Brookhaven City Council adopts millage rates despite Emory’s objections

Brookhaven Reporter 6/20 6:23A Logan C. Ritchie

The City of Brookhaven adopted the fiscal year 2025 millage, stormwater, and street light district rates at its June 17 meeting after a tense public comment session. Residents will see the new rates in effect in September, when the DeKalb Tax...

Brookhaven lowers speed limits on key roads

Brookhaven Reporter 6/8 1:32A Logan C. Ritchie

Life is about to get a little bit slower in Brookhaven, where the city is lowering the speed limit on several roads. On June 10, new speed limit signs will be posted on Johnson Ferry Road, Ashford Dunwoody Road, Harts Mill Road, and Dresden...

Georgia tops states in new HIV cases. Here are 10 easy ways to get tested in Atlanta.

Buckhead Reporter 5/30 2:11A Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat At

The Out of the Closet thrift store at Ansley Mall creates a “destigmatizing space” where people can shop, get tested for HIV for free, and access community pharmacy services. (Photo by Rebecca Grapevine) Georgia has the highest rate of new HIV...

Class of ’25: This year’s valedictorians and salutatorians

Brookhaven Reporter 5/29 5:55A Rough Draft

Photo by Emily Ranquist on Pexels.com Credit: Emily Ranquist on Pexels / Pexels Congratulations, graduates! Metro Atlanta families recently gathered to celebrate the graduating class of 2025. Here are...

Brookhaven approves design contract for I-85 pedestrian bridge

Brookhaven Reporter 5/28 9:47A Logan C. Ritchie

Brookhaven City Council members voted to invest in two pedestrian projects at the Tuesday, May 27 meeting, moving forward with a bridge across I-85 and the completion of the Briarwood multi-use path. Council members approved a contract for Atlas...

Holding Steady: Intown’s real estate market chugs along despite economic shockwaves

Buckhead Reporter 5/27 12:00A Collin Kelley

Downing Park in Druid Hills (Courtesy Engle & Volkers) Uncertainty about the economy, increased tariffs, and weakened consumer confidence have been in the headlines for months since President Donald...

Brookhaven Council Member John Funny announces reelection bid

Brookhaven Reporter 5/23 7:31A Logan C. Ritchie

Ambassador Andrew Young and Brookhaven City Council member John Funny spoke at the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce meeting in 2024. (Photo by Logan C. Ritchie) Credit: Logan C. Ritchie Brookhaven...

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms enters Georgia governor’s race

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 12:42A Stanley Dunlap | Georgia Recorde

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is announcing Tuesday that she is entering the race for Georgia governor in 2026, the second Democrat to declare a run for the state’s top job. Bottoms served as mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022, but...

Kirkwood Spring Fling returns May 17-18

Brookhaven Reporter 5/15 9:16A Rough Draft

The 22nd Annual Kirkwood Spring Fling is set for Saturday, May 17, hosted by the Kirkwood Neighbors Organization and presented by Jacob Fuchs of Fraser Roofing. The weekend will include a 5K run, tour of homes, artist market, food, and a diverse...

City of Brookhaven plans to build a pedestrian bridge over I-85

Brookhaven Reporter 5/7 3:09A Logan C. Ritchie

A rendering of the pedestrian bridge in Brookhaven by Michael Baker International. (Courtesy of the City of Brookhaven) Brookhaven is planning to build a flyover pedestrian bridge from Emory University s Executive Park to the Peachtree Creek...

CDC cancels grant that funded free home test kits for HIV

Buckhead Reporter 5/7 1:37A Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat At

Federal funding for a program that used dating apps to connect people with free HIV home tests identifying nearly 7,000 new cases since its start in 2022 has been canceled. The Together Take Me Home project, based at Emory University in Atlanta,...

Brookhaven police arrest man for multiple acts of arson, burglary

Brookhaven Reporter 5/6 5:09A Logan C. Ritchie

The Brookhaven Police Department arrested a local man in connection to a string of crimes, including multiple acts of arson, burglary, and vandalism. Dillon Welch of Atlanta is facing 22 charges in Brookhaven and additional charges in Atlanta....

Films, festivals and fun: Another busy weekend ahead in Atlanta

Brookhaven Reporter 4/24 7:17A Collin Kelley

Courtesy Atlanta Film Festival Atlanta Film Festival The 49th annual festival, and its corresponding Creative Conference, will take place April 24 – May 4, held primarily at the Tara and Plaza...

Brookhaven City Council to discuss major development of Corporate Square

Brookhaven Reporter 4/21 3:58A Logan C. Ritchie

Brookhaven City Council members are scheduled to hear next week from Third and Urban about the phased development of Corporate Square, a project to convert the 32-acre office park into housing, retail, and restaurants. A project years in the making...

Emory University receives $5 million gift to establish BL Harbert Real Estate Center

Buckhead Reporter 4/18 4:01A Rough Draft

Billy Harbert (Courtesy Emory University) Emory University’s Goizueta Business School announced April 18 that it has received a $5 million gift from esteemed alumnus Billy Harbert, a leader in the...