AUGUST 18 - 31, 2017 • VOL. 8— NO. 17
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Dog daycare plan ‘a travesty,’ neighbors say BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
Plans to build a dog daycare in the Shops of Dunwoody shopping center near the Dunwoody West neighborhood has Maggie Warford barking mad. “It’s a travesty,” she said. “This is not a commercial area. This is a residential area, and you don’t put a doggie daycare in a residential area.” See DOG on page 19 Sharon Frank, far left, and Maggie and Ken Warford live on Trailridge Way in the Dunwoody West neighborhood. They say plans to put a dog daycare in the nearby Shops of Dunwoody will result in loud barking invading the quiet of their backyards. PHOTO BY DYANA BAGBY
STANDOUT STUDENT Creating 3-D printed prosthetic arms
We’ve been sitting on that money for a couple years. It’s time to get going.
OUT & ABOUT Walking, wagging for a cause
BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
The Dunwoody Planning Commission is recommending a change to the city’s tree ordinance that requires a $25 permit before trees on non-residential property not undergoing construction can be cut down. Commissioners voted Aug. 8 to approve the amendment that also includes a fine of
DOUG THOMPSON
Dunwoody City Councilmember, on planned construction at Brook Run Park
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Tree removal crackdown effort gets first nod
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