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DECATUR,GA – On Monday, Nov. 1, DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) and its contractors will replace an existing 6-inch water line with an 8-inch water line on Cartecay Drive. Work is expected to last approximately 4 weeks, unless unforeseen circumstances arise, that may impact this schedule. Residents and businesses should not expect a water outage while the line is replaced. This work is being performed as a part of the annual water and sewer construction administered by the DeKalb County Office of Engineering & Construction Management Services. Under the program, water mains throughout the county are being…

DECATUR, GA – On Monday, Nov. 1, DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) and its contractors will replace an existing 6-inch with an 8-inch water line on Appalachee Drive. Work is expected to last approximately four weeks, unless unforeseen circumstances arise that may impact this schedule. Residents and businesses should not expect a water outage while the line is replaced. The work is being performed as a part of the annual water and sewer construction administered by the DeKalb County Office of Engineering & Construction Management Services. Under the program, water mains throughout the county are being…

Advance voting ends Oct. 29; General Election Nov. 2 DeKalb’s Board of Registration and Elections ron Oct. 27  approved an additional polling location, increasing the number from 5 to 6 sites  ahead of the Nov. 2 General Election. Due to various issues including ongoing construction at previous polling locations, some voters in Chamblee, Decatur, Doraville, Stone Mountain and Stonecrest may be assigned a new polling location this election cycle. Previous Polling Location New Polling Location Chamblee Civic Center 3540 Broad Street Chamblee 30341 Chamblee Public Safety/Municipal Court 4445 Buford Highway NE Chamblee 30341 Doraville City Hall 3725 Park Avenue…

STONECREST, GA—School buses arrived today at the Family Life Center at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church with high school students eager to attend the 6th Annual Free College Scholarship Fair, co-sponsored by The Leadership Team USA and Infinite Scholars. The event, touted as Georgia’s largest scholarship event of its kind, offered students the opportunity to tap into millions in scholarships and provided them with access to more than 50 college representatives. Several  students received full scholarships today and more are expected to receive scholarships over the course of the four-day event, which ends on Thursday, Aug. 28. The event, which features some…

ATLANTA—- The Georgia Department of Early Learning (DECAL) has announced eight childcare centers awarded the state’s inaugural Quality Rated Language and Literacy Endorsements.  The list includes four local centers:Minnie Howell Child Development Center, Atlanta; Discovery Point #61, Conyers;Giselle Learning Academy, Clarkston; and The Learning Station, Ellenwood.    Others on the list include: Kid’s World Learning Center, Statesboro; Rising Star Learning Center, Mableton; and Whitfield-Dalton Day Care Center, Dalton. Gov. Brian P. Kemp and Georgia DECAL Commissioner Amy M. Jacobs applauded the centers for their commitment to providing high-quality, language-rich environments to Georgia’s youngest learners. “It is exciting to…

Event is a partnership with DCSD to kick off Family Engagement Month   DECATUR, GA– DeKalb County District 7 Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is partnering with the DeKalb County School District’s (DCSD) Department of Family and Community Empowerment to host the inaugural DeKalb County Trunk & Treat for Halloween. The DeKalb County Trunk & Treat will officially kick off DCSD’s Family Engagement Month and will take place at Northlake Mall on Saturday, Oct. 30, 3 to 6 p.m. This community event will provide a safe space for children and feature music, live entertainment, face painting, a caricature station, food trucks, local…

DEKALB COUNTY, GA— “Buck” Godfrey Stadium plays host to three games this week including a Thursday night game and a Friday doubleheader, one of four on Friday (Oct. 29) in DeKalb stadiums. A neighborhood rivalry opens the week at Godfrey as Lithonia (2-6) entertains Arabia Mountain (3-6). The game features two of the top running backs in DeKalb in Lithonia’s Delano Jean-Jacques (714 yards, 6 TDs) and Arabia Mountain’s Solomon Rayton who is hovering around 800 yards and 8 TDs on the year. Stephenson (5-3, 1-3) travels to Banneker in another Thursday night game to take on…

DECATUR, GA—DeKalb County officials on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m., will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly-constructed 2.2-mile segment of the Michelle Obama Trail, located at the Georgia State University Decatur campus, 2946 Clifton Spring Road. The trail includes installation of a 12-foot-wide path primarily consisting of concrete and sections of a wooden boardwalk and two steel truss bridges. The $3.9 million project honoring the nation’s first African-American First Lady, was funded by the DeKalb Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), Georgia Department of Transportation and the PATH Foundation. DeKalb County is expected to receive an…

New firm brings experience in managing Georgia’s most visited attraction   STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. — Thrive Attractions Management, LLC has been chosen as the finalist in the RFP to be the private manager of Stone Mountain Park by the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, the state authority that oversees the state’s most visited attraction. Thrive is a newly created entity owned by Michael Dombrowski, who has served as vice president and general manager of the park since 2014. The selection of Thrive brings stability, a smooth transition and years of experience successfully operating Stone Mountain Park, officials said. “We are…