AUGUST 17 - 30, 2018 • VOL. 10 — NO. 17
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Unitarian Universalist church proposes expansion as regional interest grows PAGE 4
► Exhibits mark 50 years of teaching art in Chastain Park PAGE 18
Greenway groundbreaking expected by year’s end
BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
The long-awaited groundbreaking for the Peachtree Creek Greenway is slated to happen by the end of the year. Bids for the first “model mile” of the linear park and trail are expected to go out after Labor Day and the City Council could vote as soon as October on awarding a contract to begin construction. Early talks of the Greenway estimated a groundbreaking would happen in early 2018, but the city has faced difficulty acquiring many of the private pieces of See GREENWAY on page 14 An illustration of a pedestrian bridge planned for the first section of the Peachtree Creek Greenway. SPECIAL
EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR ESOL teacher wins award
OUT & ABOUT ‘HOT PURSUIT’ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS Page 16
I stay aware of my surroundings. I also think social media makes the fear worse than it should be. How are you changing your behavior because of fear of crime? See page 6
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State board to consider localized ambulance response BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
Responding to the city of Dunwoody’s alarm over long ambulance response times, a state board Aug. 9 decided to quickly study the creation of new EMS zones to speed up arrival times in DeKalb County. That could mean localized service there and in Brookhaven, too, where city officials have discussed creating a new ambulance See STATE on page 12