With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — 2015 was a watershed year for the LGBTQI equality movement in the U.S., with the ruling of the Supreme Court of the U.S. in favor of same-sex marriage as a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution. But LGBTQI advocates lament that the State of Georgia has a long […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On October 27, 2014, the Avondale Estates Board of Mayor and Commissioners had a Work Session on the annexation of Stratford Green Townhomes into the City. Stratford Green includes 154 townhomes and would be pursuing a 60%/60% annexation attempt, denoting that 60 percent of the residents and 60 percent of the resident electors in the area must […]
Read more(APN) DEKALB COUNTY — On August 28, 2014, the City of Briarcliff Initiative (CBI) recently held a meeting with Medlock Area Neighborhood Association (MANA), at the North Decatur Presbyterian Church, in hopes that neighborhood will want to become part of the proposed City of Briarcliff. The proposed Briarcliff map claims everything from I-285 at Spaghetti Junction and down, along […]
Read moreBy Ben Smith, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News. (APN) DECATUR — On Friday, August 08, 2014, the trial of the “Avondale 4” came to a close after the jury failed to reach verdict, thereby forcing DeKalb County State Court Judge Dax Lopez to declare a mistrial. The case stems from a protest that took place […]
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