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August 27, 2015 | johnscreekherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 19, No. 35
JC finds new Waze to improve traffic First Georgia city to join traffic app’s network
Johns Creek Geographic Information Systems Manager Nick O’Day says the city’s sophisticated traffic management system behind him and your smartphone can make your commute in the city safer and faster.
By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Waze is the world›s largest communitybased traffic and navigation app, and Waze’s world just got a little bit larger as Johns Creek became the first city in Georgia to partner with the Google-based app.
Waze is perhaps best known for its ability to tip off app members (known as Wazers) about the location of radar-toting law enforcement vehicles. But that is just one small portion of transportation information that Waze users collectively report. It is for all that additional data Waze users collect that led Johns Creek to become the first city in the state to jump on the Waze bandwagon and sign up.
See WAZE, Page 13
Attackers force way into woman’s home Beat, restrain her before fleeing
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – A Johns Creek resident is safe after two men burst into her home Aug. 14 and tried to rob and restrain her. According to the victim, she was home alone about 9 p.m. on Laketrail Drive, off Morton Road, when someone rang her doorbell. Two men were at the door. She did not open the door and instead asked what they wanted. One man said they were delivering Chinese food. The victim said she did not order anything and she refused to open the door. Not content with this answer, the
man at the door continued ringing the bell and knocking repeatedly. Eventually, the victim cracked open the door. One suspect took that opportunity to barge into the house, punch the victim and, using a handgun, pistol-whip her. The other suspect remained outside. The man demanded money. When the victim did not cooperate, he produced a roll of duct tape and tried to tape her mouth shut. She struggled, scratching the man’s face. When the man began trying to push the victim outside, she began screaming for help. At this point, the men fled. A neighbor who was walking his
See ATTACKERS, Page 4
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Mark your calendar for these girls “Calendar Girls,” from left, Jennifer Levison, Courtenay Collins and Meg Gillentine pose for Queen and Country and to raise money to fight cancer. Read more, Page 14.
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