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Inside
Alarm bells
Mixed-used project near
Chastain Park delayed
COMMUNITY 5
Hop to it
Neigborhood dads take
turns as Easter Bunny
AROUND TOWN 9
Minty fresh
Farmers markets ready
for tasty season
COMMUNITY 10-11
Dear donations
Thrift store items
help those in need
AAAKING A DIFFERENCE 14
Keep truckin’
ArtSSpring rolling
out new events
OUT a ABOUT 15
Summer
Camps
A special
advertising section
PAGES 19-23
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APRIL 5 - APRIL 18,2013 • VOL. 7 - NO. 7
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It's in his pocket
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PHIL MOSIER
Apollo Gakuba, 9, hones his ball handling skills during an
Atlanta Youth Lacrosse spring league practice at Hammond
Park in Sandy Springs on April 1. More photos on page 30.
Council wants
more data about
Heards Ferry
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Sandy Springs City Council says it hasn’t heard anything
l Fulton County Schools about a controversial
I a re* H rrl e
proposal
to replace Heards
Ferry Elementary.
On April 2,
council members
went on record
saying they want
ed that to change.
City Coun
cil unanimously
passed a resolution asking for a direct line of communica
tion with the Fulton County Board of Education.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Fulton County school official writes
to address parent concerns about
secrecy. Commentary, page 8.
Public safety
services
reorganized
Bi DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
The city has restructured its public safety departments,
creating a position that will oversee both police and fire ser
vices.
City Council on April 2 watched as City Manager John
McDonough officially swore in Terry Suit as the city’s new
Director of Public Safety, and swore in Kenneth DeSimone
as the city’s new Chief of Police.
Suit’s annual salary will be $157,635 and DeSimone’s sal
ary will be $ 140,000.
According to the city, the Director of Public Safety will,
“coordinate budget and resource allocation requests between
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