Recipe: Coquilles from the former Red Snapper Seafood Restaurant (and meet Somporn Veeranarong)

Sandy Springs Reporter 10/8 5:00A Sarra Sedghi

The Red Snapper closed on Cheshire Bridge in 2024. (Via Facebook) This week, we re bringing you a recipe for the coquilles found on the menu at the former Red Snapper Seafood Restaurant on Cheshire...

Detour planned to pave Mt. Vernon Highway over I-285

Sandy Springs Reporter 10/8 3:37A Rough Draft

A detour will be necessary overnight to pave the roadway on the Mt. Vernon Highway bridge over I-285 in Sandy Springs. (Provided by GDOT) Motorists who use Mt. Vernon Highway over I-285 may get caught...

Sandy Springs council candidates address city issues at Rough Draft forum

Sandy Springs Reporter 10/8 2:05A Bob Pepalis and Rough Draft

Rough Draft Atlanta hosted 14 Sandy Springs City Council candidates in district-wide forums to share their policy ideas regarding the city. Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Sarah Kallis and Bob Pepalis of Rough Draft Atlanta asked questions of the...

Atlanta City Council appoints members to reparations commission

Buckhead Reporter 10/8 1:51A Katie Burkholder

The Atlanta City Council approved a resolution on Oct. 6 appointing members to the City of Atlanta Reparations Study Commission. The commission, established to research and document the city’s historical role in the legal discrimination of...

Brookhaven’s vibrant food scene shines at Taste Brookhaven event

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 10/6 8:58A Cathy Cobbs

Restaurants offered tastes of their popular dishes at the sixth annual Taste Brookhaven. (Photo by Cathy Cobbs) A sold-out crowd experienced Taste Brookhaven on Oct. 2 at Brookhaven’s newly completed...

Early voting locations for Fulton and DeKalb

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 10/6 8:34A Rough Draft

Early voting for the Nov. 4 municipal election begins Oct. 14 and closes Oct. 31. Along with municipal elections in Fulton and DeKalb, voters can also cast early ballots for two Georgia Public Service Commission seats. Fulton County Early voting...

Jeffrey Woolverton named new Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce executive director

Brookhaven Reporter 10/6 6:18A Cathy Cobbs

Jeffrey Woolverton (Courtesy of Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce) The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce has appointed Jeffrey Woolverton as its new executive director, according to an announcement made on...

Above the Waterline: Outrunning climate change in the wild

Buckhead Reporter 10/6 5:28A Sally Bethea

A pika in the wild in Colorado. (Photo by Hal Massie) As my eyes scanned the scattered piles of gray rocks and boulders at the base of a steep mountain, my ears concentrated on high-pitched “eep”...

After back-to-back hurricanes, Georgia’s pecan farmers brace for the future

Brookhaven Reporter 10/6 3:30A Sarra Sedghi

Powerful storms like hurricanes Idalia and Helene often uproot pecan trees, causing both the trees and crop to collapse. Once a tree is down, it cannot be replanted or saved. (Provided by Georgia...

New apartment complex BRYKS Upper Westside now leasing

Buckhead Reporter 10/5 5:00A Rough Draft

Photos courtesy Golub & Company Development firm Golub & Company has completed a new apartment complex called BRYKS Upper Westside at 2200 Marietta Blvd. NW. The 5.8-acre site includes two apartment...

Volunteers help Chattahoochee Riverkeeper find sewage spills

Sandy Springs Reporter 10/5 2:00A Bob Pepalis

Key Points: • Water samples collected by volunteers helped track 300-plus sewer spills since the program began. • The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s Neighborhood Watch program attempts to cover 434 river...

Willis to appear before Georgia Senate panel on Nov. 13 to discuss Trump case

Buckhead Reporter 10/3 11:05A Ty Tagami | Capitol Beat

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will finally testify to a special committee of the Georgia Senate after rebuffing their demands for more than a year, the committee’s leader said Friday. After refusing to appear last year and fighting...

Veteran Georgia lobbyists launch new firm

Buckhead Reporter 10/3 7:45A Rough Draft

Helen Sloat George Ray Stan Jones Georgia lobbyists Helen Sloat, George Ray, and Stan Jones have launched their own firm, Gold Dome Parners. The trio, best known for their widely read Gold Dome...

APS to host a more than a dozen public meetings in October on proposed consolidations,...

Buckhead Reporter 10/3 4:20A Collin Kelley

Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will hold more than a dozen public meetings Oct. 6-8 concerning potential school closures, consolidations, expansions, and redistricting. APS said in a press release that the next set of community meetings would focus...

Tickets for Billy Ocean’s Sandy Springs concert go on sale Oct. 3

Sandy Springs Reporter 10/2 10:39A Bob Pepalis

Billy Ocean will perform on stage at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Dean Chalkley) Britain’s Billy Ocean will perform his hits at the Sandy Springs Performing...