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Inside
Party on
Buckhead remains “the
place” for weekend fun
COMMUNITY 2-3
Street cred
Social media gives police
accurate outlet
COAAMENTARY 8
Green beans
Only men belong to
this gardening club
AROUND TOWN 9
‘Tiny Tees’
Baby steps are not
this student’s goal
COMMUNITY 12-13
Smooth moves
Local sculptor captures
“essence of women”
OUT & ABOUT 15
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MAY 3 - MAY 16,2013 • VOL. 7 - NO. 9
Hair, flow it, show it...
Ella Driscoll, 4, gives her pony
a quick “touch-up” before
she hops on for a ride, at
the Second-Ponce de Leon
Baptist Church’s Fun Fair on
April 20. The church’s Early
Childhood School hosted the
ninth annual event, which
featured a petting zoo, games,
face painting and silent
auction. Proceeds from the
auction go toward installing
a new public address system.
More photos on page 30.
PHIL MOSIER
Historic Brookhaven
celebrates traditions
Buckhead’s Atlanta City
Council reps face no
opposition - yet
BY DANWHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
There’s a long way to go between now and Aug. 30, the last day
to register as a candidate for Georgia’s Nov. 5 municipal elections,
but so far Buckhead’s representatives on the Atlanta City Council
don’t face opposition.
City Council members have faced a variety of issues during the
last four years, a time defined by a crippling recession and lowered
tax revenues.
District 9 Councilwoman Felicia Moore said there are people
interested in running for her council seat, but no one has official
ly said “yes.”
The City Council incumbents aren’t waiting around for chal
lengers to appear, and have begun holding meetings within their
SEE LACK OF, PAGE 6
BY MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
When Lisa Martinez agreed to plan Historic Brookhaven’s an
nual street party, she didn’t realize she’d inherit decades of notes de
tailing committee assignments and potluck dishes.
But that’s the kind of neighborhood Historic Brookhaven is.
At 103 years old, the community has
developed traditions that make some
thing as seemingly mundane as a neigh
borhood get-together into a well-orches
trated, civic affair.
Martinez, president-elect of the His
toric Brookhaven Neighborhood Association, said it was the friend
liness of the neighborhood that made her fall in love with it, even
before she moved in six years ago.
“I always found myself driving around Historic Brookhaven,” Mar-
SEE HISTORIC, PAGE 4
