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
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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
