SEPTEMBER 1 - 14, 2017 • VOL. 11— NO. 18
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► Few local dams have emergency plans ready PAGE 4 ► Commentary: Tackling hate in schools, for kids’ sake PAGE 10
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Confederate monument crossfire hits home BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net
EVELYN ANDREWS
This Confederate monument is located on Peachtree Battle Avenue. An advisory committee will make recommendations in the coming months for what should be done with monuments and street names in Atlanta linked to the Confederacy.
EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR Sarah Smith teacher pursues ‘pizzazz’
Civil War monuments should be about marking transitions and remembering what happens when we can’t find peaceful solutions. People who attempt to violently remove them are exactly why we need them.
OUT & ABOUT ‘Beachy soul’ comes to the Springs
Candidate list set for November city elections BY EVELYN ANDREWS With the qualifying period over, the candidate list for Atlanta elections is set. Both City Council districts representing the heart of Buckhead have attracted competing candidates. The Nov. 7 election includes all Atlanta City Council seats, City Council president, mayor and all Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education seats.
What should metro Atlanta officials do with Confederate monuments that stand on public land? See COMMENTARY, Page 11
See CONFEDERATE on page 14
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— A 35-year-old Brookhaven man
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As national controversy swirls around Confederate monuments, at least two are located on former Civil War battlefields in Buckhead, and they may face different futures. The two monuments – one on private land at Piedmont Hospital and one on public land — refer
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