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Minor League Memories
Wednesday, 1 Jun, 2011 – 5:00 | 2 Comments
Minor League Memories

By Collin Kelley
Editor
The one constant through all the years… has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has …

Summer Reads by Southern Authors
Wednesday, 1 Jun, 2011 – 5:00 | 2 Comments
Summer Reads by Southern Authors

By Collin Kelley
Editor
Southern literature is alive and well and here are interviews with four authors with brand new novels keeping the tradition alive.
Tayari Jones – author of the award-winning novel Leaving Atlanta set during the …

Exchange students reflect on past year
Wednesday, 1 Jun, 2011 – 5:00 | No Comment
Exchange students reflect on past year

By Wendy Binns
Publisher
Homemade “welcome” signs bob around Hartsfield-Jackson Airport every August greeting wide-eyed foreign exchange students. They are cautiously stepping off the escalator to begin their year abroad. They have made long journeys from an …

Atlanta Children’s Shelter marks 25 years
Wednesday, 1 Jun, 2011 – 5:00 | No Comment
Atlanta Children’s Shelter marks 25 years

By Sandy M. Tyler
While overall homeless rates in Georgia have gone down in the last few years, the recent recession and mortgage crisis have caused the percentage of homeless families to continue to rise, with …

Blogging Atlanta Part 2
Wednesday, 1 Jun, 2011 – 5:00 | One Comment
Blogging Atlanta Part 2

By Collin Kelley
Editor
While Facebook and Twitter have become the most popular social media platforms, blogs are still going strong. As part of our ongoing series, we met up with three local bloggers who have built …

A Look Back
Wednesday, 1 Jun, 2011 – 4:59 | No Comment
A Look Back

By Ann Boutwell
June 1, 1882: George Washington Adair posted a real estate notice in Atlanta’s local newspapers inviting potential buyers to view lots in Grant Park. His target market were families interested in building permanent …