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2023’s peach harvest in Georgia was disastrous. This year, expectations are high

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 5/13 11:15A Orlando Montoya | GPB

Despite Georgia being known as the Peach State, it’s behind South Carolina and California in peach production. Credit: Josephine Bennett / GPB Photo Georgia peach growers are getting their 2024...

Delbar chef Fares Kargar drops details on his sprawling restaurant and rooftop bar Eden at Star...

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 5/13 3:50A Beth McKibben

Eden and its rooftop bar will open at Star Metals in 2025. (Rendering by Archie Bolden) Delbar chef Fares Kargar will open Eden next year at the Star Metals district on Howell Mill Road. The sprawling...

State tax revenues fall again

Brookhaven Reporter 5/12 5:16A Dave Williams | Capitol Beat

Georgia tax collections continued their downward spiral last month, falling 5.4% from April of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported Friday. The broader picture...

New analysis says Sandy Springs should brace for tax revenue loss as office market shifts

Sandy Springs Reporter 5/10 3:27A Bob Pepalis

The Concourse Center complex as seen from its interior pond, with the King and Queen skyscrapers rising in the rear and the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North hotel at left. (File) A report submitted to...

Film Review: ‘The Fall Guy’ exists for the love of movies

Brookhaven Reporter 5/10 12:00A Sammie Purcell

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy (Photo courtesy Universal Pictures). Ryan Gosling is really cool. This has been apparent for quite some time now. He’s a specific type of cool, the type of...

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Pinky Cole Hayes gives 2024 Savannah State Comment Speech and gifts graduates $8.75M Entrepreneurial...

Education - The Atlanta Voice 5/3 10:00A Staff Report

Pinky Cole Hayes , renowned entrepreneur, 2023 TIME100 Next honoree, and founder of  Slutty Vegan  and Bar Vegan, gave an inspiring commencement speech for the Savannah State University 2024...

CFB Playoff trophy makes its way to local elementary school

Education - The Atlanta Voice 5/2 12:50A Noah Washington

College Football Playoff championship trophy during a stop at M. Agnes Elementary School earlier this week. Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice On Tuesday, April 30, the College Football...

The Toughest Issue for Teachers Is Even Tougher For Students

Education - The Atlanta Voice 5/1 10:22A Joseph Williams, Word in Black

The number-one concern among teachers – student poverty – is the root of other major problems, like absenteeism and depression. “ This article was originally published on ...

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Room Envy: A serene home office meant to be seen

Atlanta Magazine 5/13 9:00A Lisa Mowry

When a home office is visible from the front door, it gets special treatment, says interior designer Michelle Doughtie of Schilling & Co. Flower power A focal point for the room, the clover-shaped...

Review: Breaker Breaker turns the BeltLine into a boardwalk

Atlanta Magazine 5/13 8:33A Christiane Lauterbach

Breaker Breaker’s fried Gulf Fish with fries, empanadas, and roasted beet dip Photograph by Martha Williams Fifteen years ago, when I first met Alex Brounstein in the Sweet Auburn Curb Market, where...

Home Style Saturday 399

Southern Hospitality 5/10 11:00P Rhoda

It's Saturday once again and that means, Home Style Saturday! We hope you enjoy these shares of how to enjoy the summer months, to a relaxed casual living room makeover, a modern European style home...

Newly renovated, Mary Mac’s Tea Room reopens after a two-month hiatus

Atlanta Magazine 5/10 9:09A Carly Cooper

The roast turkey plate at Mary Mac s. Photograph by Taylor O'Sullivan. Quintessential Southern restaurant Mary Mac’s Tea Room is back open after part of its roof collapsed during a rainstorm in March....

How my mother’s clutter helped me get to know her better

Atlanta Magazine 5/9 10:41A Myrydd Wells

Through his mother s mementos, Jim Galloway was able to piece together untold stories and learn her history. Photograph courtesy of Jim Galloway This may sound odd, but as Mother’s Day approaches, I...

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Damsel: Dinner and a show

Food - The Atlanta Voice 5/8 3:11A Isaiah Singleton

Damsel director and choreographer Otis Sallid (left) and and the restaurant s owner and operator Dave Green. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Damsel , the multi-level establishment, is no...

Nostalgia Kitchen + Cocktails fuses various cultures, brings Decatur community together

Food - The Atlanta Voice 5/3 2:27A Isaiah Singleton

The jerk egg roll appetizer. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Nostalgia Kitchen + Cocktails , Stone Mountain’s newest Black-owned restaurant, held a soft opening last month and will be open...

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Your 2024 Weekend Travel Guide to Summer in the Hamptons

Coco Bassey 5/12 9:00P Coco

Heading out east? Here s your guide to summer in the Hamptons! Summer is around the corner, and I m already mentally preparing for all the long weekends out East for work and...

My Top 10 Favorite Flat Shoes & Ballet Flats of the Season

Coco Bassey 5/6 10:00P Dani Fines

This spring, give your feet a break and take some inches off your heels with stylish and comfortable flat shoes! If there s one thing to know about me — I m the kinda gal who...

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Today in Sports – Serena Williams wins Madrid Open to retain No. 1 ranking and 50th career title

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 5/11 10:08A Associated Press

May 12 1909 — The Preakness Stakes is held in Maryland after 16 runnings in New York. As part of the celebration marking the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race’s winner were painted onto...

Jordan Wallace’s pursuit of excellence: Aiming for Daytona and Le Mans victories

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 5/9 10:03A Blair S. Walker

MIAMI GARDENS When Jordan Wallace was a 5-year-old, his grandmother bought him a little, battery-powered Mercedes car. She may have regretted that move, because Wallace immediately hopped into his...

Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic named NBA MVP for third time in four seasons

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 5/9 12:18A Jacob Lev and CNN

(CNN) — Denver Nuggets star center Nikola Jokic was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday, marking the third time he has been awarded the honor in four seasons. The 29-year-old Serbian...

Atlanta set to host College Football Playoff for second time, supporting local education

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 5/2 12:50A Noah Washington

On Tuesday, April 30, the College Football Playoff (CFP) held a press conference announcing the return of the playoff to Atlanta, making history as the first city to hold the titular event twice. The...

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