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Resident takes his seat in City Hall Honored for dedicated attendance of meetings By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com
The Cambridge Marching Band performs in the London New Year’s Day Parade, Jan. 1, 2015 in London, England. They joined dozens of schools from around the country and the world in the parade.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – It’s not often the City Council takes time out of a meeting to honor a special resident, but for the inaugural meeting of the new City Hall, Jan. 5, they did just that. Don Nahsur was presented with a seat from the old City Hall, the very one he has sat in for the past 40-odd years. The chair was taken up and set on floorboards from the old Alpharetta PAL/ Eagle gym that used to sit where the new City Hall now stands. The trim was made from old park benches.
Nahsur sat in the seat the entire meeting Jan. 5. “We wanted to present Don with a token of appreciation,” said City Manager Bob Regus. “He has distinguished himself by coming to nearly every City Council meeting. This is a memento of the city of Alpharetta to you.” Nahsur began attending council meetings in 1973, he said. His wife was in an orchestra in Atlanta that met every Monday night. In those days, back before Monday Night Football, there was little to do in sleepy Alpharetta. “So I started coming to
See COUNCIL, Page 8
Cambridge marches in London Mayors look ahead to 2015 Part of 2015 New Year’s Day parade By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — The students of the Cambridge marching band packed their bags along with their instruments and took a jaunt to England as they marched in the 29th annual London New Year’s Day Parade Jan. 1. More than half a million spectators lined the 2.2-miles of streets in downtown London to see the 8,500 performers
from 20 countries around the world. Cheerleaders, floats, antique cars and, of course, marching bands progressed through the historic streets of London. Band members have spent the past two years fundraising their trip. In September 2013, the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Catherine Longworth, visited Cambridge High to give them the news they were selected to take part in the parade. “I travel the world listening to young musicians playing,”
See BAND, Page 14
Families of the band members joined the crowds on the parade route to cheer on Cambridge.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. – With 2014 behind us, 2015 is expected to be a bigger, better year for the cities of North Fulton. New construction, new government buildings and new elections are just some of the expected improvements coming down the pipeline. The mayors of our cities have outlined how they see the coming year in their communities. To see what is coming up, turn to page 8.
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