OCT. 27 - NOV. 9, 2017• VOL. 11 — NO. 22
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► Local players get a kick out of new sport of FootGolf PAGE 4 ► Book Festival of the MJCCA will bring big-name authors PAGE 20
Tour gives insider’s view of Buckhead projects
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Home burglary rate drops with new police tactics BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net
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Jim Durrett, executive director of the Buckhead Community Improvement District, leads an Oct. 17 walking tour of Buckhead. Participants were given an overview of several major CID projects such as the proposed park over Ga. 400 and the renovation of Charlie Loudermilk Park, which includes the display of a 1943 photograph of the nearby Buckhead Theatre, shown above, which is aligned to overlap the view of today’s building. Read story page 23.►
Residential burglaries in Buckhead have decreased dramatically after a spike in crime last year, with the 2017 number down by a third across Atlanta Police’s Zone 2. The North Buckhead neighborhood experienced a 90 percent spike in residential crime in December 2016, but that trend has reversed. Zone 2 Commander Maj. Barry Shaw cited his shift in focus from traffic citations to patrolling for crime. “At the beginning of the year, we changed the focus of our crime suppression team,” he said. When Shaw was assigned Zone 2 commander in late 2016, he made immediate changes to officers’ duties. Traffic citations were once the focus, because crimes in Buckhead were often committed by people from people coming from outside of the area. The thought was that they could be caught through traffic stops, he said. See HOME on page 23
EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR Westminster counselor wins national honor
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I finally figured out that a very effective way to get back at the offspring ... is to bombard them with Bitmojis.
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OUT & ABOUT Gear up for the holidays at arts and crafts markets Page 18
Music hall proposed for Bobby Jones clubhouse BY EVELYN ANDREWS evelyn@reporternewspapers.net
A Buckhead resident is leading an effort to transform the clubhouse at the Bobby Jones Golf Course into a recital hall capable of hosting chamber music concerts and personal music lessons. The concept is receiving positive reactions from residents and the historic preservation community. Underlying the plan is a concern that the historic clubhouse could be demolished as it loses its current golf uses. A Veterans of ForSee MUSIC on page 22