07-06-2018 Sandy Springs Reporter

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JULY 6 - 19, 2018 • VOL. 12— NO. 14

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City seeks to purchase local water system

Greeting the Day of Yoga

BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net

PHIL MOSIER

After years of complaints about repairs and rates, Sandy Springs is seeking to purchase the system operated by the city of Atlanta that provides local water, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul said in his June 26 “State of the City” address. Paul sent a letter to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms requesting a meeting the week of June 25 to discuss acquiring the local portion of the water system. The two mayors did not meet that week and Sandy Springs spokesperson Sharon Kraun said July 3 the city was waiting to hear back from Bottoms. “Sandy Springs has been studying this idea for some time, and we would like to discuss our ideas for purchasing the operation in Sandy Springs,” Paul wrote in the letter. “Sandy Springs is committed to making this operation a governmental function of Sandy Springs.” The city of Atlanta and its Depart-

Ayushi Singh, 10, holds a posture during the International Day of Yoga event at Heritage Sandy Springs June 24. She was among more than 75 people who joined in the group yoga exercise, organized by India’s Atlanta-area consulate, which is based in Sandy Springs and also attended by Consul General Nagesh Singh. The day of yoga was established in 2015 by the United Nations at the behest of the Indian government.

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Neighborhood ‘shocked’ by woman’s killing BY JOHN RUCH AND EVELYN ANDREWS reporter@reporternewspapers.net

The killing of a 71-year-old woman in her Old Woodbine Road home June 27 has left the neighborhood “shocked,” one resident says. Authorities are offering $12,000 in rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the death of Kay Thomasson. Thomasson's body was found by family members in her house at 1095 Old Woodbine, on a cul-de-sac at the See NEIGHBORHOOD on page 23


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