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Residents at the Feb. 5 Milton City Council meeting follow public comments relating to an alcohol beverage license for D’Rose Vintners, a farm winery located at the rear of the Providence Plantation neighborhood. The City Council voted unanimously to defer any formal action on the matter.
Fate of farm winery rests with City Council By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — More than 40 residents showed up to Milton City Hall Feb. 5 to voice concerns about upcoming votes the City Council will make on various matters that could have lasting impact. While some residents chose to speak about proposed changes to meeting procedures and active park space, a majority urged the City Council to deny an alcohol beverage license for Jim and Daryn Rosenberger’s farm winery, D’Rose Vintners. The winery is in the gated Boxwood Estates subdivision off Blackmaral Lane. To visit the winery,
patrons must drive through the Providence Plantation neighborhood, where residents have complained about speeding. Five years ago, the Public Works Department assisted Providence Plantation in a traffic study which showed that of around 400 vehicles, nearly 80 percent of the traffic, exceeded the 25-mph speed limit. The intent was to install speed bumps, but that never happened because a handful of homeowners objected. For more than two hours at the Feb. 5 City Council meeting, 33 residents from the Providence Plantation neighborhood, Boxwood Estates subdivision and surrounding neighborhoods urged councilmembers to
deny the alcohol beverage license for the Rosenberger’s farm winery. Their primary concerns are increased traffic, drunk driving as well as the precedent the license could set for all of Milton. Jessica Buxton, a Providence Plantation resident at the entrance to the Boxwood estates subdivision, said the ongoing dispute stems from Rosenberger’s 2021 request to have his 10.8-acre property rezoned from Community Unit Plan, or CUP, to an agricultural area, or AG-1. “What was sent to us from the city said nothing
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ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police arrested and charged a 34-year-old Roswell man in connection with an evening shooting Feb. 6. Roswell E-911 received several calls reporting gunfire around Holcomb Bridge and Dogwood roads shortly before 7 p.m. Police were dispatched to Red Lobster for shots fired, according to the incident report, and the suspect was seen running into the nearby Krystal. Police had also been informed that someone was barricaded inside the restaurant, the report states. A large number of police officers
responded to the area and quickly gathered a suspect description from witnesses. Within minutes, an officer located a suspect matching the description behind Krystal. The suspect, later identified as LaDarrius McCoy, was detained without incident. Police say that further investigation determined that McCoy had been involved in a fight with another person, and during the fight, produced a handgun and fired several shots. No one was injured by the gunshots. McCoy then fled the scene, hiding the firearm in an exterior freezer at the
restaurant before he was located and detained. Detectives recovered the firearm. McCoy has been charged with aggravated assault, reckless conduct and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. This remains an active investigation. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Roswell Police Department at 770-640-4100. Anonymous information can be provided through Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS(8477) or online at www.StopCrimeATL.org.
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Police obtain warrant on vehicle theft suspect MILTON, Ga. — An Acworth man reported to police Jan. 30 that his car was stolen from a location on Ridgemill View, where he had been staying for the night. He told police when he woke up, he noticed his keys were missing and that the only person not at the residence was a 35-year-old Roswell woman, who police later said had stolen the vehicle. Police called the man’s vehicle lien company, which provided coordinates to the car, placing it near businesses in Rockmart, Georgia, according to the incident report. Police then contacted an employee at a nearby towing company, who said he impounded a vehicle with a matching description, the report says. The employee told police the driver had been in an accident and was transported to the hospital, a case worked by the Polk County Police Department. Police confirmed the driver’s identity
Fake police scam man in multi-state fraud crime MILTON, Ga. — A Milton man reported to police Feb. 1 that he was scammed out of $14,000 by callers claiming to be with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. The man told police he received a call from a man identifying himself as “Sgt. Murphy” from the Sheriff’s Office, who said he had missed a federal grand jury and that there was a warrant out for his arrest. The man said the caller told him if he paid a fine, the charges would be dropped, but that if he went to the Sheriff’s Office, he would be arrested, according to the incident report. The man told police he was told that he had to deposit $3,500 in a Bitcoin machine at the Chevron gas station on Main Street in Alpharetta to clear the warrant and another $3,500 to clear the federal charges. He lost a total of $14,000, sending in another $7,000 after being advised the deposits didn’t go through, the report says. The man told police he became suspicious after the alleged deputies tried to make him go to a different Bitcoin
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Free lectures on Black history set at Forsyth County libraries FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Public Library system will celebrate Black History Month with a series of free lectures throughout February. The Sharon Forks Library will host “Jackie Robinson: A Bright Star Touring Theatre Production” from 11 a.m. to noon Feb. 16. The live children’s theater production will highlight how Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball. Georgia State University archivist Brittany Newberry and professor Booker W. Edwards Jr. will present “Atlanta Celebrates 50 Years of Hip-Hop” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Sharon Forks Library. Guests are invited to learn about the history
and influence of hip-hop in Atlanta. The Cumming Library will feature “National Black Radio Hall of Fame,” a history of Black radio and the first Black-owned radio station in Atlanta, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 18. Speakers from Leadership Forsyth, the Forsyth Descendants Scholarship Organization, the Community Remembrance Project of Forsyth County and the Atlanta History Center will facilitate the discussion “Forsyth 1912: Working to Heal” from 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Post Road Library. The event series is free and open to the public. — Shelby Israel
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The Milton City Council joins City Arborist Sandra Dewitt, center right, in front of the dais Feb. 5 to celebrate the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA recognition. Mayor Peyton Jamison, center left, read a proclamation recognizing Feb. 16 as Arbor Day.
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Milton lays groundwork for Arbor Day observance MILTON, Ga. — Milton residents are invited to celebrate Arbor Day Feb. 16, starting at 3:30 p.m. at the Community Place building across from City Hall. While National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April, states across the country observe it on different dates throughout the year based on the best tree-planting times. In Georgia, Arbor Day is celebrated on the third Friday of February. The Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA program provides communities with a four-step framework to maintain and grow their tree cover. For the 15th consecutive year, the city was recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. City Arborist Sandra Dewitt spoke about Arbor Day and Milton’s Tree City USA recognition during the Feb. 5 City Council meeting. “Not only does Milton celebrate Arbor Day as recognition of the importance of trees in the city,” Dewitt said. “But it is also a requirement of
the Arbor Day Foundation to earn recognition as Tree City USA.” Other requirements for the city include maintaining a tree department, having a tree ordinance and spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry. On Arbor Day Feb. 16, the city plans to replace trees cut down during the expansion of the City Hall parking lot at 2006 Heritage Walk. Residents are invited to assist city officials with planting nine new trees, including Kousa dogwood, black gum and red maple. During the event, there will be treethemed crafts for children, snacks and drinks. The city will also provide sawtooth oak seedlings for residents interested in planting shade trees in their front yards. The sawtooth oak is smaller than other oak varieties, growing anywhere from 40-to-60 feet in height and width. Mayor Peyton Jamison thanked Dewitt for her hard work and encouraged residents to attend the Feb. 16 event.
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Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson jumps with the Roswell Rotary Club at the Alpharetta Rotary Polar Bear Plunge Feb. 3 at the Wills Park Pool. Wilson’s team raised more than $2,900.
Rotary Polar Bear Plunge raises more than $159,000 By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta Rotary Club’s sixth annual Polar Bear Plunge Feb. 3 beat its own record with more than $150,000 raised. On the morning of the plunge, the Rotary Club’s $150,000 goal had been surpassed. The latest update shows the 2024 dousing raised just shy of $159,000. It was around 50 degrees when more than 100 participants and spectators gathered around the Wills Park pool for the 10 a.m. plunge. The yearly fundraiser invites nonprofits, schools, clubs, sports teams and community groups to dive into the icy water to raise money for a cause of their choice. Participants can also create a new team or sign up as individual jumpers. The top two earning teams were the Lionheart Life Center and the Alpharetta Symphony. Lionheart, a nonprofit offering educational and therapeutic services to individuals with autism and developmental challenges, raised $14,629 as of Feb. 5. The Alpharetta Symphony, which was the top team on the morning of the plunge, raked in $14,469. Alpharetta City Councilman John Hipes, who served as the orchestra’s team captain, said the Polar Bear Plunge is an opportunity for people to support their passions in the community. “We could all pick, and people in the community who aren't in Rotary could pick their passion, and go jump in cold water, and the net result is almost
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Winery: Continued from Page 1 about a farm winery,” Buxton said. “It only said, ‘CUP to AG-1 to build a singlefamily home with a barn for animals.’” Buxton also said the city’s improper notice of the public hearing and issues with Rosenberger’s original application for rezoning are grounds for overturning the zoning change. “We’re not going to go away with this issue,” Buxton said. “If you had done your job right then, you would have had all these people here in May 2021.” Council plays mediator Not all residents who spoke against the alcohol beverage license for D’Rose Vintners asked for a reconsideration of the zoning change. Steve Lanham, a Weatherwood Circle resident within the Providence Plantation neighborhood, asked councilmembers to deny the alcohol beverage license for the D’Rose Vintners. Lanham referenced a meeting the prior week with City Manager Steve Krokoff and councilmembers Carol Cookerly and Andrea Verhoff. He said it became clear to him that “the right hand did not know what the left hand was doing,” quoting Councilwoman Cookerly. Lanham went on to express frustration with what he called a mishandling of the situation. “The city created this mess, and the city needs to fix it,” Lanham said. “You want to put a liquor license in a residential neighborhood? Are you kidding me? That’s ridiculous.” To kick off the meeting, Mayor Peyton Jamison motioned to remove the public hearing concerning the farm winery from the agenda. The deferral follows similar actions taken in November and December. What set off the community is a city sign announcing a Nov. 20 hearing for Rosenberger’s alcohol license – more than two years after Rosenberger’s renovation project was approved in a zoning case. Milton City Manager Krokoff said the hearing was rescheduled to Dec. 18 to allow the city time to re-examine what Rosenberger is entitled to based on what was originally approved. The December vote was rescheduled to Feb. 5 because of improper placement of a legal ad for the public hearing on private property in the Boxwood estates subdivision. Before the City Council passed the agenda unanimously, Councilwoman Juliette Johnson recused herself from all activity regarding the license for D’Rose Vintners. “While I have no financial interest in the application or the related farm winery, it is the case that the applicant’s children went to camps at my family’s
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property at Pamelot,” Johnson said. Contacted after the meeting about rescheduling the public hearing, Communications Director Greg Botelho said no decision has been made. “As to the farm winery, conversations regarding that are ongoing,” Botelho wrote. “While they are, the corresponding item hasn’t been and won’t be on a council agenda.” Hearing from the Rosenbergers Jim and Daryl Rosenberger also attended the Feb. 5 City Council meeting. When neighbors first brought concerns over increased traffic, drunk driving and decreased property values, Rosenberger said he and his wife agreed to drop the weekly visitor count by 85 percent. “Just last week, we floated the idea of eliminating the public, onsite pay-pervisit tasting room entirely and relying solely on distribution,” Rosenberger said. His most recent concession eliminates all the claims of increased noise, traffic and drunk driving, he said. Following Rosenberger’s public comment, Providence Plantation resident William Spurlock said he and his neighbors have been in the dark. “He’s been told he can have a winery, but we weren’t told,” Spurlock said. “He’s made concessions, we have heard nothing about these concessions.” Spurlock attributed the confusion surrounding the farm winery to a lack of government action and communication. “We need some guarantees from you guys…” Spurlock said. “If you do this, he will be limited to growing grapes, making wine, putting it on a truck and shipping it out.” Rosenberger stood to applaud Spurlock after his remarks. When Rosenberger spoke with Appen Media Feb. 6, he said the conditions of the 2021 rezoning, limiting the number of patrons at the farm winery, shows the city was aware of his intention to sell his own wine. “There’s the argument of drunk driving, additional noise and traffic.” Rosenberger said. “All of those concerns, in my opinion, are no longer an argument.” Some residents who spoke after Rosenberger during public comment Feb. 5 questioned the need for an alcohol beverage license. With a tasting room off the table, Rosenberger said D’Rose Vintners requires an alcohol beverage license to market the wine produced on his property. For example, to place a label on farm winery products, state law requires Rosenberger to obtain a local license. “We thought we were building a crown jewel for the community,” Rosenberger said. “The only outcome is either some type of resolution or someone is going to be hiring lawyers.”
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Jim Rosenberger, owner of D’Rose Vintners on Blackmaral Lane, speaks during public comment at the Feb. 5 City Council meeting. Rosenberger said his latest concession is to eliminate the onsite tasting room.
Sarah Moen, resident in the Providence Plantation neighborhood, speaks alongside her son at the Feb. 5 City Council meeting. Moen said drunk driving, increased traffic and other concerns from the neighborhood should convince councilmembers to deny the alcohol beverage license.
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Artists’ exhibit offers perspectives on Blackness By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The still life images that fiber artist Aisha Lumumba was assigned as a young art student weren’t relatable. “For me as an African American person, that was not what I saw in my house,” Lumumba said. Growing up in McDonough, Georgia, Lumumba said if she wanted fruit, she’d pick it off the tree and eat it right there. She said her “answer” to a still life was her grandmother sitting on her front porch. “Those kinds of things are gonna have to be validated,” she said. “I want to be one of those artists who help validate us.” Lumumba is one of 17 artists in “No More Hidden Figures,” the Johns Creek Art Center’s 10th annual recognition of Black History Month. Winning honorable mention, her quilt titled “Just Between Us” shows two girls running through a field catching butterflies, wearing their Sunday best. Coming to terms When she began quilting full time more than 20 years ago, Lumumba started to incorporate scenes from her own life, though she had subconsciously tried to bury those images. “In your mind, when you turn on TV, when you do something else, it’s the city, it’s the bright lights, and that’s what you’re striving for, not this red dirt road that I was running up,” Lumumba said. “I had to come to terms with that and know that that was okay.” Lumumba’s quilts are intricate, taking anywhere from six months to two years to make. The quilt itself is sewn with a machine, but embellishments are handstitched. On one quilt depicting Aretha Franklin, seen on her website obaquilts. com, she said the sequins alone took eight months to sew. She thought she’d never use the techniques her aunt taught her growing up, but she uses them all. Lumumba started with traditional patchwork quilts as a young woman, revisiting the craft when she had her third child, looking to fill the two-hour wait time of her maternity appointments. Over the years, Lumumba has sewn at least 200 quilts, once filling one room but eventually taking over her whole basement. “I just found that love spot, and it just takes over,” Lumumba said. “I’m always thinking about a quilt. I’m always looking, and saying, ‘Oh, that’s how the shadow hits that.’” Black art Althea Foster, program director and
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Althea Foster, program director and curator for the Johns Creek Arts Center, describes a mixed media piece titled “Leap” by Karen Phillips, one of 17 artists featured in “No More Hidden Figures,” the center’s 10th annual recognition of Black History Month. curator at the Johns Creek Arts Center, created the exhibit out of a desire to feature a diverse group of artists “whose work spoke to the essence, spirit and soul of Blackness but approached the topic from different perspectives determined by their individual experiences and personal aesthetics.” In a tour of the exhibit, Foster emphasized that Black art is not all the same. There’s different mediums, styles and subject matter throughout, from classical painting to abstract sculpture. “Not everyone is doing a jazz musician,” Foster said. “Not everyone has a lady with a big church hat.” She also intentionally featured artists of all backgrounds, including White photographer Marla Puzis who works internationally. “I think that people can appreciate a culture without necessarily being part of the culture,” Foster said. ‘Divided Woman’ For a different perspective, the exhibit also features Diyah Najah’s “Divided Woman Series,” linocut images of women, whose bodies are halved. “What you’ll notice in that series is that the women are separated because we have to use so many different pieces of ourselves and so many different areas of life,” Najah said. “It’s just kind of like walking through the world not fully whole because of the way we have to contort sometimes and overextend or manage so many sectors that we kind of lose a centering.” As a woman standing 6-foot-2, Najah often creates images of larger women.
Diyah Najah’s “Divided Woman Series” is featured in the Johns Creek Art Center’s “No More Hidden Figures” exhibit. The series shows linocut images of women, whose bodies are halved, depicting the ways women must contort and overextend themselves throughout life.
Fiber artist Aisha Lumumba’s quilt titled “Just Between Us” shows two girls running through a field catching butterflies, wearing their Sunday best. The quilt earned Lumumba honorable mention.
“In my work, I’m trying to fight against all the names I’ve been called when I was young,” Najah said. “I’m making a larger testament to people finding beauty and determining beauty in themselves, despite any stories you’ve been told that were meant to diminish you.” Her work generally centers around invisible disabilities, mental health and wellness of people of color. As someone with ADHD, Najah said she is an advocate of neurodiversity and often incorporates images of hands, which speak to how she interprets communication. “I don’t often always understand what people say, you know, social constructs … I’m really direct,” Najah said. “I’d
rather look at what people do than what they say.” Her diagnosis is why she became immersed in the printmaking process — it’s kinesthetic, process- and routineoriented. She picked it up in 2018, a “calling.” “It gives me structure,” Najah said. “It’s also, a lot of times, monochromatic, so there’s not a lot of distraction in printmaking.” But, she also works in mixed-media, to engage her more natural state that sifts through the many open tabs in her mind. “I have two sides, or three or four,” Najah said.
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Poets frame ‘afrofuture’ at Roswell Roots’ Lyrics and Lyre By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Complimented by the sounds of cello, bass and violin, Atlantabased poet Ashlee Haze opened Lyrics and Lyre Feb. 2 with a spoken word performance describing an “afrofuture” of liberation and Black love. For Haze, an afrofuture is where Black girls get to be themselves, where “abundance is the norm” and the “playing field is fair.” It also carries artists like rapper Missy Elliot, whom Haze aspired to be growing up. At the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, more than 200 guests watched Haze and other featured poets, Ninel Nekay and Jon Goode, build around “Art of the Afrofuture,” this year’s theme for Lyrics and Lyre. The returning Roswell Roots Festival event had accompaniments from cellist Okorie “OK Cello” Johnson, bassist Téja Veal and violinist Carey Durham. “It is my theory, my belief that as poets, we are servants of people from our communities,” Haze said. “It’s my job to reflect their experiences and emotions as much as my own, but our shared experiences and emotions.” Haze’s writing process varies, whether it be the result of something that had happened, like a breakup, or a stream of consciousness, or what she calls a “gumbo” poem, created from singular lines stored on her Google Drive. Many times, Haze said she tries to channel a specific set of emotions or theme. At Lyrics and Lyre, she asked people to imagine a future, who and what will be there. “I hope in our future, our collective future, we wish, and we dream and think beyond what we see in the present,” Haze said, as she introduced her poem that takes after a ghazal, an Arabic sonnet. She said the work was “very simply about giving yourself permission to want what you want.” Haze said she first writes for Black women, Black millennial femmes, placed in the American South, expanding her audience to all African Americans, all people of color and other marginalized groups, including queer folks. Using bell hooks’ definition, she said “queer” is resistance to everything around her. But, her work becomes universal. “I do think that all of us, at some point, have at least some shared experience,” Haze said. As someone living in an intersection, Haze said it’s important for her to write with complexity. “I don’t wake up only woman. I don’t wake up only African American, only plus size, only raised in the American
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Poet Ashlee Haze opens Lyrics and Lyre Feb. 2 with spoken word performance, accompanied by cellist Okorie “OK Cello” Johnson, bassist Téja Veal and violinist Carey Durham. Held at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, Lyrics and Lyre was centered around the theme “Art of the Afrofuture.” South,” Haze said. “I wake up with all of those things happening at once, and so many people wake up with all these identities happening at once and what they mean, which each one carries and which ones protect you and which don’t.” And, poets who are effective at reflecting her shared experience inspire Haze, like Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez and Nikki Giovani as well as Patricia Smith, from Haze’s hometown of Chicago, and Jericho Brown, a local Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Haze also carries around Maggie Nelson’s book of prose poetry titled “Bluets,” a meditation on the color blue, because of its technique — a combination of philosophy, color theory and a “masterful” use of language. Haze is slated to lead a poetry performance and slam workshop Feb. 24, ahead of the public slam competition co-hosted by herself and poet Adán Bean. Roswell Cultural Arts Supervisor Corinne Sutherlin said the city has worked with Haze for three years now to bring performance spotlights to the festival, producing and selecting the artists to showcase through Haze Inc. “Listen more than you speak, read more than you write,” Haze suggests to developing poets. “I came to the art — I had so much to say, I was so young. When I started writing, I wanted to say everything. I wanted to write everything. But, really … part of my job description is to fill in the void or fill in the gaps.”
Roswell City Councilwoman Christine Hall welcomes more than 200 guests to Lyrics and Lyre Feb. 2. On left, Roswell Cultural Arts Supervisor Corinne Sutherlin helped coordinate the event.
Poet Ashlee Haze performs at Lyrics and Lyre, a Roswell Roots Festival event held at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center Feb. 2.
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Alpharetta settles civil suit filed over 2021 K9 incident By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta officials have agreed to pay Travis and Kami Moya $275,000 to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from a July 2021 use of force incident in which a K9 injured a man’s arm. At a Feb. 5 formal meeting, the Alpharetta City Council voted 5-1 to approve the settlement agreement. Councilman Brian Will cast the dissenting vote, and Councilman Donald Mitchell was absent. In the agreement, the Moyas acquit Alpharetta, Public Safety Director John Robison and the involved officers “from all claims, suits, costs, debts, demands, actions and causes of action” related to the incident. The city’s insurer, Tokio Marine HCC, is footing the $275,000 settlement. City Administrator Chris Lagerbloom said Alpharetta was responsible for its $25,000 deductible. Alpharetta police officers reportedly responded to a domestic disturbance call July 25, 2021. In the following minutes, former officer Michael Esposito released a K9 named Ares, who attacked the arm of Travis Moya, leaving “large amounts of blood and fatty tissue coming out of the
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But, Councilman Will moved the item to the new business agenda for public discussion. “Our public safety officers did what they were trained to do,” Will said. “We’re doing this as a matter of expediency to get this off our plate, to get it settled and not cause any future problems. I did want to make a public statement that the officer didn’t do anything wrong according to the investigations we did, and I just needed the public to know that.” In May 2023, Esposito was charged with violation of oath by a public officer and aggravated assault and battery in the Fulton County Superior Court. Moya was initially charged with felony willful obstruction of law enforcement officers and misdemeanor obstruction
of law enforcement, but the charges were dropped in 2022 after a Fulton County assistant district attorney found insufficient evidence to support a finding of guilt. In other action at the Feb. 5 meeting, councilmembers unanimously approved $13.7 million to improve Webb Bridge Road between the Big Creek Greenway and Maid Marion Close. Improvements along the 1.6-mile stretch will include two travel lanes, 4-foot-wide bike lanes, 10-foot-wide sidewalks, landscape medians and 6-foot-wide planters. The City Council was also scheduled to approve a $1 million lease agreement with Georgia Power to install pedestrian lighting along the stretch, but councilmembers postponed the matter to allow staff to pursue dark sky options. Dark sky lighting does not point toward the sky, reducing light pollution. Also at the meeting, the City Council presented a proclamation to six students and the North Fulton Rotary Club for their work on the Alpharetta Greenway Mural Trail. Proposed by Rotarian Richard Matherly, the Alpharetta Greenway Mural Trail advocates “Clean Water for All” and celebrates wildlife and plant life along the Big Creek Greenway. Nine Alpharetta and Milton high school students and Rotary Club professional mural adviser AnnaLysa Kimball set out in November to paint raised manhole covers between the Kimball Bridge and Haynes Bridge roads trailheads. Councilman John Hipes also appointed Michael Buchanan to the Natural Resources Commission. Buchanan is a local artist, writer and filmmaker.
redevelopment powers and a hotel-motel excise tax increase from the General Assembly. Redevelopment powers would enable the county to create tax allocation districts, a clearly defined area established to capture future tax dollars above a certain threshold and use those revenues for improvements within its boundaries. The improvements presumably would then spark more interest in economic development of the area. Forsyth County would still receive tax dollars from the district based on its current property valuation, but that value is frozen for local taxing purposes through the term of the TAD. If the value of property rises within the district, any additional tax revenue the local government would have received is set aside for improvements within the district boundaries. At the Jan. 31 meeting, Jarrard said the transaction is “essentially unfeasible”
without a tax allocation district. If the state Legislature adopted a local law authorizing the powers, Forsyth County voters would then need to approve the law in a county-wide referendum. Developers would also build 1,800 apartments and 150 single-family homes at The Gathering. County Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Vice President Alex Warner said the developers would use the profits from the apartments to pay for the NHL franchise. To handle inevitable impacts on public safety, the county would also construct a 15,000-square-foot fire station, estimated to cost $6.5 million with trucks and equipment. Ernst and Young’s QUEST division, which provided the economic feasibility and impact study on the project, reported 30 new firefighters would need to be hired to handle the growth. A new Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office precinct would also be built.
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From left, Mayor Jim Gilvin swears in Michael Buchanan to the Natural Resources Commission at an Alpharetta City Council meeting Feb. 5. Councilman John Hipes appointed Buchanan, a local artist, writer and filmmaker. wound.” In an official 2021 review of the incident, the Alpharetta Police Department found there was no violation of federal, state or departmental policy. The following year, Moya and Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys of Atlanta filed a civil suit against Esposito and the city in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In September 2023, the presiding judge granted a dispositive motion in favor of Alpharetta. The Moyas appealed the ruling, but the Feb. 5 settlement halts future court proceedings. The settlement was originally included in the consent agenda, a roster of items approved or denied in a single vote without discussion.
NHL: Continued from Page 6 agreement does not outline that guarantee. Jarrard said the county has not had serious negotiations about the requirement for the NHL team to stay, but it will be protected in future negotiations when terms are finalized. At a Forsyth County Development Authority meeting Jan. 18, County Manager David McKee said the NHL will open a franchise application in March or April, and the process could take a year. Economic feasibility Although The Gathering is building steam, the county and project staff face several hurdles to bring the development to fruition. Forsyth County commissioners approved a resolution Jan. 23 seeking
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The Broadwell Building – tracking the history of owners, tenants I recently wrote a column about cotton farmer John B. Broadwell (18551953) and the dry goods store he built in the Crabapple five-way junction where he sold fertilizer and other BOB MEYERS farm products. Columnist The building, constructed at the turn of the last century, still contributes to the charm and uniqueness of the Crabapple community. Today I will put some bones on the building’s story. B.Y. Coleman is one of the few local residents who knew John Broadwell who was the half-brother of B.Y.’s grandfather Sim Broadwell. B.Y. recalls that John B. (often called J.B.) and his half-brother Newport ran the store together, although J.B. did not come into the store very often because he was getting on in years. At the corner of the building and Mid-Broadwell Road was a wagon wheel with neighborhood mailboxes on it. “Every day I saw J.B. walk from his house where the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church is today to get his mail,” B.Y. says. Newport’s wife Nancy (known as Nanny) was a schoolteacher who organized plays on the second floor of the building with local residents as actors. There was a stage with dressing rooms at each end of the stage. The plays ran from the early 1900s until the 1920s. Square dances were also held upstairs and were held in T. Allen’s cabinet shop across the street where a bicycle shop stood until recently. “Every day farmers played checkers in the back of the store from late afternoon until the store closed,” B.Y. says. “There was a stove to keep warm and a sandbox where players could spit tobacco juice. I remember the games from about age 6 until I was drafted at age 18.” T.R. Dinsmore, who lived where the Milton Library is today, bought the building from J.B. Dinsmore operated a grocery store and sold hardware and farm implements, horse collars, overalls, boots and shoes. He sold the building to Matt Perkins, editor of the Northside News in Buckhead. The Statham family bought the building from Perkins circa 1965. The building had been vacant for about 10 years . Ben Statham Sr. worked for Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company as a traveling salesman during and after the Great Depression. He earned $20 per month but had an expense account and
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John B. Broadwell (1855-1953) was a farmer, merchant, inventor and developer of new cotton strains. A leading citizen of Crabapple he is most noted for his award winning Double Jointed Cotton and the building that bears his name.
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The Broadwell Building in 1976. Sign on the building that says “Morgan,” refers to John Morgan’s antique and lighting business which was in the building for several years. a car. He visited stores from Monday through Friday and drove back to his home in Buckhead for the weekend. There were no paved roads, so it took a day to travel from Buckhead to Alpharetta. His son Tom says “Dad knew the Broadwell’s and all the grocery store owners who were rich compared to farmers. When he learned that the Broadwell Building was for sale he was immediately interested.” Tom Statham says the family rented
the 2,700-square-foot ground floor to John Morgan who operated an antique and lighting store. Tom’s brother Ben and wife Linda Statham lived briefly upstairs until the space was rented out. Tom and Ben’s mother Pearl (known as Pat) ran the Crabapple Penthouse Antique Shop upstairs from 1965 until 1988 when she passed away. She sold mainly furniture and some local products such as baskets. “I spent many, many days with my parents looking for things to sell,
rocking chairs, store fixtures, anything old,” Tom says. “Mom liked old things, especially hand made with a saw and plane on farms, items such as grain bins and primitive tools.” Pearl also created the Crabapple Antique Fair in 1967 which evolved into the annual Crabapple Fest. Linda Statham says “To me best part of the building is that our daughters Anna and Sarah were able to walk to grandmothers shop every afternoon from the Northwestern Elementary School. Grandma would give each child a quarter to buy candy at a little country store nearby. It was a special bonding time for the three of them.” J.B.’s building has had a number of tenants over the years, each added something to its history and vibe. The most extended stay was the Berry Design graphic agency. Bob Berry opened his one-man business in 1989 and moved into a small portion of the second floor at the suggestion of his friend and part owner of the building Floyd Statham. Bob hired a few young freelance designers as needed, and the business grew quickly until he had 10 full-time employees. Floyd ran a real estate business and a log house kit business upstairs. His brother Tom helped buyers construct their houses. As Berry Design grew, it was able to utilize the entire second floor. Bob remembers a succession of businesses on the first floor. Craig Eddy owned Eddy West, which sold antique style furniture manufactured by his company in Habersham County. The business was followed by various other retail shops through the years. Bob says, “Berry Design clients loved to come to our office for meetings because of its unique and creative environment,” Bob says. He remembers spending an entire day working on an annual report with the CEO of Duncan Donuts, who flew in from Boston. Bob chaired many meetings with executives of Popeye’s, one of his largest clients over many years. After 32 years in the building, Bob sold the agency in 2021, and the name and legacy continues. Bob enjoys retirement as a drummer in three local bands and as a board member of the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Bob is director emeritus of the Milton Historical Society and a Member of the City of Alpharetta Historic Preservation Commission. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net. Bob welcomes suggestions for future columns about local history.
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Children on the home front during World War II The June 11, 1942, edition of the Atlanta Constitution shared an announcement from Washington, D.C., “Scrap salvage campaign will begin shortly.” VALERIE BIGGERSTAFF The War Production Board asked that Columnist everyone across the country collect metal, rubber, fats and oils. The following day, President Roosevelt addressed the nation by radio announcing, “We have an immediate need for huge quantities of rubber. We have asked the filling station operators to help, and they have generously and patriotically agreed to help, they and the oil companies which serve them.” In addition to tires, citizens were encouraged to bring in rubber articles from around the house, including shoes, gloves, hot water bottles, bathing caps and raincoats. A short film, “Salvage,” was produced by the War Production Board and shown at movie theaters across the country. “Every home, every business, every farm is in that war. Every man, woman and child,” the film proclaimed, is asked to help. Later that year, the Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution offered cash prizes to local schools with the highest collection of metal. The prize was $250 to the school with the largest collection by weight, and prizes to four schools with the highest average metal collection by weight, per student. The categories were one winner for Fulton County schools, DeKalb County schools, Decatur Schools and Atlanta schools. Fulton County winners of the contest, announced in November of 1942, were Roswell School with 323 pounds of metal per pupil and a total 134,350 pounds of metal. Milton Grammar School won second place, collecting an average of 230 pounds per pupil and 77,095 pounds overall. (Atlanta Journal, Nov.18, 1942, “Roswell School Winner of Scrap Metal Contest”) Other schools reported from the north part of Fulton County included Morgan Falls School with 5,070 pounds of metal and Hammond School with 35,700 pounds. The winning school in DeKalb County was Rock Chapel School. Clairemont School won for the city of Decatur, and Smillie School won
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Children in Dunwoody collected rubber and metal during World War II. From left are: Robert Dale Long, Melvin Warbington, Edwin Spruill, Archie Marchman, Travis Eidson and Raymond Gunning. among City of Atlanta schools. The newspaper also reported that Sheltonville School collected the most metal among Black schools in Fulton County with 2,097 pounds. No prize is mentioned. Those who attended Dunwoody Grammar School in the 1940s, including Carlton Renfroe, Jeff Porter, Ken Anderson, Jane Autry and Carolyn Parker; all shared stories of war bond books which were filled with stamps purchased to help the war effort. Jane Autry recalled the celebration when every student in a grade completed their WW II stamp books. The students would ring the school bell, which was in the attic. Sometimes it took two or three students to pull the rope and ring the heavy bell. Principal Elizabeth Davis believed the ceremony of ringing the bell encouraged the children to fill their stamp books. Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@ gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
Children of Dunwoody School during World War II collected scrap metal as requested by the War Production Board.
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Last week, Fannie Mae came out with their projections that 30-year fixed rates would fall below the magical 6% mark later in 2024. Their projections pretty much validated my projections of rates breaching below 6% this year and heading into the mid5% mark or lower by
year’s end. While I believe we will continue to see a gradual slide to lower mortgage rates throughout the year, waiting for rates to fall .50%-1% lower may cost you in the long run. I have run these figures
before and will use the home price increase figure I projected for 2024 in last week’s Weekend Update/Aikenomics of roughly 5% for the Metro ATL. Using a 5% housing increase, which could be even more if we get to below 6%, we could see the price of a $600,000 home rise to $630,000 by year-end. Let's look at two comparisons. Below is a breakdown of sample scenarios using the national average of 6.75% for scenario 1 and predicting a 5.875% national average in August 2024 for scenario 2. Rates and payments are not advertisements of available offerings. Payments do not include taxes and insurance. Sample Scenario 1: Purchase January 2024 • $570,000 30-year fixed rate
mortgage, 5% down payment at 6.75% = $3,700 principal and interest payment Sample Scenario 2: Wait until August 2024, when rates are expected to fall • $598,500 30-year fixed rate mortgage, 5% down payment at 5.875% = $,3540 principal and interest payment On the surface, you save about $160 per month (whoo-hoo!). But do you? Your home price rose by $30,000, or a breakeven of roughly 150 months without compounding interest. If you buy now, you don’t run the risk of prices moving 5% higher or more this year. If I am correct in my forecast, you will most likely refinance to a rate below 6% by the end of the year, which will get you the best of both worlds! The only way you should wait is if you believe house prices and mortgage rates will fall this
year. Remember, the best rate is a locked rate… with a float-down option! Ensure you're ready to make an offer by getting pre-approved. Thank you for reading my column. D.C. Aiken is vice president, producing production manager for BankSouth Mortgage, NMLS # 658790. For more insights, you can subscribe to his newsletter at dcaiken.com. The opinions expressed within this article are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of BankSouth Mortgage or its affiliates. BankSouth Mortgage Company, LLC, NMLS #690971, is not a bank or other depository institution and is not FDICinsured. Equal Housing Lender.
A long hospital stay is force-fed humility
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Having been “incarcerated” since January 5th, I have experienced being hospitalized for the majority of 2024. My outside time has been limited, and even with the chilly weather, being outside is a rare gift. Ditto for a decent
meal. It looks like I’ll walk through my own door, be in my own house, sit in my own chair and watch the Super Bowl from the friendly surroundings of my beloved Man Cave, in a week. I’d like to jump for joy if I wasn’t constantly being reminded to not put any weight on what used to be my right foot. Even before the surgery that removed all my toes, my foot was no Michelangelo. From my perch, feet seldom are. Now I’ve adopted a “dance with the one that brung you” perspective. Never a John Travolta when it came to busting a move on the dance floor,
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being mobile we be an adventure I’m ready to launch. With all this alone time, looking at a foot that looks resembles a 2-iron, we’ve made an agreement that we both must stick with: -No more infections. -Daily foot inspections -Clean socks -Regular walks -Good shoes -No singing the blues (unless I’m in a Mississippi roadhouse) I am firmly ensconced at Encompass in Cumming, an acute rehab facility that is top-notch. The physical and occupational therapists work me for three hours every day, forcing me to unearth muscles I’d relegated to hibernation for decades. These sessions have often been one of the highlights of what can be a long and lonely day. With all this time for self-reflection, I have formulated a few observations and hints that might prevent your friends and family members experiencing something similar from going completely bonkers. -A visit means so much: I know.
I know. We’re all so busy. But a short pop-in to talk and listen will mean so much. My brother Matt surprised me all the way from Idaho, walking through the door during a phone conversation. He spent a few days with Vicki and the boys. I was humbled at the love demonstrated by his gesture, as well as being grateful at being able to tell him I loved him from a hospital bed. -It could always be worse: The other day, the therapist gathered a group of elderly patients for some impromptu memory care, asking the assembled if they knew what day it was. There was no consensus among the members of the quintet. There wasn’t a correct answer as well. Looks of consternation all around. It reminded me of trying to do high school algebra. -Hospital food is bad food: There’s no way to sugarcoat it. I harkened back to days when Mom would dole out a concoction when I was ill. There is no way to make something prepared in bulk to taste as good as anything consumed on the “outside.” There’s also no way that mystery meat I consumed last night was even a distant cousin to Salisbury
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Steak. -Hospital workers are quirky, bless their hearts: A doctor comes in every morning and asks me if I’m in pain. He also asks me if I want the blinds raised. I’ve taken to telling him how much I love the darkness. Shortly thereafter, I had a session with a psychiatrist, who asked me questions with the blinds raised all the way to the top. I was rousted like a park bench bum this morning and asked if I wanted some ice water. It was 4:45am. She was so sweet and hailed from some place other than here. I couldn’t be mean. It’s hard to curb someone with that kind of enthusiasm after she stayed up all night. I’m learning to cope, to appreciate having a shower while sitting on a bench. So far nothing has been better. Then again, with a week to go, I hear we might be having prime rib for dinner. My question is: Prime Rib of what? Mike Tasos has lived in Forsyth County for more than 30 years. He’s an American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail.com.
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Best Of North Atlanta Presented By
y Brian Iroff GIA Graduate Gemologist