05-12-17 Brookhaven Reporter

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MAY 12 - 25, 2017• VOL. 9— NO. 10

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► Eyed for trails, pipeline routes are serious business PAGE 4 ► Buckhead company keeps ‘quirky’ old-school sodas fizzing PAGE 6

City teams with Georgia Power on surveillance cameras

Riding high in Lynwood Park

BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

“Miss Confidence Lynwood,” Jayla Lipscomb, 5, waves to the crowd with her driver, Toni Annette Woods, in the Lynwood Park Community Day parade on May 6. The parade kicked off an afternoon celebration that included a cookout, music, games and activities. More pictures, page 24.►

EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR Teaching literature through life Page 20

PHIL MOSIER

OUT & ABOUT Storyteller ‘Rosie the Riveter’ comes to town Page 19 I want to see a competition that celebrates our everyday Home Kitchen challenges. ... The Chairman would be the Original Iron Chef’s Mother-in-Law. Prizes are a month’s supply of lasagna and a spa weekend. A chef wins if her kids eat her food. Robin’s Nest, page 15

The Brookhaven Police Department says it is the first municipality in the state to team up with Georgia Power Co. to install video cameras and license plate readers on utility poles. The equipment is being installed as part of a test run of a new surveillance system that police say will cut down on crime. The test run may also be the start of the city exploring the possibility of having its own video integration center, similar to the one operated by the Atlanta Police Department, where officers monitor cameras placed throughout the city to watch for trouble. “We are looking at different options in the future for a video integration system, like the one in Atlanta ... and looking to partner with APD,” Brookhaven Police spokesperson Major Brandon See CITY on page 22

$200K festival marketing was done without bid BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

Discover DeKalb’s marketing of Brookhaven’s Cherry Blossom Festival was done by a firm selected with “no rhyme or reason” rather than a competitive bid, a spokesperson for the agency said. The campaign included paid “digital influencers” whose track record of effectiveness is unclear. Discover DeKalb is collecting nearly $4 million in hotel/motel taxes in 2017, money that will go toward promoting tourism throughout the county and in cities such as See $200K on page 13


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