A group of homeless people calling themselves the ATL Homeless Union set up an encampment on the lawn of City Hall over the weekend to demand better housing and healthcare rather than what they call “band-aid solutions.” Atlanta Police made six arrests on Monday after members of the union set up tents outside city hall. […]
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Atlanta City Council supports new firetrucks, accepts police vehicle donation
The Atlanta City Council approved legislation Tuesday expressing support for the city’s plan to acquire new fire engines and ladder trucks for the Atlanta Fire Department. The city plans to buy three new tractor-drawn aerial fire truck apparatus and three new 1,500 gallons per minute (GPM) pumpers in fiscal year 2022 and an additional two […]
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14-year-old shot and killed in ‘melee’ that included 50 teens
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday night after a “melee” involving nearly 50 teenagers, according to the Atlanta Police Department. Two other teens were injured during the incident that occurred in the 600 block of McAfee Street at the Centennial Place apartments. Police said a 17-year-old carrying two handguns was detained by officers […]
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News Briefs: Lime scooters return; electric bus grant; OnPay moving to Ponce City Market
Lime is bringing its fleet of scooters and e-bikes back to Atlanta after pulling out of the city in early 2020. The company announced this week it would put 1,500 scooters and 500 e-bikes on the streets this summer after receiving permit approval from the city. When Lime left last year, it cited profitability as […]
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Editor’s Letter: Living with the Big C
In mid-May I was diagnosed with cancer. What I thought was a recurrence of Bell’s Palsy turned out to be a tumor growing on my salivary gland, which compromised my facial nerve. Within a matter of weeks, I was checking into Emory University Hospital in Midtown for an eight-hour surgery to remove the tumor, lymph […]
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Rediscovering Summerhill: Community is undergoing a dramatic renaissance after decades of being ignored
Intown’s first story about the redevelopment of Summerhill appeared on our website in September 2017 after the project got nearly $5 million in tax incentives from the city. Longtime residents of the neighborhood were – not surprisingly – wary of the intentions of development firm Carter and Georgia State University, which had just purchased the […]
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UPDATE: Police officer, suspect shot during ‘ambush’ at Midtown apartment building identified
? During a July 1 press conference at Public Safety Headquarters, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant identified the officer wounded in a shooting at a Midtown apartment building as Officer Khuong Thai. Thai and his partner, identified as Officer Joshua Lovreta, were responding to a report of gunfire at the Solace on Peachtree apartments when […]
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Public Safety Briefs: Club Onyx shooting; hit-and-run suspect sought; crime town hall
Atlanta Police say two men were wounded Tuesday morning during a shooting at Club Onyx, a strip club on Cheshire Bridge Road. Around 3:30 a.m., officers responded to the club, which is in the Lindridge/Martin Manor neighborhood. They found one man with a gunshot wound at the scene. Another victim arrived later at a hospital. […]
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Property Spotlight: Flats at the Indie condo project just steps from BeltLine
Capital City Real Estate has completed its new condo project, Flats at the Indie, located on Airline Street in Old Fourth Ward. The one- and two-bedroom and penthouse condos are priced from the $300s to the $600s, and feature outdoor rooftop terraces, a pool and lounge area with views of the city, onsite pet […]
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News Briefs: Mayor lifts outdoor event limit; MARTA partners for developments; GPB Classical debuts
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an executive order on Friday lifting a moratorium on the acceptance of applications for permits for outdoor events for up to 49,999 persons. Such events may only occur in accordance with the COVID-19 mitigation requirements outlined in the COVID-19 Special Events Permit Overlay—including the designation of a health coordinator responsible for reviewing […]