MILTON, Ga. — The City of Milton updated details for the sale of a 39-acre property on Hopewell Road after unanimous approval March 17.
The city amended the previous resolution from the Jan. 22 City Council Approved Resolution, after leaving out .168 acres in the subject project property description.
To be able to liquidate the entirety of the Hopewell property all three tracts must be included in the authorized resolution. Before the amendment, only Tracts 1 and 2 made up the legal description for the limited warranty deed the city received.
“The resolution tonight is to simply clean that up,” City Attorney Ken Jarrard said.
The discrepancy caused a few title issues after the city’s due diligence period when working to acquire the property in late 2022 to early 2023. The city chose to carve out the survey and had the portion conveyed separately with a quit claim deed. The deed gave the property ownership without any warranties that the grantor owns or has the rights to transfer the property.
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Down go the Eagles!
Cambridge girls beat Milton for first time
By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga — Ranked nationally
No. 16, the Milton girls lacrosse team is no longer undefeated after Cambridge High’s defense led a fourth-quarter shutout to blemish the Eagles’ record.
The final score in the March 20 matchup was 8-7, Bears.
The last time Milton lost a game was April 9, 2024. It’s been nearly three years since they’ve
lost to a team from Georgia.
The Eagles scored the fewest goals of their 2025 season facing a Cambridge defense with hunger to keep Milton out of the back of the net.
New rankings for the state are in order as the No. 5 team takes down No. 1. Milton’s roster boasts 12 D1 commits but they fell to a motivated Cambridge team backed by their home crowd.
Milton’s defense collapses on the Bears’ drive at Cambridge High School March 20.
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Cambridge senior Jenna Lundstedt launches a shot at Milton goalie Gabriella Henry at Cambridge High School March 20. Lundstedt’s dominance in the draw led the Bears to defeat Milton for the first time in more than 18 years, 8-7.
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Milton woman victim of fraud after selling car
MILTON, Ga. — A Milton woman speculates that her information was stolen after selling her car to a mutual friend.
The woman originally sold the car on Jan. 19 at her Milton residence, where she was able to obtain a bill of sale with a signature from the friend. She later went to the local DMV where she was advised that she did not have to cancel her registration since the car was already sold.
A month later, the woman began to receive three separate letters from Gwinnett County School Zone Safety Program with her sold vehicle, which she has been unsuccessful in disputing.
The letters obtain an image of the license plate with a temporary tag, which the woman never registered for. She believes that the temporary license was obtained fraudulently with her information attached to it.
On March 12, the woman was able to cancel her registration for the vehicle and provide the registration cancellation letter.
— Sarah Coyne
Tennessee investigation entangles Milton man
MILTON, Ga. — Police responded to a call after a Milton man got caught in the middle of a stolen car investigation.
A detective with Washington County Sheriff’s Office from Tennessee contacted Milton police after a stolen truck from Tennessee was found tied to a Milton Address.
The truck with Tennessee tags was sold to the Milton resident from a dealership near Milton. The man told police he was aware of the incident and aware that the car would be taken. He also stated that he should be owed $40,000 for the vehicle he bought.
Going forward Milton police will have minimal involvement in the investigation and just took part in the recovery and confirmation of the VIN number for the stolen vehicle.
— Sarah Coyne
Store reports damage in alleged burglary
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A North Point Parkway store reported lost merchandise and damage after a burglary.
Officers were dispatched to the business March 3 to investigate, according to an Alpharetta police report.
They observed damage to the front doors and suspected a hammer had been used. One of the doors sustained a hole in its glass. The other was smashed near the push bar.
Officers found damaged display cases in the fragrance section.
A store manager showed officers footage recorded by security cameras. The recording showed two people entering the store, stealing items from the fragrance section and leaving a little before 1 a.m.
Officers thought the suspects might be male. One was wearing a face covering and all-black clothing. The other wore a green hoodie.
An estimated $700 of merchandise was reported stolen. Damage to the business was assessed at $1,200.
The incident was classified as a felony commercial burglary.
— Jon Wilcox
Woodstock Road Target reports felony shoplifting
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police are investigating a felony shoplifting incident March 14 at the Super Target off Woodstock Road after two unidentified women tried passing all points of sale.
An officer said he arrived at the store after the incident and spoke with a loss prevention employee who described both female suspects as around 5 feet, 3 inches tall.
While suspects remain unidentified, the employee said one was a female around 200 pounds wearing a yellow jumpsuit and
the other was a female around 140 pounds wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.
The employee said the women entered the store, placed 54 items totaling more than $500 in their shopping cart and attempted to exit without paying.
When the employee confronted the suspects at the front door, he said he was able to recover the stolen merchandise before the women fled.
The employee also said he recognized the two women from a prior incident at a Target in Kennesaw.
— Hayden Sumlin
Man reports armed robbery at Alpharetta home
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 19-year-old Roswell man reported he was robbed at gunpoint after visiting a woman March 5.
Police were dispatched to the man’s Kenway Avenue home after the robbery was reported about 11 p.m., according to an Alpharetta police report.
The man told officers a woman had invited him to a Kilmington Court home to hang out after a text conversation. The woman told him to walk into the home when he arrived.
When he entered, a man assaulted him, hitting and kicking him in the face and pointing a gun at his head. Police observed the man’s face and lip were cut and bleeding.
The Roswell man reported his Apple iPhone was stolen. Police tracked the man’s phone to an area near Liberty Park in Roswell.
During the struggle, the gun fired, but the Roswell man was uninjured. He said the male suspect, who was wearing allblack clothing and a ski mask, accused him of trying to “get with his girl.”
The Roswell man said the gun was a black pistol with a green laser and possibly a Glock. He said he has known the woman since middle school. Police identified the woman as a 19-year-old Alpharetta resident and male suspect as a 28-year-old Athens resident.
The incident was classified as a felony armed robbery.
— Jon Wilcox
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Board of Zoning Appeals gives perspective on variance requests
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga — After two adverse meetings, an applicant wishing to add a cabana to their pickleball courts in Milton has withdrawn their request.
The owner of 100 Deerhaven Lane was seeking a proposal of a cabana accessory structure in front of the existing single-family home, alongside two private recreational pickleball courts.
Members of the Design Review Board, as well as a neighbor who attended the meeting, brought forward concerns March 4 about noise and disturbances from the courts. Ultimately the board passed the courtesy review 4-1, with member David Jackson opposing.
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Bears goalie Gabby Dowdle made several saves that kept Cambridge in the game and quieted any momentum the Eagles were able to get going. Dowdle shut out the Eagles in the final period with the
Following that exchange the homeowner requested to withdraw their application from the Board of Zoning Appeals. At that group’s March 18 meeting, members approved the withdrawal.
In other business, the Board of Zoning Appeals allowed for the residents on 575 Glen National Drive to create an addition on their home.
“He’s just basically enclosing what’s there, he’s not expanding the footprint at all,” Member Billy Carman said.
An office and covered patio will be constructed onto the rear of the home, encroaching on a 50-foot undisturbed stream buffer and 75-foot impervious setback.
“The idea is to enclose the screen porch and the area below it,” Owner of Live Oak
score tied, allowing for a game-winning goal.
Cambridge senior Jenna Lundstedt got the Bears off to a hot start. The USC commit won the opening draw and poured in the first two goals of the game, to put Cambridge up 2-0 after the first quarter.
Milton then went on a run with four straight goals. Clemson commit Kylie Waters led the Eagles with two goals, both
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Construction Group LLC. Matt Skubic said. “… We are just enclosing all the way down to the ground to create two office areas and then taking the patio and deck, above it, and rebuilding it.”
Streams in Milton require a minimum 75-foot natural buffer on both sides, to ensure water quality and ecosystem health.
Skubic estimates that the project will take six months to complete.
off free position shots.
The Bears were able to tie up the score at four and seven goals, finally taking back the lead with a game-winner from sophomore Mia Johnson.
Cambridge head coach Pam Masinko said the result hadn’t quite set in yet that she had beaten Milton for the first time in her 18-year coaching tenure. Masinko has been with Cambridge since the school
“I think this is going to be a major improvement to the property, which adds value to the property itself without causing any new disruptive issues to the buffers,” Vice Chair Adam D’Anella said.
The Board of Zoning Appeals will also allow the applicant for 15060 Freemanville Road to build a detached accessory structure in front of the existing singlefamily home.
“It fits in with the UDC, the appearance of it is indicative of a single-family home, a person driving by may even mistake it for a single-family home,” Renew Properties owner Dainel Harper said.
Gibbs Landscaping Company also provided an updated landscape plan with tree heights, after the Design Review Board expressed concerns.
opened in 2012. Before that she coached at Roswell. Neither team beat the Lady Eagles under her auspices, until Thursday night.
Masinko also complimented Jenna Lundstedt’s determination on the draw.
“We came out today and were just completely one unit,” she said. “I would say [Lundstedt] proved tonight that she’s the best draw person in the state, by far. We picked the right game to step up.”
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State senator’s bill gets the attention of Fulton County commissioners
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
ATLANTA — Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett asked her colleagues March 18 to back her resolution opposing state Senate Bill 244, which would allow defendants to recoup fees if a prosecutor is disqualified for misconduct.
State Sen. Brandon Beach, a Republican representing parts of North Fulton and Cherokee counties, sponsored SB 244.
Beach, a prominent ally of President Donald Trump, told reporters that he had in mind the actions of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in the state’s racketeering case against Trump, according to Barrett.
“Whether you like the language or don’t … the fact of the matter is this is a state officer, we should not pay the bill,” Barrett said. “For that reason and that reason alone, we should be opposing this bill. We can put [aside] the whole rest [of the] conversation, the intent, the language … it does not matter.”
While Willis and her office cannot continue prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his allies, she is appealing that restriction.
Also, the case has not been dismissed.
Barrett said without the Commission’s opposition, the bill is likely to pass. She said she thinks the county needs to protect its taxpayers and coffers.
Commissioners Bob Ellis and Mo Ivory voiced opposition to Barrett’s resolution, which they said should have been a part of the External Affairs Department’s regularly scheduled legislative update.
Commissioner Dana Barrett voices her opposition to Senate Bill 244, which allows criminal defendants to recoup fees if the prosecutor is disqualified for misconduct.
Barrett said the state should be responsible for paying legal fees for its constitutional officers, not the count
Ellis cited a recent example of the Board coming together to take a position against a bill creating a development authority during a legislative update in February. He said there’s already a process for the Board to have their voices heard in the General Assembly and Barrett wasted time drafting a resolution.
Barrett said the state should pay attorney’s fees, instead of Fulton County taxpayers, in a case where a prosecutor is disqualified, and the case is later dismissed. Because the state attorney general defends legal action against district attorneys and pays judgements across Georgia, Barrett said SB 244 should reflect that arrangement.
“These types of prosecutorial disqualifications
aren’t super common; however, I think we all know the elephant in the room … is the Trump case,” Barrett said. “There are potentially millions and millions of dollars here that are going to be gone after, and that would be coming from our coffers.”
Barrett said the county should be questioning the motives of the Senate bill, and it needs to be opposed or amended to protect the interests of county residents.
“If there should be a remedy, and that’s a question for everybody to answer in their own mind … it should be coming from the state,” she said. “It’s the state’s job to defend and pay any judgements on their state constitutional officer, their employee.”
Commissioner Bridget Thorne, representing the eastern half of North Fulton, said the bill passed the state Senate unanimously 55-0, citing support from Democrat minority leader Harold Jones II.
Citing an example of a teenager arrested for drug possession, Jones said if a prosecutor did something wrong, then the defendant is entitled to have their attorney fees back.
“Whoever it may be … I’m sorry it’s going to be Trump defendants, and you may have a problem with that, but they should get their money back,” Thorne said. “I think it’s hypocritical to say we’re protecting the taxpayer’s dollars when our district attorney entered into this case, costing us millions of dollars.”
Thorne also cited District Attorney Fani Willis’ racketeering case involving rapper Young Thug, or Jeffery Williams, and his label YSL Records, which turned into the state’s longest trial.
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Full-service needlepoint shop thrives at City Springs
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Nimble Needle, a full-service shop tucked behind Sandy Springs City Hall off Johnson Ferry Road, is bucking the belief that needlepoint is a dying art.
Owner Jan Rodgers said the COVID-19 pandemic saw a resurgence in needlepoint with Americans stuck at home with a desire to shut out the noise in an uncertain and accelerating world.
Some people enjoy the repetitive and relaxing nature of needlepoint, using the artform to relax after getting home from work or as an activity away from cellphones with friends.
There’s an online world of social media influencers and writers promoting and celebrating needlepoint as a practice in mindfulness and a hobby away from screens.
Popular reality TV shows like “Bridgerton” and an endorsement from megastar Taylor Swift have cemented needlepoint’s comeback with young women around the world.
“This is actually our third location; we started over by the Punchline [off Hilderbrand Drive] and then we were in this center up by the dry cleaners, the location was about half this size,” Rodgers said. “We moved here just over three years ago.”
The Nimble Needle just celebrated its 16th anniversary March 11 as a locally
owned and operated business.
Rodgers said she bought the shop from the original owner Stacy Brown in 2018.
“I had worked for Stacey the years that she was open,” Rodgers said. “Not full-time, I was actually a sales rep most of the time, but I worked for her some of the time and taught a lot of classes.”
Things were going so well in 2022 that the shop needed to expand and find more space for its weekly help sessions, classes hosted by special guest artists, hundreds of canvasses and thread.
“I bought it about a year and a half before COVID, and actually it wasn’t bad for our business because people were stuck at home looking for things to do,” Rodgers said. “People started painting, doing puzzles and stitching.”
The Nimble Needle employs 16 women.
“Plus, a data entry person and a social media person,” Rodgers said. “And my husband actually left his job two years ago … he does the website and a lot of the data entry too.”
Tim Rodgers, Jan’s husband, worked in the IT industry before stepping away and helped create the shop’s first website.
Emmie Rodgers, one of Jan’s daughters, is the Nimble Needle’s social media manager.
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From left, Nimble Needle employees Courtney Kuriger, Marci Slotin, Eloise Boylan, Carolyn Stovall, Aleena Ke, Mindi Sard, owner Jan Rogers and social media manager Emmie Rogers stand behind a wall of thread at the shop’s expanded location. The COVID-19 pandemic saw an explosion in people interested in needlepoint.
A look at the front of the Nimble Needle, a full-service needlepoint shop off Johnson Ferry Road within City Springs, shows a table covered in canvasses with every color of thread imaginable covering the walls. The owner said the shop hosts workshops, beginner classes and specialty instruction throughout the week.
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Enjoy Egg Hunts for all ages at 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, and 6:30pm!
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Fulton Superintendent recommends “necessary” cuts to year’s budget
By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
FULTON COUNTY — Fulton County School Board Superintendent Mike Looney will recommend “necessary” budgets cuts for the 2026 fiscal year.
Looney offered an update on the current outlook for the 2026 budget at the March 19 school board meeting. As of now, the board plans to implement a 2.5 percent salary increase for employees, down from the originally planned 3 percent.
Last year, the county gave approval to a 4.5 percent compensation raise for eligible employees.
“In addition to that, is going to be necessary to adjust some of the supplements that we’ve been paying for employees,” Looney said.
At least $500,000 will also be cut from technology and software materials, alongside the reduction of central office positions.
“I have directed all department leaders to cut their non personnel expenses by 5 percent in the upcoming year,” Looney said.
Looney’s recommendations also include shuttering the elementary school section of Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence due to low enrollment numbers.
Superintendent Mike Looney announces new budget cuts that have the chance to get approval for next year’s fiscal budget.
the county located in North Fulton, the board foresees a growth in certain cohorts, but not strong enough to counter overall enrollment decline.
The Fulton County School Boards projects that there will be a 1,023 loss in students next year and a 3,334 loss over the next five years. The projections include all elementary, middle and high schools, along with charter and alternative schools.
As of early March, Gwinnett Schools has the highest enrollment in the Metro area with approximately 182,000 students, while Fulton County stands around 87,000 students. A correlation can be found when looking at affordable home options in Fulton County versus Gwinnett County.
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Looney’s reasoning for the proposals come from inflationary concerns, an increase in mandated expenditures, the increase of cost for employee benefits and retirement and compliance costs for doing business.
“It’s going to be necessary to make some reductions,” Looney said. “Key revenue constraints include a projected reduction in state revenue in the upcoming year and uncertainty in federal funding formulas, that along with continued downward pressure in revenue from local taxation.”
The school board is currently in their midway point for the development of fiscal year 2026 finances. A final vote for the budget will be held June 10. Before then, two public hearings will take place on May 6 and May 13.
“It’s going to be a tough budget year here in Fulton County schools, but we’re ready for it,” Looney said.
School enrollment is on pace to continue decreasing in the next five years, due to rising home prices and higher interest rates. The board projects that South Fulton enrollment will grow at a constant rate as the area’s “strong” housing market continues, while Sandy Springs will continue to decline. As for the rest of
Gwinnett’s median home sale price as of 2023 is priced at $330,000, in which 50 percent of homes classify as “below-median priced suburban neighborhoods,” according to the Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy. In comparison, the median home sale price for Alpharetta is $667,000, with 52 percent of homes in the “Higher-Priced Suburban Employment Corridors & Town Centers” classification.
The rest of North Fulton includes Johns Creek with the median price of $640,000, Milton at $870,000 and Roswell at $583,000.
In other business, the board will recommend the new name for the Conley Hills Elementary School replacement to be made into Briarwood Elementary School. The new name provides a history lesson, honoring the past high school that existed there.
“I think it is an opportunity for us to honor the past, as we continue to move forward with new energy,” Board member Kimberly Dove said.
The final vote will take place at next month’s board meeting.
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A team of surgeons in India operating on breast cancer divided patients into two groups. One group had standard breast cancer surgery. The other group received a lidocaine injection around the tumor 7-10 minutes prior to surgery. During the 5 years after surgery, the group that received the lidocaine injection had an 8.5% rate of the cancer recurring (popping up again) at a distant site versus an 11.6% rate of distant recurrence in the surgeryonly (no lidocaine) group. The study has some limitations including not being a double-blind trial and being a single-
center study, but it is intriguing enough to warrant further investigation. The authors reported that injecting lidocaine around breast cancer before removing it increased survival in their study.
What made the surgeons perform this study in the first place? Why lidocaine? Over the last few years, researchers have discovered that electrical gradients maintained across the membranes of cancer cells are important to their ability to metastasize or spread. Our cells have pumps in them called “ion channels.” They allow certain ions to pass across the cell membrane. The resulting ion concentration gradient creates an electrical charge across a cell. This gradient affects the way other proteins in the cell function. Importantly, some of the proteins affected by the charge across a cell membrane are important for healthy cells’ growth and development as well as for cancers’ ability to grow and spread.
Lidocaine works by blocking sodium channels in cell membranes. Disrupting the electric charge across a cancer cell membrane was suspected to have the potential to weaken the cancer itself. Preclinical studies supported this hypothesis, and the breast cancer surgeons took the next step of performing a trial with breast cancer patients and peritumoral lidocaine injections.
I don’t know if breast cancer surgeons in the United States consider these results valid, are awaiting confirmatory studies or are already injecting lidocaine. However, in dermatology, these results are exciting because, for now, we do not need to change anything that we are already doing. Every day that I perform Mohs surgery, we inject the area around a tumor with lidocaine prior to surgically removing the cancer. If lidocaine is more than an anesthetic, then our patients are likely already benefiting from any anti-cancer properties that lidocaine has.
Mohs surgery is the gold standard for treating most skin cancers and has a cure rate that is usually at or above 99%. Perhaps lidocaine is one of the secrets to this success.
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Vietnam War Veterans Day Ceremony
12 noon Friday, Mar. 28 at Newtown Park 3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek
Children’s Easter Egg Hunt - 11 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 29
For children 12-years-old and under
Six “egg hunting areas” separated by age level
Two Golden Egg prizes in each egg hunt area
BINGO - 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13
Future Games: 2nd & 4th Sunday Each Month
Dances & Dance Instruction
For all the details visit: www.club201dance.com
Support Roswell Rotary “Honor Air”
Trip to D.C., Wednesday, April 9, 2025
For World War II, Korea, Vietnam Vets Visit www.legion201.org for more
here’s the catch! The clues are not in order - so the first clue in Line 1 may (or may not) actually be for the second or third answer in that line. Got it? Good luck!
HOSPITAL FACTS
1. Wealthy. Medical assistant. Door sign.
2. Some kind of a nut. Crude group, briefly. Hospital area.
3. Hospital VIP. Magician’s stick. Road __.
4. Place to acquire some suds. Exploding star. Blood __ (exam)
5. Picture of health. Desert beast. Glove material.
6. Medical man with a knife. Indian bread. Psyches.
7. Dog house. Gyro meat. Hospital accommodations.
1 Wealthy. Medical assistant. Door sign.
2. Some kind of a nut. Crude group, briefly. Hospital area
How to Solve: Each line in the puzzle above has three clues and three answers. The last letter in the first answer on each line is the first letter of the second answer, and so on. The connecting letter is outlined, giving you the correct number of letters for each answer (the answers in line 1 are 4, 5 and 5 letters). The clues are numbered 1 through 7, which each number containing 3 clues for the 3 answers on the line. But here’s the catch! The clues are not in order - so the first clue in Line 1 may (or may not) actually be for the second or third answer in that line. Got it? Good luck!
3. Hospital VIP. Magician’s stick. Road ___
4. Place to acquire some suds. Exploding star. Blood ___ (Medical exam)
5. Picture of health. Desert beast. Glove material
6. Medical man with a knife. Indian bread. Psyches
Needlepoint:
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She said there’s been a wave of young women interested in needlepoint during and after the pandemic.
Emmie Rodgers said sometimes men show up to classes, often brought along by their girlfriends, but needlepoint is really something that anyone can pick up if they want to.
Jan Rodgers said the Nimble Needle’s social media presence has made a real difference bringing more people into the shop.
Some customers have been stitching for decades and others just picked up a canvas after watching a recent wave of TikTok videos promoting the hobby as an alternative to cell phone and social media addiction.
The blending of different generations at the Nimble Needle, including teenagers and grandmothers, makes its community rare.
Rodgers said the back of the shop at 206B Johnson Ferry Road was originally supposed to be the classroom, but it wasn’t big enough for most of them. Instead, the Nimble Needle hosts workshops and classes around three large wooden tables in the front of the shop.
“We teach beginner classes … how to paint canvasses … finish your stitch piece into an ornament,” Rodgers said. “Then, we have national teachers who come in for what they call embellishment classes where they take a canvass and tell you what kind of stitches to use on it.”
There’s usually one or two classes open to the
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public on weekends.
Because needlepoint is an artform, businesses avoid large corporate competition with an emphasis on the community of artists, experienced stitchers and beginners.
Needlepoint is an intricate art form, requiring a dedication to detail, patience and a willingness to learn. The number of different stitches, ranging in complexity, can be intimidating for novices, but local shops like the Nimble Needle exist to provide all ability levels with some guidance.
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“Canvasses are stitch painted, so there’s a dot of paint on every intersection of the canvass,” Rodgers said. “All the canvasses that you see on the wall are hand-painted; They are starting to print some canvasses, but it’s a kind of kludgy process as far as trying to get lines straight, so ink ends up on every intersection of canvass.”
Despite all the advancements in human technology, needlepoint artists still prefer methods used by the ancient Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago.
Rodgers said the technology isn’t quite there yet to make printed canvasses as viable as traditional, painted ones. She said once you’ve made a stitch, it’s difficult to know what’s underneath, which makes each drop of paint crucial to the look of the final product, whether it be a pillow, wall hanging or belt.
Twice a week on Monday mornings and Wednesday evenings, the shop hosts a help session.
“Marcie Slotin teaches the help classes,” Rodgers said. “It’s just bring whatever you’re working on, and she will help you learn new stitches and try new threads.”
People from around the Metro Atlanta, the state of Georgia and the Southeast patronize the Nimble Needle in Sandy Springs.
Rodgers said there’s an existing needlepoint shop in midtown Atlanta and Savannah just got a new one, but there are not a lot of options close by. She said the 15 miles between the two Metro Atlanta shops sometimes takes an hour to navigate.
All of the new people interested in needlepoint puts a smile on Rodgers’ face.
“We give out some beginner information, and we have to constantly remake that,” she said. “We’re seeing a lot of new stitchers and younger ones, which is good for the future.”
THE NIMBLE NEEDLE/PROVIDED
A couple parked cars sit outside of the Nimble Needle at 206B Johnson Ferry Road within the City Springs downtown district, just a couple blocks from Sandy Springs City Hall.
Do convention bureaus collect the same revenue from short-term rentals, like Airbnb, as they do hotels?
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
NORTH METRO ATLANTA, Ga. — Short-term rentals offered through online platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com pay hotel taxes in Georgia in accordance with a state law signed in 2021.
Just like traditional hotels and motels, the online platforms collect the taxes, along with other taxes, and pay them to the appropriate government entity.
In Georgia, short-term rentals are subject to a 4 percent state sales tax, local sales tax, hotel fee of $5 per night and local hotel-motel taxes that can range up to 8 percent. Guests are often charged the taxes as part of their reservation.
In 2021, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law requiring short-term rentals pay the tax. The law went into effect in 2022.
Short-term rentals have become an increasingly large part of the hospitality landscape since the launch of popular online platforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In Alpharetta, the City Council passed an ordinance in January 2025 regulating the rentals, requiring them to seek city permits after residents voiced concerns. Many residents said they were seeing more and more of the rentals and were worried they would change the character of their neighborhoods. Owners of the rentals said they provide an essential service.
At least 89 short-term rentals operate in Alpharetta, according to the city.
Hotel-motel taxes can fund a variety of programs and purposes related to tourism.
Cities and counties often take a portion, leaving the rest for convention and visitors bureaus.
Awesome Alpharetta, Alpharetta’s convention and visitors bureau, is funded by the tax, spending about 95 percent of its dollars on marketing for the city’s
many attractions, said Janet Rodgers, president and CEO of the bureau.
The money for marketing goes toward numerous advertisements and marketing campaigns from search engine optimization to traditional advertising.
The marketing benefits local hotels, motels, attractions and short-term rentals, which may see an increase in customers as a result, she said.
“We really put the money to work,” she said. “I can’t sell a hotel room, but I can sell a destination.”
Atlanta Regional Commission to introduce new freight plan
METRO ATLANTA — The Atlanta Regional Commission Board will recondition the Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan after adopting the major update on March 12.
The plan will provide resources for local jurisdictions, policy makers and business leaders. with a comprehensive resource to better accommodate the freight traffic that drives the economy in Metro Atlanta.
“The Regional Freight Mobility Plan provides a roadmap to help metro Atlanta accommodate ever-increasing freight traffic volumes while enhancing safety, boosting the economy, and
preserving our quality of life,” ARC Executive Director & CEO Anna Roach said. “The plan is a critical tool that will guide investments and inform decision-making over the next several decades.”
Metro Atlanta is one of the nation’s largest hubs, with connections to the Port of Savannah, the nation’s fourthbusiest container port. Volumes of freight and e-commerce are expected to rise even more in the next 25 years due to population growth in the region and ports.
The plan will include updates such as freight design guidelines, county-
level factsheets, an interactive freight dashboard, a model truck parking zoning ordinance and a list of 147 recommended transportation project to improve freight mobility and safety in the region.
Freight traffic has a chance of doubling by 2050, to combat this the plan has developed two freight growth scenarios. The “low-growth scenario” with 69 percent and a “high-growth scenario” with 118 percent will provide plans for the coming years.
In 2019, Georgia saw a total freight volume of 31 million tons with a total value of $398.5 billion. The state is
currently ranked fifth in the nation and first in the Southeast, with one in three jobs associated with the sector. Efforts for the freight planning will continue in the coming years, including a creation of additional Freight Cluster Plans in areas with significant industrial development. The plans will focus on facilitating the movement of goods, reducing traffic congestion and improving safety, mobility and access for all roadway users.
— Sarah Coyne
Chorale invites community to celebrate gaming
“electrifying” experience and reminisce on classic video game soundtracks.
The Johns Creek Chorale invites
The concert will feature music from Final Fantasy, Skyrim, World of Warcraft and more, performed by a full orchestra and mass choir.
Tickets are general admission only starting at $10 for students and $20 for adults. Seniors and those who have served in the military can get their tickets for $15.
The performance will take place at Mt.
Pisgah Church, 2850 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek, GA 30022 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
To buy tickets visit www. johnscreekchorale.com.
— Sarah Coyne
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Enjoy “A Night at the Arcade” and celebrate the nostalgic sound of classic arcade games on April 26.
gaming enthusiasts to enjoy the
Avalon hosts annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration
By JAMIE GODIN newsroom@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Avalon welcomed crowds Friday evening for its annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration, "Luck of Avalon," ahead of the holiday weekend.
The event, held in the mixeduse development’s central green space, featured live entertainment, refreshments, a face painting station, and a photo booth for the green-clad attendees.
“We’re hosting Luck of Avalon, our annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration,” said Nina Fender, marketing coordinator for Avalon, an 86-acre community on Old Milton Parkway.“We kick the evening off with some Irish dancing, followed by bagpipes, and a live band playing from 7 to 9 p.m.”
By 6 p.m., attendees had gathered to enjoy refreshments and secure spots to watch a performance by young dancers from the Drake School of Irish Dance in Alpharetta.
“As far as the event, but I’m female, the girls, the dancers were my favorite. They had that little one and they were so cute. But they need to put a camera on them and put it on the screen,” Sherri, an event attendee and black card member of Avalon, gestures to the flat grassy ground where all the event attendees were standing, “because no one could see back here.”
The performance was followed by the Atlanta Bagpipe Band, which played to a nearly packed field, with members sporting traditional bagpipes and drums.
After their performance, several members of the band made their way to Marlow’s Tavern, where an unexpected encore took place. As the players gathered near the bar, they suddenly erupted into a rousing performance and began to march around the restaurant,
their bagpipes filling the crowded tavern. Patrons burst into applause, some raising their drinks in celebration while others clapped along to the beat. The impromptu performance transformed the tavern into an extension of the festival’s lively spirit.
From 7 to 9 p.m., Will and the Exclamation! took the stage, delivering a high-energy set of cover songs that had the crowd on their feet. Attendees danced with abandon, singing along as children darted through the square. The excitement was palpable, with even those on the outskirts of the crowd bopping to the rhythm.
“The best part was the friendship, the people that showed up, and the vibe—mixing with people we knew and people we didn’t,” said Suzanne, who enthusiastically volunteered to attend the event with Sherri.
“The VIP section was fabulous,” Suzanne added. But before she could finish, Sherri interjected, gesturing once again toward the field. “But they need to advertise better,” she said, pointing out that some attendees had started leaving before the night’s end.
Despite minor critiques, the night was a success, bringing a festive St. Patrick’s Day spirit to Avalon and its attendees.
Rotary members teaching life-saving procedures
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
NORTH METRO ATLANTA — When a life hangs in the balance, every second counts.
That’s why Steve Cory, a member of the Rotary Club of North Fulton, is making it his mission to educate on what to do when someone suffers a cardiac arrest. Cory and other members are working to teach North Fulton County residents about cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.
It can happen anywhere and at any time, Cory said.
About 356,000 people suffer cardiac arrests each year in the U.S. at home, work, the gym and other everyday locations, according to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. When a cardiac arrest does occur to a loved one or stranger, simply knowing what to do can make all the difference, Cory said.
Cory said when a Kennesaw man suffered a cardiac arrest on a tennis court in 2023, a wellmeaning but uneducated bystander was convinced he was already gone. Cory is working to bring the man, whose life was saved by CPR and an AED, and his story to groups to illustrate the power of life-saving techniques.
“He said, ‘I think he’s gone. Let’s say a prayer,’” Cory said. “We teach them, don’t say a prayer. It’s not your job to say they’re gone. Keep doing high compression CPR until the first responders come.”
Cory has organized classes and events to teach at least 200 residents what to do when a person suffers a cardiac arrest.
He is partnering with North Fulton fire departments to organize classes. He also is asking
any group that will take him to let survivors tell their stories.
Unlike a heart attack, a cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating completely or at the right speed and is often caused by an electrical malfunction within the heart.
According to the American Heart Association, more than 436,000 people die of cardiac arrests in the nation each year.
During a cardiac arrest, whether there is an AED nearby can make all the difference.
The probability of survival decreases by 7% to 10% for every minute that passes, according to the FDA.
An AED is a computerized defibrillator that automatically analyzes the heartbeat in people who are experiencing cardiac arrest and delivers a shock at a precise moment to restore its rhythm. The devices come in small emergency-colored boxes and often guide users through their function with an automated voice recording.
At Alpharetta High School, Cory organized a panel discussion for almost 70 students. He also partnered with local bike clubs, business groups and hospitals to educate residents.
He is looking to find additional groups to help spread the message.
“Every minute counts,” Cory said.
Appen Media will continue to follow the story and help bring first responder education to the public. Return to the Herald and go to appenmedia.com for updates.
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The girls of the Drake School of Irish Dance in Alpharetta perform a traditional Irish dance.
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Cardiac arrest survivor Tim Alde demonstrates how to perform CPR on a dummy at a class hosted by the Johns Creek Fire Department.
OPINION
A unique building in Crabapple has storied pas t
A building with a unique shape on a five-way intersection in downtown Crabapple is bound to provoke curiosity. Since 2002 this landmark structure has housed the Hometown Carpet store operated by Steve Cash, but since it was probably built circa 1900 or earlier the building has been home to several businesses. It may be one of the oldest buildings in Fulton County still engaged in active business.
Measuring only 2,379 square feet, the charming structure was most likely originally built as a general store. It has a classic brick facade with reasonably large display windows which was common for retail buildings at the time of its construction.
The building also has two unique adjustable brace rods that connect its two main walls to keep them square during windstorms and other damage. The rods run through the building near the ceiling and are visible inside the building. They pass through the walls and can be adjusted from outside the building to keep the walls vertical with a simple turn or two of a bolt to move the top of a wall in or out. Such reinforcement was fairly common in historic buildings, particularly masonry structures.
Sally Rich-Kolb has owned the building since about 2000. Over the years she has worked to preserve several historic buildings in Crabapple.
Bill Bates, retired Alpharetta Fire Chief, recalls that his uncle George Bates owned a grocery store in the building in the 1960s. “My friends and I used to ride bicycles from Daddy’s house on Mayfield Road to the store for Cokes. We picked up empty Coke bottles on the way and turned them in to pay for our treats.” Bill’s dad was Billy Bates (1926-2021), well-known merchant, knowledgeable historian and volunteer fireman for more than 30 years.
George Bates ran the store with his wife Fanny Bell and son Doug. They had two Gulf gas pumps in front of the store and a small ramp which cars drove up in order to have their oil changed.
When the Crabapple Baptist Church obtained new pews, George bought two of the old ones which he put on the front porch of his store. “Every time I would go by the store there would be five or six old-timers sitting on those benches telling lies
to each other,” says John Dorris a member of one of Milton’s most distinguished pioneer families.
John believes he is the first person in his family to be born in a hospital, St Joseph Hospital in downtown Atlanta. His well-known and highly respected father John Marvin Dorris almost made his hundred-year goal. “He lived to be 99 years, 11 months and one week.” says his son.
Mark Coleman, who lived on Crabapple Road about 300 yards from the store, remembers that “As a kid my mom would send me there to pick up groceries. Mr. Bates had an agreement with my dad to settle up every month.
“There were some benches out front and brothers Jeff (1911-1969) and Cody (1908-1971 Spence would sit there every day. They were in their 50s and made my little brother Randy “Mayor of Crabapple.
“I remember when the Goat Man would come through town once a year with a wagon pulled by 7 or 8 goats and would camp out for the night with his goats. My brother really felt pity for him and gave him a chicken. He didn’t have a home and probably was hungry.”
The next occupants of the building were Emory and Virginia Reeves who opened an antique store called Crabapple Corners Antiques in 1969. They lived in Chastine Park and commuted to the store. Emory (1921-2009) served in the U.S. Army
This iconic building in downtown Crabapple is shown as it was in the 1960s when it was a grocery store and Gulf gas station. Note the red ramp on the right of the photo. Cars were driven up the ramp for oil changes.
during World War II and took part in the D-Day Invasion. After his retirement from BellSouth he joined Virginia in the antique business. He was a very popular figure in town and was affectionally called the “Mayor of Crabapple.” Virginia (1920-2012) was known as the “First Lady” of Crabapple. She helped create the Crabapple Antiques Fair in the 1970s and early 1980s. The store closed in 2005.
Thanks to Linda Statham, Joan
Borzileri, Connie Mashburn, Kathy Beck and Sheila Pennebaker, each of whom provided useful information. Sometimes, writing about history takes a village as they say.
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.
BOB MEYERS
Columnist
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Home to the Hometown Carpet Company since 2002 this familiar building dates back to the late 1800s or early 1900s and is an important part of the history of the community.
SALLY RICH-KOLB DONATION TO MILTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OPINION
Transitioning to native plants in your landscape design
I decided to transition my landscape to native plants because I wanted to create a habitat in my yard to promote more biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to different kinds of life in one area that work together to make an intricate web, maintaining and supporting life.
Planting native plants also conserves water and reduces maintenance needs. It has taken me several years to make these conversions in my yard. I have eliminated the lawn in my backyard, and I am gradually working on my front yard. You can start with one corner or an area of your yard and expand the scope as you desire.
Here are my suggestions for adding native plants and more biodiversity to your yard.
Steps to transition:
1. Assess Your Site:
Identify drainage and sunlight exposure. Determine the nutrient levels in your soil by taking a sample to your local county extension office. All plants thrive in the right conditions, so match your plant choices with your yard’s natural characteristics. Prepare the soil, add organic material like mushroom compost, topsoil, humus, sand and mix well to a depth of 6-8 inches.
2. Plan your design:
Cluster Plants: Group similar plants together by their water and sunlight needs. Plant taller plants toward the back of the bed or planting area and shorter ones toward the front.
Layering: Use a variety of plant types, including trees, shrubs, perennials and ground covers to create a diverse ecosystem. Choose a mix of plants that provide year-round interest, such as flowering shrubs for spring and colorful berries for winter.
3. Select native plants:
Trees: White oak, Southern red oak, Eastern red cedar, American holly, flowering dogwood, Eastern redbud, American beech, red maple, American hornbeam, Eastern white pine, black gum, tulip popular, among others.
Shrubs: Oakleaf hydrangea, American beautyberry, sweet shrub,
About the author
This week’s “Garden Buzz” guest columnist is Roswell resident Katherine Coppedge. Katherine has been a Master Gardener since 2009 and has been gardening in the Atlanta area since the ‘70s. Katherine is an avid hiker and lover of walking in the woods. She is a member of the Spalding Garden Club and has been a board member of the John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Preserve in Sandy Springs since 2006. Katherine shared her love of trees and forest bathing in her spring 2021 garden lecture “Big Trees of Sandy Springs” which is viewable at https://youtu.be/oeOlLc21ue0
Southern wax myrtle, azaleas, blueberry, bottlebrush buckeye, butterfly weed, buttonbush, inkberry, leucothoe. I removed a whole beautiful row of fatsia and replaced it with leucothoe in my yard.
Perennials: Black-eyed Susan, Georgia aster, purple coneflower, phlox, swamp milkweed, red columbine, green and gold, Virginia sweet spire, cardinal flower, beebalm, sunflowers.
Grasses: Little bluestem, river oats, switchgrass, autumn bentgrass, southern waxy sedge.
4. Remove invasive, non-native species:
Before planting natives, clear out invasive plants, such as like kudzu, privet, English ivy, vinca, Japanese honeysuckle, cogongrass, leatherleaf mahonia, Japanese stiltgrass and scutch grass that compete with native species.
5. Mulch and water wisely: Apply pine straw or hardwood mulch around the plants as needed to maintain moisture and reduce weed growth. Water wisely, in the morning or late evening, 2-3 times a week to establish. Then water weekly as needed so that plants get about 1 inch of water per week.
6. Plant species to attract pollinators: Milkweed for monarchs, bee balm for bees, American persimmon, phlox, purple coneflowers, butterfly bush, chives, parsley.
7. Maintain properly:
Native plants generally need less care, but they will still benefit from
occasional pruning, weeding and mulching. Allow the plants to reseed and spread naturally for a fuller looking landscape over time.
8. Challenges
One of my personal challenges was being patient with the process. It takes time to prepare the areas you want to change and figure out which plants you want to use. Another consideration was the cost to replace my non-natives with natives. I am very happy with the results and the great biodiversity and other benefits it has brought to my yard.
9. Use local resources.
Georgia has many organizations and plant societies dedicated to native plant gardening. Check with your county extension office or groups like the Georgia Native Plant Society for online plant lists, resources and expert advice. North Fulton Master Gardeners and the Georgia Native Plant Society will be hosting a great plant sale and opportunity for you to learn more at Garden Faire on Saturday, April 12, 2025, where you can choose from thousands of plants for your garden. The event is FREE from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at The Grove at
Wills Park, 175 Roswell Street in Alpharetta. For more information go to www.NFMG.net
10. Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor!
By following these steps, you’ll create a thriving, low-maintenance landscape that supports local wildlife and contributes to Georgia’s ecological health.
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://appenmedia.com/ opinion/columists/garden buzz/.
Save the dates for North Fulton Master Gardener’s 2025 Signature events: Garden Faire on April 12 and Garden Tour on June 7. Learn more at www.nfmg.net
KATHERINE COPPEDGE Guest Columnist
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Flowering and foliage of native plants provide focal points in garden.
Sale:
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The sale description will now be listed as 39.089 acres, a slight increase from the original 38.921 acres.
Originally meant to be used as an active park but lobbied against by horse farm and property owners surrounding the site, the property is now on sale for $5.16 million.
Property bids began last week and the city has received “quite a bit of engagement,” according to Jarrard.
In other business, the city council will allow the Milton FireRescue Department to become a licensed training provider for Red Cross classes. With no extra cost for the city, the approval will let the department be able to become their own training site and certify instructors without relying on a third party.
“It’s going to save time, it’s going to save energy and in the long term it’s going to save us money,” Medical Services Officer and Captain Mark Haskins said.
Instructors will be able to provide Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support classes that satisfy licensure requirements for all levels of certification for emergency medical technicians. Community members will also be to become certified.
“Evry single EMT and paramedic with the fire department and also members of our police department have to have certain certifications that recertify biannually,” Haskins said.
Milton Fire Department staff will begin the process to institute the programs March 18.
Milton City Council members also approved the final plat for Providence Point. The private gated community will be built in the northeastern quadrant of Birmingham Highway and Providence Road, across from Fire Station 45.
Consisting of five single-family lots, the subdivision will consist of 6.559 acres with a density of .76 units per acre. Each lot will comprise of 1.043 to 1.377 acres in size.
Members of the community can learn a piece of history from the newly-approved historical marker, set to be placed at Milton City Hall in early 2026. The marker will honor the city’s namesake, John Milton, a Revolutionary War hero and Georgia’s first Secretary of State.
The Milton Historical Society will apply to the Georgia Historical Society’s marker program to honor not only Milton, but also the city’s 20th anniversary and the 250th
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Milton City Attorney Ken Jarrard presents the amendment for the Hopewell Road property resolution during the March 17 City Council meeting.
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The society sponsors the marker while the Georgia Historical Society will be the owner.
As property owner, the City of Milton will provide a property easement for the marker but will not have to provide any financial services.
City council members also approved a resolution to dispose of a surplus of right-of-way along Heritage Walk to The Market District Crabapple Condominium Association, Inc.
“It puts the public right-of-way at the back of the sidewalk, and it very clearly memorializes that everything behind the sidewalk is going to be privately owned, privately responsible and privately maintained,” Milton Engineering Project Manager Rob Dell-Ross said.
In Jan. 2019, the city acquired a total of .520 acres of right-of way-area, 3,898.75 square feet of permanent construction easement area and 15,731.02 square feet of temporary construction easement through donation from the owner of Market District for the Crabapple Connector Project.
Nearly four years later, the city entered into a Private Development Agreement with Market District Crabapple to document the dedicating of Heritage Walk Rightof-Way and allow for the city to give Road Impact Fee credits to the Market District. The city later notified The Market District Crabapple Condominium Association, Inc. that they had rights to reacquire 1241.98 square feet of surplus right-of-way.
The right-of-way will be released by the City at no cost and will recoup a proportionate value in Road Impact Fee Credits that were initially issued under the 2022 Private Development Agreement.
A right-of-way allows local governments to construct and upkeep roads and sidewalks to facilitate pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
What is important
From time to time, I try to write for my kids and my grandchildren. I have done so in the past and it has usually taken the form of a “letter” to (name). Recently I was with a group of folks about my age, and we were talking about our lives and our families. The talk ended up being more involved and more granular than I think anyone had anticipated. It was not something that made anyone uncomfortable at the time but after we all went our separate ways, I am sure some - if not most - of us replayed the conversations to ourselves. It was one of those - and perhaps - worth passing on.
After I left, and in a hurry, I texted myself this: “loss, love, pain, and redemption.” While that conversation was still fresh, I wanted to make sure that I saved as much of it as I could - and that started with those four words. We covered a lot of ground my friends and I and I felt that those words would preserve - hopefully - what I wanted to remember most. I was afraid that if I didn’t it would disappear much like my dreams disappear that I don’t write down as soon as I wake up.
Years ago, my wife Christina traveled down to Columbus, GA with a group from Milton High School - the drama department - for a state-wide contest. She was waiting outside in the lobby by herself when another parent walked out and sat down on the same bench. He was quiet - thoughtful - and they both sat for a time in their own space. Then he looked over to her and spoke: “my life didn’t turn out how I thought it would.” Christina recounted the conversation to me, and I have never forgotten it.
My life didn’t turn out how I thought it would. Most lives don’t. Not really.
Yes, I do have a few friends who seem to have breezed through life and everything generally workedwent the way it was “supposed” to go - no major trauma, no cancers or tragic car wrecks, no years of wandering out in the wilderness trying to find a career or a spouse,
or something to give meaning to life - no hard failures, no tragic losses, and yes, a successful marriage to the childhood sweetheart and near perfect flawless children. But those few friends are more the exception surely. The rest of us have to work harder - have to endure more - have to climb at least a few of those rocky mountains.
Loss
Learn that loss is the other side of something / anything that sustains you - that nourishes you - that makes climbing those mountains doable. There is a reason loss exists; it is not just a random thing. It is the parent of endurance, strength, and faith and a promise that there will be another sunrise - a sunrise that you need. To lose requires you to heal. Healing is that sunrise.
Love
Learn that love is grace. It is God’s gift to us all. Love is the lens through which life evolves - all of life. Without love - without falling in love - without knowing love of others - indeed, life does not turn out how we thought it would. Love colors an otherwise black and white world.
Pain
Loss and love require pain. Knowing pain is to know loss and love. Pain is never fun. Sometimes it is unbearable. Sometimes it seems like it will never end. It will end. There is a reason for it; it leads to finding love and ultimately healing.
Redemption
Redemption is kindness - for yourself and for those you love. Redemption is why we get up every morning and put one foot in front of the other. Redemption is finding gratitude. Redemption is finding grace. Redemption is where love leads. It is the reward - the reward for us all.
It’s all related and connected. Its magic. It heals. It nurtures.
Expecting life to turn out how you wanted it to - how you thought it would -may not be as important simply as how you lived the life you lived and appreciating that. Love, loss, pain, and redemption all involve other people in addition to you. The more your focus is on them and their lives - and not on your own - the closer your “how I expected” will be to what you hoped.
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“It has cost the taxpayers millions and millions of dollars,” she said. “Not to mention the time, while our jails are overcrowded, and the court system has been clogged.”
Thorne also cited two recent fines, totaling less than $60,000, to cover the District Attorney Office’s Open Records Act violations.
“I fully agree that the state should probably pay for these fees because [Willis] makes it clear she is a state constitutional officer, she is not a county constitutional officer,” Thorne said. “I think we have to look at what’s just for the people in this case, and it might hurt doing the right thing.”
Commissioner Marvin Arington Jr., a practicing attorney for nearly three decades, said the bill gets it wrong, conflating disqualification and prosecutorial misconduct.
“A prosecutor can disqualify themselves, the issue is prosecutorial misconduct,” Arrington said. “The intent of SB 244, or the idea that it could apply to the Trump case, is unbelievable … no, better yet, unconstitutional.”
Arrington said even if the bill is passed, it would be unconstitutional to apply the law retroactively.
“There’s numerous ways in which a prosecutor can be disqualified, but that doesn’t mean they committed prosecutorial misconduct,” he said. “I’ll make the motion that we speak loudly against SB 244 and oppose it in its entirety.”
Arrington said the reason that the bill passed unanimously is that someone lied about a substitution removing applications to the Trump case. If the state House amends the bill and it goes back to the Senate, Arrington said no Democrat will vote for it.
However, the case against Trump and the other defendants remains active. If the bill passes, and the case is dismissed, then Fulton County
During these turbulent times, we would
and commitment
SCREENSHOT
Commissioner Bridget Thorne says she opposes language in Senate Bill 244 requiring county taxpayers pay legal fees but supports the idea of President Donald Trump and his codefendants recouping legal fees from the state. Thorne joined Chairman Robb Pitts and Commissioners Bob Ellis, Mo Ivory and Khadijah Abdur-Rahman to reject a resolution opposing the bill.
taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars in legal fees.
In that case, the law would not be applied retroactively.
County Attorney Soo Jo said there is a claim under state tort law for malicious prosecution, if any law enforcement entity is deliberately targeting a person for improper purposes through the justice system. Basically, a remedy for Trump and his defendants exists in state law.
“Typically, retroactive application is not something that you can do with legislation,” Jo said. “In its current iteration, I do not read the bill to apply retroactively … I don’t know if that was the intent.”
Barrett said the bill should have been written specifically to address overall prosecutorial oversight and reemphasized the state’s responsibility in her final pitch.
Ultimately Fulton County commissioners seemed to agree that the state, not the county, should pay when a prosecutor is disqualified for misconduct and a criminal defendant is allowed to recoup their legal fees.
However, only Barrett and Arington voted to approve the resolution, and it failed.
are extremely grateful.
City of Milton
Notice of Public Hearing
Mayor & City Council
The Mayor & City Council will conduct a public hearing for the following variances at the time and place described below.
Date & Time: May 5, 2025, 6:00 P.M.
Location: City of Milton 2006 Heritage Walk Council Chambers Milton, Georgia 30004-6119 678-242-2500
Sec. 3.1.4.A. – Unified Development Code . To reduce the 60 feet minimum front yard to 50 feet for thirty-six (36) total lots in the proposed Blakely Manor Subdivision.
V25-11, 13175 Hopewell Road
Applicant: Scott D. Reece
Requests:
Sec. 4.4.4.A. – Unified Development Code . To reduce the 50 feet minimum front yard to 35 feet for eleven (11) total lots for the proposed Crescent Ridge Subdivision.
Sec. 4.4.3.A. – Unified Development Code . To reduce the 100 feet minimum lot width to 88.98 feet for lot 5 of the proposed Crescent Ridge Subdivision . Sec. 4.4.3.A. – Unified Development Code . To reduce the 100 feet minimum lot width to 85.44 feet for lot 6 of the proposed Crescent Ridge Subdivision . Sec. 4.4.3.A. – Unified Development Code . To reduce the 100 feet minimum lot width to 93.19 feet for lot 7 of the proposed Crescent Ridge Subdivision.
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