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Inside Growing family Reporter group buys Atlanta Intown monthly COMMUNITY 2 Heads up City saves money by hiring in-house COMMUNITY 4 Go for it Make your own success, says company president COAAMENTARY 8 Perimeter Business Transportation issues still a hot topic PAGES 9-15 Selfless act Volunteers prepare dead for Jewish burial FAITH 20 Home alone Police program keeps an eye on residences PUBLIC SAFETY 29 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Brookhaven Reporter www. Reporter Newspapers, net MAY 31 - JUNE 13,2013 • VOL. 5 - NO. 11 Turn it up! PHIL MOSIER Jack Finch, 5, cranks up the water with his father, Chris, by his side, during opening day for the Murphey Candler Park swimming pool on May 25. The fun was hosted by the Murphey Candler Marlins swim team, who provided refreshments and encouraged neighborhood swimmers to join their team. More photos on page 3. City Council discusses library options BY MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net The long-dormant Brookhaven library project may be coming back to life. DeKalb County Public Library Director Al ison Weissinger visited the Brookhaven City Council’s May 28 work session to talk to the council members about options for the new li brary. Brookhaven is among the last of DeKalb’s li brary branches to be upgraded through funds from a 2005 bond issue. Weissinger said DeKalb has a budget of $3.6 million to replace the Brookhaven branch. “We actually would like to spend a little bit more,” Weissinger said. Weissinger said the Brookhaven library branch, on North Druid Hills Road, was built in the 1950s and is about 6,800 square feet. The new library is proposed to be about 12,000 square feet, she said. The top two locations that have been identi- SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 30 Drew Valley residents help curb break-ins Bf MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net DeKalb County police believe the recent rash of burglaries in Drew Valley may have come to a close. Maj. James Conroy of the DeKalb County Police Department said beginning March 19, there have been nine burglaries reported in the Drew Valley neighborhood. Police believe most of the break-ins, which occurred between April 24 and May 6, were connected to a group of kids. “On May 7, we arrested three juveniles who were suspected in a majority of these burglar ies,” Conroy said. “Since then they’ve stopped, except we had one incident, which was unrelat- SEE EFFECTIVE, PAGE 27
