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Council considers youth football’s future By SHANNON WEAVER shannon@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — At their Feb. 9 work session, the City Council punted to a later date a decision over which youth tackle football program Milton should support at Bell Memorial Park. The council heard staff reports and public comments about Milton’s two youth tackle football programs, and asked which, if any, the city should support for next season. With Bell Memorial Park
opening next year, Parks and Recreation Director Jim Cregge wanted to establish a citysponsored youth tackle football program that would be hosted at the new fields. The two prominent youth football programs in Milton are the Alpharetta Youth Football Association, or North Atlanta Football Program, and the New Found Life Youth Football League, which coaches two teams under the name Milton
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N. Fulton, Ga. prepared after first measles case reported DeKalb infant now hospitalized in Atlanta By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com
Milton’s Quarte Sapp slams the ball with authority.
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5 boys’ teams qualify for state tournament By MIKE BLUM news@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Five boys’ teams from North
Fulton qualified for the state basketball playoffs last Wednesday night, including three teams from the Region 6-AAAAAA tournament at
Chattahoochee. Top-seeded Alpharetta defeated West Forsyth 59-
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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Georgia’s first reported case of measles is a newly arrived infant born outside the United States and diagnosed in DeKalb County. Health authorities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working to track down everyone who has been in contact with the baby since arriving in Atlanta. Local health authorities say this is the only reported case since 2012. However, measles is a highly contagious and airborne disease, so prevention measures are ratcheting up. Dr. Matthew McKenna, medical director of Fulton County Health Services, said that this case does not mean
Fulton County or Georgia has not been vigilant after the recent outbreak at California’s Disneyland. Indeed, the DeKalb case DR. McKenna appears to be unrelated to the California outbreak. Protecting children has been ongoing since vaccinations have been available. The vast majority of children in Fulton County’s schools have been inoculated for measles, and they are safe. There are only two exemptions for measles inoculation, which require a certified letter from a
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