JAN. 19 - FEB. 1, 2018 • VOL. 9— NO. 2
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► State, city officials debate best ways to regulate short-term rentals PAGE 4 ► Touring theater company for seniors eyes expansion PAGE 20
This way to MLK Day
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Former All Saints pastor remembered as ‘just a great guy’ BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
Mathew Horne and Addison Long, both 11, help direct volunteers in Brook Run Park on a chilly Martin Luther King Jr. Day volunteer effort on Jan. 15. Many people came out for the annual city-sponsored event to clean the park, work in the gardens, and plant flowers and trees with the organization Trees Atlanta.
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OUT & ABOUT
Bring on the bagpipes! 1,500 expected in Tartan Trot run Page 16
As an artist myself; I fully support art as a core in civic identity. Construction and traffic are my only main concerns preand post-completion. Is Sandy Springs’ arts-oriented civic center a smart play? See COMMENTARY, Page 10
Friends and parishioners are fondly remembering Monsignor Donald Kiernan, a renowned figure in Dunwoody and the retired pastor of All Saints Catholic Church, who died Jan. 9. He was 93. “He was about as personable a person you could get,” said Bob Fiscella of Dunwoody, a member of All Saints since 1993. “He could put everyone at ease.” Fiscella and his wife, Rita, were married by Kiernan in 1995 and he baptized their children. “He was just a great guy,” Fiscella said. “He transcended the Catholic community in Dunwoody and everyone knew him. I’m sure he never had to pick up a check at a Dunwoody restaurant.” Named a monsignor in 1969, Kiernan served as the pastor of several parishes until he was assigned as pastor of All Saints Church, Dunwoody, in 1985, where he served for 25 years, according to The Georgia BulSee FORMER on page 22
New baseball fields raise neighbors’ concerns BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
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Creating a student-operated cafe at North Springs High Page 8
A small group of residents met with city officials during a recent frigid morning at the construction site of the new Dunwoody baseball fields adjacent to Peachtree Charter Middle School to raise their concerns about stadium lighting, parking and noise. About 10 residents huddled up together the morning of Jan. 13 at the corner of Barclay Drive and North Peachtree Road See NEW on page 15