiple acre lots which he called Freemanville Estates and sold them. Over the years, the property with the stone house and the Double Branch Courthouse has had several owners and occupants.

In 1956, Bud Sutton and his wife Marion rented part of the stone house while they built a house on Mountain Road.

“We rented it from Nettie Wright for $25 a month,” Bud says. “We occupied half of the main floor and Nettie

lived in the other half. We shared the bathroom and the phone.”

Heath Cashin and Bill Manning rented the property from Charles Wright for 7 or 8 years in the 1980s. They raised llamas and had a herd of about a dozen llamas and two guanacos. Heath recalls when they took a llama to a Fox Theater production. “It was a huge success,” Heath says.

Realtor Cynthia Chandlee owned the property from 1994 to 2010 which she named Cornerstone Farm. She was responsible for the first major renovation of the property by building a horse barn, an addition to the house, clearing land for pastures, reworking the stone structures and putting up extensive fencing.

She says, “It was a commitment to honor the past,” she says.

The property gradually deteriorated following her ownership.

For the past two years, Carol and Robert have worked diligently to restore and preserve the history and charm of the property. The result is amazing. It is, in Carol’s words, “an ideal horse property.”

They restored the six-stall horse barn. Two semiretired European Warmblood horses enjoy the revitalized pastures. Carol and Robert planted many new shrubs, trees and plants throughout the property.

They chose historic paint colors throughout the 10-room stone house. They have furnished the rooms with paintings and folk art which reflect American history. And of course, they have gone to great lengths to preserve the stunning floors.

Special thanks to Sally Shirley David for her help with this column.

Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@ bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.

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GARDEN BUZZ

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Darling daylilies provide more than ‘beauty for a day’ Hemerocallis – The botanical name for the daylily. It means “beauty for a day.”

Why would anyone want to spend the time and energy to have a plant that only provides beauty for a single day? Well, while VIKI BREELAND the individual bloom Guest Columnist lasts for only one day, the stem (also referred to as the scape) on which that bloom was produced has at least a dozen flower buds. Therefore, you’ll have several weeks of beauty from these plants.

Most of us, myself included, grew up thinking that a daylily was that orange flower often seen by the roadside or in a field where an old home once stood. I am delighted to share with you that there are now more than 100,000 registered cultivars available! Number 100,000 was registered last year: ‘Alpenglow Magic’ (Rich, 2024). Visit daylilydatabase.org and click on the name of the cultivar and you can see the flower and the stats.

There is a type of daylily for every garden enthusiast. If you like large blooms, small blooms or something in between, there is a flower for you. You can have blooms from late May through September here in Zone 8. There are cultivars that are early bloomers, mid-season bloomers and late bloomers. I actually have a very late bloomer, ‘Final Touch’ (Apps, 1991) that blooms from late July through September/ October.

Daylilies are hardy plants. They multiply very well and form large clumps. When purchasing a plant from a hybridizer/ grower, you normally get two fans (two whole plants). These two fans will become at least three and probably four fans by the next growing season. With each new fan comes the potential for more scapes that provide more buds/blooms. It is very exciting to inspect your plants when they come out of dormancy in the spring. Finding new fans coming out of the soil is a favorite pastime of mine – it is almost as exciting as finding the first scapes as they emerge from the foliage.

Daylilies are also very forgiving. While they really appreciate being fertilized in the early spring and in the fall before being put to bed for the winter, they will still give you lots of beautiful blooms even without regular feeding! The plants are heavy drinkers but will tolerate dry spells. Daylilies prefer full sun, which is a minimum of 6 hours.

After four or five years, your clumps will need to be divided. Here in Zone 8, the best time to dig and divide daylilies is late summer or very early fall. You can amend the hole where you dug the clump, add

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Top left: Full Form Daylily; top right: Double Daylily; bottom left: Unusual form Daylily; bottom right: Spider Daylily

About the author This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Viki Breeland, a master gardener alumnus who lives in Roswell.

Daylilies have become her favorite plants. Viki’s gardening goal is to make her property a place of beauty and relaxation. Her garden is shared with a couple of bunnies, birds and a brown snake (tiny, and its main diet is slugs).

just a small amount of fertilizer and water, pull some of the soil back into the hole and replant 5-6 of the fans in the “mud.”

You can share the extra fans with friends, or if you join the Daylily Society of Greater Atlanta (DSGA), you could contribute the

extra fans to the sale at The Duluth Fall Festival.

If my enthusiasm has sparked an interest in daylilies for you, I would like to invite you to visit our annual show and sale, June 14, at Sexton Hall Enrichment Center, 2115 Chloe Road, Cumming, GA 30041 (It faces Sharon Road). The show judging usually wraps up around 11 a.m., and the public can enter the hall to see all the blooms. It is a wonderful experience.

Our club members will have plants available for sale. The plants will be tagged with the name of the cultivar, and the prices are beyond reasonable! You can arrive early to shop or shop after you’ve visited the show and you have that irresistible urge to start your own collection. Free admission.

Warning: Daylilies, the addiction is real.

Daylilies are NOT deer resistant. If you do decide to grow them, make sure you spray them regularly with various deer repellents and or have a system in place that keeps deer away from your flower beds.

Happy Gardening!

North Fulton Master Gardeners, Inc. is a Georgia nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose purpose is to educate its members and the public in the areas of horticulture and ecology in order to promote and foster community enrichment. Master Gardener Volunteers are trained and certified by The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Learn more at nfmg.net. Previous Garden Buzz columns are featured at: https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/ columnists/garden_buzz/

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Discerning fact from fiction in the world of AI My son Hans texted me a link. So of course, I opened it because he never sends me something that is not interesting, new, or worthwhile.

I clicked on it, and it took me to an RAY APPEN in-depth broadcast Publisher Emeritus news show that was ray@appenmedia.com fascinating. Think a cross between “60 Minutes” and possibly a national news broadcast at 7 p.m. on NBC or CBS. The show was anchored by an articulate, polished, attractive, very professional female journalist dressed in a dark blue suite who did a flawless job. She showed clips of events and seamlessly wove them into and out of her stories. There were live feeds.

There were interviews with on-thescene witnesses. She switched from story to story and never missed a beat.

She even cracked a few jokes and made a few sage observations.

The content was compelling. The execution was perfect. And, as I said, the anchor was a real pro.

The only problem with the show was that it was 100 percent AI-generated. The people on the show, the clips, the dialogue, the interviews, the on-the-scene events, the countryside, the city backgrounds, the witnesses, the cops – everything – not real. It was created by artificial

intelligence software. The anchor was an avatar – an online constructed image. Think “animation” but refined to a degree that one cannot tell if the animation is an actual human being or only something that mimics one.

Without someone letting you in on the back story, there was absolutely no way – none – to have known that every word, every story, every video image was made up – fake, artificial – that it was all pretend and staged like a Broadway show or a Netflix docudrama.

And I guess I owe Kelly Ann Conway an apology; yes, there are alternative truths out there because, as Hans mentioned at the end of his text to me, “it’s here.”

That was a couple of days ago.

I have stewed about what I saw.

It bothered me. It didn’t actually surprise me, although it did. So, what keeps rolling through my tiny brain, is “what’s next? Where do we go from here?” That is, how are we going to deal successfully with this? Can we successfully deal with it?

It is hard to imagine that we will be able to digest this aspect of AI and how and why we will process information going forward. How will we know what is real and what is not – what is true and what is not – who we can trust and who (what) we cannot? How are we supposed to figure out what is geared to influence/ manipulate us instead of objectively and factually inform us? And will we need to redefine what we consider the

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And what will be the impact of this ambiguity to us as a society or as a country? We already saw the impact – the utter chaos caused by this information veracity deficit last election. Our election process was flooded – overwhelmed – by a tidal wave of false and misleading information originating in other countries and other governments, as well as from domestic political parties, individuals, and operatives via social media and other digital information conduits. Safe, fair and reliable elections are the foundation of our democracy – that and “rule of law.” How is that working for us today – tomorrow?

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