1+ week, 5+ day ago   (185+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta DeKalb County District 2 Commissioner Michelle Long Spears and Super District 6 Commissioner Ted Terry are launching a rewrite of the county’s tree protection ordinance and hosting meetings throughout September to gather community feedback. Terry and Spears…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (568+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta A grass-eating invasive pest has been spotted in Georgia, and it could mean further headaches for cattle ranchers and farmers. The pasture mealybug has been spreading across the Southeast since it was first confirmed in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (690+ words) A group of volunteers is highlighting the City of Atlanta’s mismanaged infrastructure by covering public hazards with eye-catching art. Fix-ATL is a grassroots effort to improve dangerous conditions like missing water meter covers, manhole covers, and other small utility openings…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (481+ words) A community meeting on Aug. 18 to discuss a multi-use path on Windsor Parkway may have attendees seeing yellow. A citizen-led group is urging attendees to wear yellow shirts to show their opposition to the installation of the path, which they…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (287+ words) Midtown Atlanta’s newest greenspace could be open to the public and hosting events as early as September. According to an update from Midtown Alliance, improvements at the 98 14th Street property include installation of a storm drainage system and regrading and leveling…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (126+ words) The City of Brookhaven, in partnership with the cities of Chamblee and Doraville and in collaboration with Live Thrive and Keep Chamblee Beautiful, will host a household hazardous waste and recycling event in Plaza Fiesta’s parking lot. The event, according…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (272+ words) My anxiety about the future for all of us persists. What will it be like in Venice and in other cities around the world in fifty years, or even in a few decades, if we don’t stop burning coal, oil…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (656+ words) Residents are still concerned about ongoing sanitation issues at a Buckhead apartment complex, touted as the “pinnacle of sophisticated living,” days after owners cleared dozens of bags of overflowing trash and abandoned furniture from the grounds at Gramercy at Buckhead....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (481+ words) The Estuary Apartment cat saga is over. Apartment management and Kirk Cats, with the help of Lifeline Animal Project, have reached an agreement to allow volunteers to feed dozens of community cats at the Estuary Apartments. After Rough Draft’s March…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (572+ words) A documentary about Atlanta’s tree canopy has caught the attention of lawmakers in Brookhaven, a metro Atlanta city that takes great measures to protect the environment through law and conservation. “The Tree Economy,” a film by James Schroeder, explores how…...