Brookhaven to spend $1.4M on land for trail and interchange projects

Brookhaven Reporter 12/5 6:41A Logan C. Ritchie

A new multi-use path will stretch from Logan Circle to Pine Cone Lane on Briarwood Road. Brookhaven City Council approved spending $1.4 million on properties to complete nearly one mile of the...

Brookhaven considers opening a warming center for women as cold weather returns

Brookhaven Reporter 12/1 8:16A Logan C. Ritchie

Ashford Park Community Building As metro Atlanta flirts with winter temperatures, the Brookhaven Police Department has established the need for its first warming center to be located at the Ashford Park Community Building. The Ashford Park...

Emory names Dr. Sandra L. Wong as first woman to lead School of Medicine

Brookhaven Reporter 11/30 9:10A Collin Kelley

Dr. Sandra L. Wong Emory University has selected Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, an accomplished surgical oncologist and researcher, as the next Dean of  Emory University School of Medicine . Wong will serve...

Former President Jimmy Carter sits front row at Rosalynn Carter’s Atlanta tribute service

Brookhaven Reporter 11/28 8:30A Sarah Kallis | GPB

Former President Jimmy Carter (third from right) sits front row at his wife s tribute service in Atlanta. Credit: Screenshot from live feed. Former President Jimmy Carter sat front row at his wife...

Report: Jimmy Carter expected to attend Rosalynn Carter’s memorial service

Brookhaven Reporter 11/27 9:10A Collin Kelley

Courtesy The Carter Center The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that former President Jimmy Carter will be in attendance for a memorial service for his wife, former First Lady Rosalyn Carter, on...

Georgia Alzheimer’s cases expected to increase by 46% over next decade

Brookhaven Reporter 11/23 2:36P Ellen Eldridge | GPB

Due in part to an aging population and the ability to detect Alzheimer s disease more accurately, more and more people are being diagnosed with this disease of dementia. Pexels Alzheimer’s is the...

Here is schedule of ceremonies for Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday

Brookhaven Reporter 11/20 5:11A Mike Esterl | The Atlanta Journa

Rosalynn Carter (Photo by Bob Andres/AJC) The Carter Center said late Sunday that ceremonies celebrating former first lady Rosalynn Carter will take place the week after Thanksgiving in Atlanta and...

Sandy Springs synagogue receives bomb threat during Shabbat services

Sandy Springs Reporter 11/20 1:56A Logan C. Ritchie and Bob Pepalis

Or Hadash in Sandy Springs (Courtesy Facebook) A bomb threat at Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs interrupted a bar mitzvah service on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 18.  The Sandy Spring Police...

Police: Armed suspect chased into Emory Midtown hospital; no injuries

Buckhead Reporter 11/17 9:11A Dyana Bagby

Atlanta Police say an armed suspect in a stolen vehicle tried to elude officers in a foot chase by running into Emory University Midtown Hospital on Friday afternoon. Police apprehended the suspect inside the hospital with one officer firing...

The Long Goodbye: Art Papers will mark 50th anniversary with closure in 2026, but first a...

Brookhaven Reporter 11/17 9:04A Collin Kelley

Courtesy Art Papers Let s just get the bad news out of the way upfront: Art Papers, the venerable Atlanta-based magazine, will cease publication and operations in 2026, which happens to be its 50th...

Shooting leaves 3 injured on Buford Highway

Brookhaven Reporter 11/11 3:19A Logan C. Ritchie

An early morning shooting occurred in the parking lot of Sun Tan Shopping Center on Buford Highway just south of North Druid Hills Road. Brookhaven Police responded to the scene at 5:39 a.m. According...

Emory doctor leaves university after antisemitic social media posts

Brookhaven Reporter 11/10 5:07A Logan C. Ritchie

Courtesy Emory University An Emory physician who endorsed Hamas and made antisemitic comments on social media last month has left the school’s employment.  Dr. Abeer N. AbouYabis was placed on...

Brookhaven to build three bridges to ease traffic near I-85

Brookhaven Reporter 11/8 3:31A Logan C. Ritchie

A rendering of the I-85 vehicular bridge from Executive Park to Buford Highway in Brookhaven. Three new bridges – two vehicular and one pedestrian – are planned for Brookhaven to help ease the volume...

Jewish students rally for support amid rising antisemitism on Georgia campuses

Brookhaven Reporter 11/1 2:21P Logan C. Ritchie

A Walk with Hillel attracted more than 100 supporters, students, and leaders at Emory University on Nov. 1. (Photo by Logan C. Ritchie) On Nov. 1, hundreds of students, spiritual leaders, and...

Car chase leads to officer-involved shooting in Brookhaven

Brookhaven Reporter 10/31 3:41A Logan C. Ritchie

An officer-involved shooting in Brookhaven is under investigation after an alleged vehicle theft turned into a foot chase. Three of the four suspects have been arrested. At 3:47 a.m. on this morning, Oct. 31, BPD was alerted that a license plate...