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My Old Man and the New Year

By Jeff Callahan My Old Man had many habits I found sometimes amusing, sometimes irritating, sometimes completely enigmatic. He did things for no reason at...
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Former Grant Parker and Philanthropist Was Integral to Establishing the Mothball

By Robert M. Sarwark Longtime Grant Park community member Jerald Paul “Jerry” Facenda, 72, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2023, at home in Pensacola,...
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Red’s Farm Update 

By Paul Bolster  We don’t have a park in Ormewood Park, but we have greatly enjoyed the farm created by Brian Harrison, better known as...
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United Avenue Redesign

By Nathan Clubb How many Atlantans live on a dangerous road? How many are afraid to walk, bike or allow their children to play in...
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Zoning to Get a Major Overhaul

By Nathan Clubb Atlanta has embarked on a multi-year ATL Zoning 2.0 process to rewrite its zoning ordinance, which has been largely untouched in over...
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Porch-Punk Troubadour: Get to Know Grant Park’s Jeremy Ray

By Robert M. Sarwark On a late-October afternoon I sit sharing a bowl of early Halloween candy with mixed-media artist and singer-songwriter Jeremy Ray. He...
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Grant Park Mourns Tragic Passing of Longtime Community Pillar John Reagan

By Robert M. Sarwark John Arthur Reagan, 75, longtime Grant Park resident, died in a wrong-way head-on collision caused by another driver. The accident occurred...
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Death on Moreland—Emanuel Biggs

By Paul Bolster and Henry Bryant I first met Emanuel on a Christmas Eve when my daughter Kristina was home from college. It was dark...
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Community Mourns Death of Red

By Riki Bolster The sign reads UFO. However, there is nothing alien or barren about the rolling green hills, tilled gardens, blueberry bushes, tree swing, and...
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What’s a Dollar Worth? 

By Tom McGowan  2022  There's a lot of talk these days about inflation, and it made me think about the worth of money -- what a...
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