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The Official Legal Organ ofDeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dun woody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker, Stonecrest and Stone Mountain.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 -16, 2019
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Sewer spills creating
a major stink in DeKalb
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
According to sewer spill notices
published in The Champion,
approximately 956,820 gallons of sewer
spills on Dec. 28 were reported.
Among the largest spills reported
Dec. 28 were a 112,725-gallon spill
near Deerwood Drive in Decatur and a
106,150-gallon spill at 3924 Roman Court
in Tucker. According to reports, both spills
were caused by heavy storm runoff. The
spill in Decatur flowed into Shoal Creek
and the Tucker spill flowed into South
Fork Peachtree Creek.
Kevin Polite, a DeKalb County
resident who lives near the 112,725-gallon
sewer spill in Decatur, said the county
initially listed his home address as the
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DeKalb delegation
tackles cityhood
movements
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
In recent years, DeKalb
has incoiporated cities such
as Stonecrest, Tucker and
Brookhaven within the county
and supporters of cityhood
movements are attempting to
add two more.
During a DeKalb
Legislative Delegation
meeting Jan. 5 at Georgia
Piedmont Technical College
Conference Center, members
of the delegation heard
from advocates of cityhood
movements for Greenhaven
and Vista Grove.
The meeting was
organized by State Rep.
Karla Drenner, D-Avondale
Estates. Drenner said the
delegation wanted to hear
from supporters of cityhood
movements before the start of
the legislative session Jan. 14.
“I support this belief that
we should get together ahead
of time and give everybody
an opportunity to hear these
plans. That’s the driving
force behind the meeting
today,” Drenner said. “We
want everyone to have the
opportunity to present and
all [of the attendees] an
Kathryn Rice, chair of Imagine
Greenhaven Inc., speaks to audience
members at the Georgia Piedmont
Technical College Conference Center.
opportunity to listen. Today
we are all about just getting
the information. That’s the
purpose.”
Kathryn Rice, chair
of Imagine Greenhaven
Inc., presented on behalf of
supporters of Greenhaven.
According to Imagine
Greenhaven, the proposed
Greenhaven boundaries will
cover all areas south of U.S.
Route 78 and westward to
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