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Roswell readies to read new book Approves Barrington neighborhood By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. – The Roswell City Council declared at their Jan. 12 meeting this year’s Roswell Reads community book will be “The Distance Between Us.” “The Distance Between Us” is the memoir about a child immigrant’s journey from Mexico to the United States. Author Reyna Grande will discuss her book at the 10th annual Roswell Reads literary luncheon, Saturday, March 14.
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Cambridge High students and staff joined with Milton officials, staff and members of the MiltonWindward Rotary Club to make meals for the needy. They made 10,000 meals Jan. 9.
Rotary, students helping end hunger
See COUNCIL, Page 4
Roswell homes possibly built over graves Founder’s Cemetery has unknown boundaries
Milton-Windward makes meals with Stop Hunger Now
By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com
By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. – The Earth produces more than four pounds of food per person. That should be plenty to feed everyone and eliminate hunger worldwide. Unfortunately, it does not. More than 25,000 people die each day from starvation. The people of Stop Hunger Now hope to end that problem. Joining with the Milton-Windward Rotary Club and students of Cambridge High School, the group held a meal packaging event Jan. 9 at
As an undocumented child immigrant, Grande learned that the separation between a parent and child can be measured as much in emotional distance and abandonment as it can be in miles. The book takes a look into the immigration experience and the reality that millions of people are facing each day. It’s about the pursuit of a better life. “We hope to engage the whole community, including the Hispanic population in
See ROTARY, Page 25
ROSWELL, Ga. – While the housing business has picked up in recent years from the recession, there is one area for housing to beware – near cemeteries. One in particular is in question after recent building took place on what may have been part of the burial grounds of Founder’s Cemetery. There may be several, if not dozens of graves beneath
the houses and streets of King’s Mill Court, in Roswell’s old town. The problem with the cemetery, beyond being simply unused, is that so many of the graves were poorly marked and time has covered them up. The boundaries of the cemetery are known to extend beyond the formally recognized area, but how far beyond is unknown. A 2008 report drawn up
See GRAVES, Page 20
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