December 2019 - Brookhaven Reporter

Page 1

reporternewspapers.net

DECEMBER 2019 • VOL. 11 — NO. 12

Olympic Park bombing investigation: Remembering dark days P8

Brookhaven Reporter

After PDK plane crash, residents question safety and who pays for damage

COMMUNITY

Historic American Legion building renovated

text here

P2

COMMUNITY

Ryan Gravel

Designer of the Atlanta BeltLine

Richard Jewell

A public challenge: Reimagine I-285

BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net

er piece of property. Brookhaven Park’s approximate 20 acres is almost evenly divided between the city and county. The city owns about 12 acres at the back of the park with the address of 4518 Peachtree Road. The county owns the front 11 acres, including approximately 4 acres where the DeKalb County Services Board is

An explosion jolted John Patterson awake in his DeKalb County townhome on Oct. 30. As he and his dog Max fled the damaged building, he assumed a gas line had burst because so little was left of the real cause: a private airplane that crashed into his home shortly after takeoff from DeKalbPeachtree Airport. “I said, ‘Where’s the plane?’” Patterson recalled asking firefighters and other first responders. “They said, ‘We’re looking.’” The violent crash at 2421 Peachwood Circle near I-85 killed the pilot and a passenger. Debris smashed a huge hole in the roof of Patterson’s spare bedroom and fell through the floor into the kitchen below. Patterson and his neighbor, whose unit was badly damaged as well, were left temporarily homeless. That day, they joined the unlucky few who, despite only tiny risks, have had homes or cars hit by planes falling out of the sky as they leave or approach PDK. The accident has revived safety fears

See NEW on page 28

See AFTER on page 30

P27

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

‘A Tuna Christmas’ continues theater partnership P26

Check out our podcasts and Facebook Live Streams

The Brookhaven Reporter is mail delivered to homes on selected carrier routes in ZIP 30319 For information: delivery@reporternewspapers.net

The townhomes on Peachwood Circle in DeKalb County that were damaged by a fatal Oct. 30 plane crash.

JOHN RUCH

New library long overdue as city, county squabble BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

A $2.2 million agreement the city thought it made with DeKalb County to purchase about 7 acres of the front portion of Brookhaven Park has yet to be finalized a year later. Now the county is saying it may need to build the city’s new library in the park because it has no money to buy anoth-

It’s that time of year... “Siri, where can I buy the best wife insurance?”

POSTAL CUSTOMER

“See page 9”

PRSRT STD ECRWSS US Postage PAID Monroe, GA Permit #15


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
December 2019 - Brookhaven Reporter by Rough Draft Atlanta: Atlanta Intown, Reporter Newspapers - Issuu