MARCH 17 - 30, 2017 • VOL. 9 — NO. 6
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► 6th District candidates pitch for your vote VOTERS GUIDE, PAGE 12 ► New group aims to unite Atlantans against anti-Semitism PAGE 4
OPINION: PUBLIC ART MATTERS | P8
Senior home plan triggers clash between local residents, builder
A fine day at the ballpark
BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
PHIL MOSIER
Softball season is in full swing at Murphey Candler Park, where the Bombers met the Predators for a tight game of fastpitch softball on Saturday, March 11. The Predators won 8-7. At bat, Bombers No. 2 Reese Presnall. Inset: Bombers No. 5 MacKinzie Cassidy. More photos, page 22.
STANDOUT STUDENT Metro Atlanta’s first All-Ireland fiddle champ
Our fluffy cherry trees, our feathery dogwoods, our brilliant azaleas are smiling at us from all sides, causing us to smile in return. And sneeze. See Robin’s Nest page 9
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OUT & ABOUT Cajun band heats up Sandy Springs dance floor Page 16
A developer who grew up on Buford Highway wants to build an assisted living center across the street from his former home. But residents living in one of the last neighborhoods remaining off the busy corridor are pushing back against the plans, saying they have a 33-year-old zoning covenant that protects them from developments encroaching on their neighborhood. It’s a zoning case that highlights issues a young city like Brookhaven faces as it works through codes handed down from a prior government — in this case, DeKalb County. Arkadiy Yakubov said he and his family fled Russia in 1991, when he was a teen. They moved into an apartment where the Terraces at Brookhaven are now located and lived there for 13 years. Now a businessman and developer, Yakubov said he’s sunk more than $1 million into buying land and tearing down a building at 3523 Buford Highway, diSee SENIOR on page 10
Transportation, cooperation dominate Perimeter mayors panel BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
Finding better ways to move people around metro Atlanta was a leading topic of interest for mayors of Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Dunwoody and Chamblee during a March 3 panel discussion of the Perimeter area mayors. Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst said interconnectivity was key to finding ways to See TRANSPORTATION on page 22