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Multiple people report
missing checks in Dunwoody
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DUNWOODY WINE STROLL
September 17
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
Multiple people have made reports of dis
appearing checks from the Dunwoody Post
Office.
On a Dunwoody community Facebook
page, multiple residents
have complained about
not receiving checks in
the mail, sending checks
that don’t get to their
desired destination, or
in some cases, checks
that were stolen and
cashed by someone else.
Many of the disappear
ing checks have been
linked back to the Dun
woody Post Office at
1551 Village Parkway.
One user wrote
they were meant to re
ceive a check on July
25 that never came. An
other said in July that a month earlier, they
had sent a check to a private school that the
school never received.
“The school never got it, and a month
later it was deposited by someone that had
whited-out the school name and deposited it
to their own account,” they said.
Similar complaints fill the Dunwoody
Area Community Forum Facebook page.
One resident, Amanda McCaskill, said her
husband was supposed to receive a check on
Aug. 13 that never came, although they re
ceived all of their other mail that was sup
posed to arrive that day. McCaskill said that
she and multiple others have filed reports
with the Office of the Inspector General
about the issue.
In a Facebook post, Brant McCaskill,
Amanda McCaskill’s husband, said that the
couple also sent a school tuition check that
the school never received.
“We’ve read these posts far too often and
it seems there’s no consequence,” he said in
the post. “We had picture proof Saturday
that mail was on the way, including a check,
and low and behold everything turned up
but the check.”
Amanda McCaskill said she spent $30 to
mail a check through FedEx recently because
she does not trust USPS.
“I wish more people would speak up so
we can hopefully see some sort of action tak
en to resolve this issue,” she said.
On July 27, the Dunwoody Police De
partment posted on Facebook that it had
contacted the United States Postal Service
about the issue. A spokesperson for the Of
fice of the Inspector General said that any
complaints they have received would have
been referred to the U.S. Postal Inspection
Service.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service did
not respond to a request for comment. In a
segment on 11 Alive, the Postal Inspector in
Atlanta said they are investigating vandalism
of collection boxes, but the investigation is
in early stages.
Dunwoody sets theme
for holiday lights
BY SAMMIE PURCELL
Dunwoody will host another year of hol
iday lights at Brook Run Park with a new
theme: “Candy Land.”
The Dunwoody City Council viewed an
$80,000 contract for installation of its third
year of holiday lights at its Aug. 22 meeting.
The contract is to Chitwood Studios, who
did the lights last year, and includes a 10%
contingency, making for a total of $88,000.
According to city staff, the theme for
this year’s holiday light show will be “Can
dy Land.” City documents show that the set
up will include a section of the park focused
on ice cream treats with an ice cream truck
set up for pictures, a large decoration in the
shape of a chocolate volcano cake, a life-size
gum ball machine, and more.
The celebration is set to take place Dec.
1-31 at Brook Run Park. The contract is ex
pected to be on the consent agenda at the
council’s next meeting.
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