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Hear me now
Parties in Heard cemetery
case want day in court
COMMUNITY 2
Free ride
Easy-on-the-wallet
concerts this season
OUT & ABOUT 18
re tty in pink
Nonprofit provides prom
dresses to young ladies
AAAKING A DIFFERENCE 19
Mental help
Skyland Trail assists
young adults in need
HEALTH 20-21
Cards to Christ
Churches offer moments
of extended prayer
FAITH 22-23
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APRIL 19 - MAY 2,2013 • VOL. 7 - NO. 8
Is it time to change the oil?
Isaac Friedberg, 2,
sporting a shiny red
fireman’s hat, takes
a peek under a fire
engine, along with
Noah Frushtick, 3,
center, his twin brother
Max, right, and dad
David Frushtick, left,
during the Touch-
A-Truck event at
Sandy Springs United
Methodist Church’s
Hitson Memorial
Activities Center on
April 13. Children had
the opportunity to
get “hands-on” with
many different types of
vehicles, including tow
trucks, a mail truck,
race car, police cruiser
and more. Additional
photo on page 5.
JOHN GLENN
More sidewalks wanted
on Brandon Mill Road
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Residents living along Brandon Mill Road said they’d walk ev
erywhere, if they could. But their only option is to walk on the
shoulder of the road, and they feel that’s dangerous.
Residents representing eight neighborhoods along the road at
tended the April 16 City Council meeting and asked council mem
bers to give sidewalks on Brandon Mill another look. The residents
have formed the Walking Brandon Mill Coalition as a way to bring
more attention to their cause, and several of the coalition’s mem
bers spoke during the April 16 public comments.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
Residents see changes
in mixed-use plans
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Buckhead and Sandy Springs residents who live near a proposed
mixed-use development on Roswell Road say the developer’s latest
change in plans show a move in the right direction.
But, they say, the density of the development still is too high.
Developer JLB Partners on April 9 submitted redesigned plans
to the city of Sandy Springs for the project at the intersection of
Wieuca and Roswell roads near Chastain Park.
Neighbors attended a meeting hosted by the Sandy Springs
Council of Neighborhoods and the developers soon after the plans
CONTINUED ON PAGE 27
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