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Easter Sunrise Service at Oakland Cemetery

By Rev. Susan Allen Grady Easter will be here before we know it. Between now and then, we will already be enjoying warm, beautiful, pollen-filled…

Tax Consequences of Winning the Lottery

By Michelle E. Botwinick, C.P.A. Don’t we all dream about winning the lottery? Hitting the jackpot? Scratching off the instant winner? There are several tax…

Notes on Neighborhood: May 2011

South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development – Meeting Votes March 10, 2011 By Marcia Killingsworth LUZ – Motion to Approve parking variance. Vote: passed 22-1. Alcohol…

Calendar: April-May 2011

The deadline for the next calendar will be April 25, 2011. To submit and event email calendar@theporchpress.com, please put “ info4calendar” in the subject box,…

The First Lady Visits Local Elementary School

By Adam Waterson First Lady Michelle Obama visited East Atlanta’s Burgess-Peterson Academy BPA) and its organic garden to mark the one-year anniversary of her “Let’s Move”…

Complete Streets – Make Complete Sense

By Ronald Lall A few months ago I wrote an article about why Moreland Avenue fits the moniker a “corridor of crap,” and in that…

The Gas Station – An Inconvenient Neighbor

By Elizabeth Dillon, SouthStar Gas stations have become an icon of Americana. In the early days of the American automobile, drivers bought gasoline at local…

Grant Park Security Patrol (GPSP)

By Carol Fisk The cold weather kept the criminals at bay for a while, but the warmer weather is bringing them out again. No house…

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