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Iris Sherman didn't have a pulse by the time Milton firefighters got to the scene. Their quick work saved her life and today she was able to visit Station 44 and thank them in person.
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Sandra Taylor and Charles Grogan gave a packed audience at the Roswell Public Library intertwining first-hand accounts of what it was like to grow up Black in a racially segregated city.
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Forsyth County residents asked the Board of Commissioners to preserve the equestrian center at Polo Fields at a Feb. 2 public hearing. #forsyth #forsythco #equestrian
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Milton residents now have to fully fund traffic calming measures within their subdivisions after the City Council voted Feb. 6 to end a policy to help share costs.
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It’s not hard: The 1st Amendment protects your speech from regulation by the government. Not Twitter.
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In a tweet this morning that surprised no one, the Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee doubles down on his commitment to gut Social Security and Medicare.
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Last month Appen Media reported Dunwoody's practice of concealing the location of prostitution arrests. We asked readers to send in their responses and questions. Here's what some had to say.
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Welcome to the Appen Press Club, Righteous PR! With your support, we are able to fund the work of local journalists and create a sustainable future for journalism in the metro Atlanta community. Thank you! #AppenPressClub #Journalism
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Last night, Joe Biden got the entire Republican caucus to agree not to touch Medicare and Social Security live, on national television. Just brilliant. #StateOfTheUnionAddress #SOTU
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One of the best-known homes in Alpharetta from the Depression era is found at 112 Cumming Street.
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Residents are invited to Milton’s State of the City event Feb. 15.
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Howard and Hilbert Margol served in the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division during World War II.
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National debt contributions (FYs)
Biden $1.84T
Trump (4 years) $8.2T
Obama (8 years) $8.3T
Bush (8 years) $6.1T
Clinton (8 years) $1.4T
sounddollar.com/national-debt-
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If you have teenagers, and they spend past the limit on a credit card—you pay for it.
But you don’t allow their bad spending habits to continue. You change their behavior so it never happens again.
Now it’s time for Washington to change its behavior too.
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Following a Jan. 19 Forsyth County Commission meeting, developers from The Pacific Group allege that Commissioner Laura Semanson threatened the group.
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Eagles Nest Church began with 20 people, but its membership has grown to almost 3,000. Now its leaders are looking for a new home and have settled on the vacant Kohl's lot on Holcomb Bridge Road, which they purchased for $13 million in December.
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“We honestly cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to do this for our community. It's something that we have been striving for years.”
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Saturday was the fifth annual Polar Bear Plunge, a fundraising event hosted by the Alpharetta Rotary Club. It was 34 degrees outside, but that didn’t stop 29 teams from taking the plunge at Wills Park Pool.
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State and Perimeter area leaders took to social media Feb. 5 to denounce an antisemitic flyer distributed in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs over the weekend.
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My thoughts on the proposed changed to election in Alpharetta, Roswell and Johns Creek. #gapol
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In hopes to proactively link up parts of Milton via multi-use paths to the Big Creek Greenway, the city is looking to use federal grants to help pay for the project.
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Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center in Roswell received comprehensive stroke center certification from national health nonprofit the Joint Commission on Jan. 31.
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Happy Heavenly Birthday to my Son/Sunshine. A piece of my heart is in heaven with you, Love you 4ever, Mommy😘 TrayvonMartinFoundation.org
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What kind of car is this?
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🤔 did you know 🤔
…that even though GA has an Open Records Act that applies to state agencies, it *can’t be used* against those agencies because the entity that prosecutes violations of the ORA (the Attorney General) is the same entity that defends state agencies in court?
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The Sandy Springs City Council and key staff met for more than eight hours Jan. 28 for the council’s annual planning retreat, drilling down on priorities, goals and initiatives to be completed in 2023.
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Appen Media learned Sandy Springs police are investigating a possible homicide that took place over the weekend. After confirming the incident, the agency scrubbed it from the city's website.
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Milton Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a yellow Chevrolet Monte Carlo Jan. 29 traveling northbound on Cogburn Road. After pulling into a driveway, he vaulted a fence and ran towards Ga. 9.
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More jobs have been created in two years of Joe Biden's America than in 4 years of any President, ever.
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Alpharetta officials went to Chattahoochee Hills this weekend for its annual planning retreat. While there they also heard, and approved, an array of funding requests from city departments.
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Lifeline Animal Project said 150 Fulton and DeKalb County dogs needed homes by Jan. 31 to avoid euthanasia. So the community stepped up and made more than 400 new furry friends.
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so claimed that an elementary school in Illinois got $5 billion in funds to teach critical race theory (lol) and i had to look into it
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The Alpharetta Fire Department hosted a ceremony at City Hall last week recognizing retired and former firefighters and promoting 13 to leadership positions.
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Happy Black History Month to everyone but Ron DeSantis.
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