Volunteers cleared brush and weeds in Mount Olive Cemetery in Frankie Allen Park on Pharr Road in Buckhead on May 7. Elon Osby, with three ancestors buried at the site, was pleased to be part of a “significant” effort by volunteers in keeping the historic cemetery clean.
One of three River Access site proposals by Sandy Springs was chosen for riverfront property just west of Roswell Road, with a connecting trail envisioned to the bridge project. (City of Sandy Springs)
Surveillance camera image of purse snatching suspect. (Dunwoody Police)
Eileen Esworthy of Sandy Springs with her son, Evan, 15, volunteered for the first time in an election for Ossoff.
Danielle Collier, a local painting conservator, cleans varnish off of the painting. (Phil Mosier)
The scene at the Art Institute in Sandy Springs on Friday, Sept.
Sandy Springs police evacuated the Art Institute after shots were reported. (Photo SSPD)
Courtesy CBS Atlanta
Some the trees felled for the course renovation. (Evelyn Andrews)
Visitors will eventually walk into the cyclorama building from underneath the painting before going up escalators to a viewing platform. The pieces missing from the bottom of the painting won’t be replaced, but will be covered by the diorama that will be installed at the base of the painting. (Phil Mosier)
The units in Adley City Springs Apartments range from studios with a little more than 630 square feet to two-bedroom, two-bath units with an office in almost 1,4000 square feet of space. A salt water pool and aquatic lounge is found on the roof of the building. (Adley City Springs)
Dunwoody Police Officer Jared Bradley.
Karen Handel holds up a gift of a pearl necklace, a nod to her signature accessory.
Tracy Brown, left, and Terri Polk of Jack & Jill-Dunwoody, a nonprofit organization for African-American mothers. The organization is donating a “bird tree” library to the park for children to grab a book to read while at the park or take it home and then bring it back.
Photo by Phil Mosier Neighborhood Block Party on the parking lot of church Saturday June 1, 2013 5:00pm. Bubble makers, Ann Marie Nutter (12yr) [yellow], Kinsey Bryan (3yr) [blue/green], Madison Sanders (4yr) [braids], twins Liberty Sanders (1yr) [pony tails], brother Jackson Sanders (1yr) [skyland shirt], and Sam Wages (1yr) [red grey sleeves].
Harry Hower (in foreground) takes a swing at virtual bowling at Atria Buckhead, the senior community where the 79-year-old lives on Lenox Road. Hower, Phillip Stroud (at left), John Davis (on couch and below) and Al Medore play in a Wii bowling league called the Buckhead Kingpins.
Above is an artist rendering of the new administration building that may be built at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center on Riverside Drive in Sandy Springs. The 3,000-square-foot building would house the retreat center’s employees.
The “Texas,” a legendary locomotive dating to 1856, has been installed inside the museum’s new wing built along with the cyclorama building. (Phil Mosier)
Doug Schuster, an incident management consultant working with the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency, used this chart during the Aug. 4 Sandy Springs City Council meeting to show that the projected death total for the county by Nov. 1 is 1,133, but that number could be cut to 647 deaths if a universal mask mandate was adopted immediately.
Laura Martin, who runs Ties That Matter, works on a bag made from recycled neckties at her Buckhead home.
Gordon Jones, the Atlanta History Center’s senior military historian and curator, works with German consultant Ulrich Weilhammer on Jan. 25. (Phil Mosier)
Hundreds of people packed the ball room at Jon Ossoff’s event at the Crowne Ravinia hotel in Dunwoody.
Wendell Lawing (center) surveys GDOT’s “Transform 285/400” interchange project during a tour guided by project manager Marlo Clowers (right) with his son, Mike Lawing (left) (Hannah Greco).
Dunwoody Councilmember Terry Nall, left, with Bev and Windy Wingate, also of Dunwoody, who all support Karen Handel.
A Google Earth image of the site of the Delido Apartments in Dunwoody.
Mayor Denis Shortal greets everyone at the grand opening of Pernoshal Park.
Local seniors enjoy playing on the Nintendo Wii gaming system. At left, Harry Hower plays Wii bowling at Atria Buckhead, a senior facility that sponsors a National Senior League Wii bowling league called the Buckhead Kingpins.
A house decorated by Riverwood International Charter School students. (John Ruch)
Sandy Springs City Manager Andrea Surratt’s report said this office building at 620 Morgan Falls Road is on two parcels totaling 12.5 acres and has plenty of room for the Police Department, Municipal Court and ancillary services. (Google Maps)
The Sandy Springs Georgia Smart pilot project will focus on MARTA Route 5, within the congested areas in the cities of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody, as shown by the purple line on the map above. Intersections between the Roswell Road/Lake Place intersection and the Dunwoody MARTA station shown with green circles will be part of the pilot project in which MARTA buses will communicate with them to reduce the amount of time they must stop at intersections. Credit: Sandy Springs
Andrea Surratt (Special)
Teens enjoy a game of basketball at the city’s new park.
Here are the 2015 honorees from public and private high schools in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs.
Dunwoody Mayor Denis Shortal presents a proclamation to the Peachtree Charter Middle School Patriots baseball team congratulating them for winning the Dunwoody Senior Baseball Middle School Championship.
Jason Lappe in a photograph from his Facebook page.
Jeff Goghill points out the proposed trail’s path through the park. Despite residents’ objections over tree removal, the Dunwoody City Council plans to move ahead with the project with no major changes.
assistant spends chemical experiments on a white background
Asher Cull, 2, sports a Santa shirt as he explores the houses at Sparkle Sandy Springs. Asher is the son of Sandy Springs residents Brad and Melissa Cull. (Phil Mosier)
Katie Love, 8, with her dog, Codie.
Evelyn Andrews
Dunwoody Lt. Fidel Espinoza gives a thumbs up to the opening of Pernoshal Park.
Some audience members take a look at the houses while others take a seat to hear live music at Sparkle Sandy Springs. (Phil Mosier)
Professor Alan Abramowitz.
Fulton Schools Superintendent Mike Looney, right, hears what the district’s IT staff had accomplished to make the first day of universal remote learning relatively problem free for video streaming of classes.
From left, Wendell Lawing and Marlo Clowers pose for a photo during a tour of Georgia Department of Transportation’s “Transform 285/400” interchange project (Hannah Greco).
Jean Kaufman, a resident of PARC at Buckhead on Phipps Boulevard, plays Wii bowling once a week with her friend Helen Miller in the gym of the retirement community.
Park Center,
Hammond Drive and Perimeter Center Parkway, Dunwoody
Project: The next two State Farm office towers, one 22 stories and one 19 stories, rising across the street from a tower that opened this year.
Expected completion: 2019-2020
Dozens of news reporters worked the Jon Ossoff Election Night watch party.
Visitors stroll in a walkway lighted for Sparkle Sandy Springs. (John Ruch)
From left, ArtSS board members Melissa Patterson, Bridgette Cunniff and Randy Young; artist Corrina Sephora; and Sephora’s studio assistant, Richard Pepe, pose with Sephora’s sculpture “La Voyageur Qui Fait Son Nid,” recently installed at City Green at City Springs. (City of Sandy Springs)
Scott Henderson of Roswell, left, and Eric Singh of Sandy Springs volunteered for Jon Ossoff. This was the first time they actively participated in an election, they said.
The electric bus that will be tested on MARTA routes in Fulton and DeKalb counties. (MARTA)
Left to right, Andrea Sneiderman, Rusty Sneiderman and Hemy Neuman
Mayor Reed at this morning’s winter weather press conference.
Center for Advanced Pediatrics, 1400 Tullie Road, Brookhaven
Project: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta outpatient care tower, 8 stories.
Expected completion: 2018
Bella Murray, left, and Conor Crahan play cello in the Ridgeview Charter Chamber Orchestra as Sparkle Sandy Springs begins. (Phil Mosier)
The commemorative Christmas tree ornament handed out at Sparkle Sandy Springs. (John Ruch)
Marcus Heart and Vascular Center,
Peachtree and Collier roads, Buckhead
Project: Piedmont Hospital’s hub for new center
funded by $75 million Marcus Foundation gift.
Expected completion: Late 2020
Linden Longino, right, was honored by LeadingAge Georgia as an example of “positive aging” and for his longtime leadership of International Paint Pals. Joining him, at left, Chris Keysor, president and CEO of Lenbrook, a resident senior community in Buckhead, and Jackie Durant, also of Lenbrook.
New District 4 City Councilmember Jody Reichel, joined by family members, is sworn into office Jan. 2. (John Ruch)
On April 17 the public first heard that Sutton Middle School Principal Audrey Sofianos, left, and North Atlanta High Principal Howard “Gene” Taylor would not return for the next school year.
Mayor Shortal cuts off pieces of Dunwoody ribbon to hand out to children.
1000 Park Avenue,
1000 Park Avenue at Phipps Boulevard, Buckhead
Project: 27-story, 270-unit apartment building.
Expected completion: August 2018
Above is an artist rendering of the new administration building that may be built at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center on Riverside Drive in Sandy Springs. The 3,000-square-foot building would house the retreat center’s employees.
Kyla Daley ties yellow ribbons around trees marked to make way for a paved bike/walking trail in Brook Run Park in Dunwoody.
Resident Kim Bornstein attended a Feb. 22 meeting at City Hall about Roswell Road streetscape upgrades.
The potential for a scenic vista can be seen in this existing site plan for the Northridge shopping center, along with its unusual shape that doesn’t front on Roswell Road. Access to both Roswell and Northridge roads is shown. (City of Sandy Springs)
Derrick Polk and his son, Grant, 11, play a game of Horse at the park opening for Pernoshal Park.
Emma Kate Sellers
Christian Marty, a Swiss painting conservator, studies the “Battle of Atlanta” painting from a platform while consulting a historic image on a tablet. (Phil Mosier)
Former Gov. Sonny Perdue speaks to the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 11
Guests play bean-bag horseshoes on the patio of the Innovation Center during the grand opening. (John Ruch)
Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters,
Abernathy Road at Mercedes-Benz Drive, Sandy Springs
Project: The luxury automaker’s North American headquarters, relocated from New Jersey.
Expected completion: Early 2018
Dunwoody City Councilmember John Heneghan.
The Sandy Springs Fire Department will get two of these Pierce Custom PUC Pumper trucks delivered in late summer 2021 after City Council approved spending $2.96 million on the pumper trucks and an aerial truck on Aug. 4. Pierce/Ten-8 of Georgia
Northside Hospital addition,
1000 Johnson Ferry Road, Sandy Springs
Project: 8-story addition to the main Northside Hospital in the Pill Hill medical center, going up along with a 10-story parking garage.
Expected completion: 2018
Cutting the ribbon on the Sandy Springs Innovation Center on Oct. 12 are, from left, Dan DiLuzio, board chair of the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce; City Councilmember Chris Burnett; Mayor Rusty Paul; City Councilmember Gabriel Sterling, who is also vice chair of the Sandy Springs Development Authority and a candidate for Fulton County chair; Andy Macke, a vice president at Comcast; and Chamber of Commerce President Tom Mahaffey. (John Ruch)
Karen Handel removes candles from a birthday cake presented to her at her Election Night watch party in Roswell. Dunwoody Councilmember Terry Nall is behind her.
a group gathered in Brook Run Park on Dec. 1 to protest the construction of a 12-foot wide concrete path, for which approximately 330 trees will be removed. Residents are also concerned about potential runoff issues.
Douglas Edwards, assistant city manager for infrastructure.
Keisha Lance Bottoms gives a speech during her inauguration ceremony on Jan. 2.
Granite countertops and stainless steel appliances are standard in the Adley City Springs Apartments on Roswell Road just north of Hammond Road in Sandy Springs. (Adley City Springs)
City staff created a simplified concept drawing of potential future uses for the new public safety headquarters on Morgan Falls Road, which could include a future fire station, at bottom right, a training facility, top right, and a vehicle maintenance facility, slightly behind the four-story office building. The office building is the only existing structure on the property. (City of Sandy Springs)
Judson Hill
Robert Wittenstein, presiding over his last DHA annual meeting as president on Jan. 28. (Dyana Bagby)
St Martins in the Field Church
Mayor Rusty Paul, joined by family members, shakes hands with Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua after being sworn into office Jan. 2. (John Ruch)
A teacher in Afghanistan sent Longino a note thanking him for the program.
Some of International Paint Pals’ art was chosen from around the world for display at the 2015 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk speaks about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the Dec. 4 Sandy Springs Rotary Club luncheon at the Hilton Atlanta Perimeter Suites hotel. (John Ruch)
Officer Bell walks Mary Anna to a dentist in Town Brookhaven. (Brookhaven Police Department)
Police Chief Billy Grogan takes a swing during a fun game of Pickleball.
The intersection of Grogans Ferry and Roswell roads as seen in a Google Earth image.
Deer passing through a moonlit, snowy field is the decoration on the Abnerathy Arts Center’s house. (John Ruch)
Georgia Democratic Party Chair Dubose Party leads the crowd in a “Flip the Sixth!” chant.
A Steinway & Sons Model D concert grand piano. (Special/Steinway & Sons)
Sandy Springs resident and driver Harry Stone says something changes in motorists’ minds come the rush hour.
Jim and Laura Strange of Dunwoody support Karen Handel.
A conservator works on the “Battle of Atlanta” painting. (Phil Mosier)
A Sandy Springs condo building that caught fire Jan. 31 is show in a photo from the Sandy Springs Fire Department.
Robin, left, and friend Cathy enjoy the “Snackadium” for last year’s Super Bowl.
The crowd watches students from the Atlanta School of Rock perform amidst lights after dark. (John Ruch)
St Martins of the Field
The crowd at Karen Handel’s Election Night watch party.
New District 2 City Councilmember Steve Soteres, joined by family,is sworn into office Jan. 2. (John Ruch)
Joe Seconder of Dunwoody, founder of Perimeter Progressives, is ready to work for Ossoff in the runoff.
Sandy Springs City Council approved the purchase of three fire trucks from Pierce Manufacturing dealer Ten-8 of Georgia, including this mid-mount, 100-foot aerial truck. Ten-8/Pierce
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