JULY 21 - AUG. 3, 2017 • VOL. 9 — NO. 15
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Park Villa residents forced out for new townhomes BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net Pearl Wilkerson has lived at Park Villa Apartment Homes in Brookhaven for more than 30 years. In late June, she got a notice tacked to her door telling her the complex had been sold and she must move out within weeks. “They done us bad,” the 88-year-old said from the living room of her muggy apartment, where cardboard boxes stuffed with items were stacked. See PARK on page 12
Pearl Wilkerson, 88, has lived in the Park Villa apartments for 30 years and said she was shocked when she learned she had 30 days to move out.
STANDOUT STUDENTS Westminster grads win national debate championship Page 20
The city of Sandy Springs can be held up as a great example of thoughtfully approaching its public art program with carefully crafted goals, strategies, criteria and policy. CHERI MORRIS Chair of Art Sandy Springs’ “ArtSS in the Open” public art program
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OUT & ABOUT Stepping out, speakeasy style Page 19
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City cracks down on Buford Highway nightclubs BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspaper.net
A recent gun battle behind the Medusa nightclub in Northeast Plaza on Buford Highway led city officials to revoke the club’s alcohol license. The shootout is just once instance police cite in a crackdown on increasing violence and incidents at many of the city’s late-night venues. According to a May 13 Brookhaven police report, gunfire was exchanged See CITY on page 14