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dunwoodyga.gov | 4800 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Dunwoody GA 30338 | 678.382.6700 DUNWOODY Multiple people report missing checks in Dunwoody September Highlights 5 6 8 Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting City Hall 6 p.m. Labor Day City Hall closed Dunwoody Art Commission Meeting City Hall 7:30 a.m. Dunwoody City Council Meeting City Hall 6 p.m. Sustainability Committee Meeting via Zoom 8 a.m. Butterflies and Brews Dunwoody Nature Center Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event City Hall 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. "Blueberries and Figs" Master Gardener Talk Dunwoody Community Garden & Orchard 15 17 Pop Up on the Plaza Spruill Center for the Arts Dunwoody Development Authority Meeting 5 p.m. History Alive Donaldson-Bannister Farm Dunwoody Wine Stroll Pernoshal Park Tickets: bit.ly/DWS2022 * Tf 19 22 23 Groovin'on the Green “Family Truckster" 2 -^ / 24 Brook Run Park Amphitheater 6 - 9 p.m. Latino Hispanic Cultural Heritage Celebration Stage Door Theatre / p.m. Monthly Community Bike Ride Meet at Village Burger 3:45 p.m. Dunwoody City Council Meeting City Hall 6 p.m. Atlanta Celebrates Photography Opening Night - Spruilll Gallery Friday Night Hike Dunwoody Nature Center Farm-to-Table Dinner Donaldson-Bannister Farm Butterfly Experience Dunwoody Nature Center 1 1 1 7 Back to Spruill Week ‘ Spruill Center for the Arts 1 1 Planning Commission A J Meeting City Hall 6 p.m. Thursday Food Truck Thursdi Brook Run Park 5 p.m. O^r Saturday Dunwoody Farmers Market Brook Run Park 9 a.m. - noon September 10 dunwoodyga.gov/waste 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. 12 SEPTEMBER 2022 | REPORTER NEWSPAPERS reporternewspapers.com
