Milton Herald - April 24, 2025 by Appen Media Group

Cambridge mounts comeback over Milton on senior night

By ANNABELLE REITER annabelle@appenmedia.com

MILTON, Ga — Cambridge High completed the school’s first season sweep of Milton lacrosse April 15 after a fourth quarter comeback on senior night. The final score was 11-9.

The Eagles jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first quarter before Cambridge fired back.

The first half was back-andforth, with the Bears keeping the

deficit at one or two goals through halftime.

Milton came out electrified in the third quarter and put up three goals in less than eight minutes, while Cambridge notched only one. Senior defenseman Jay Marcille got in on the action with a goal.

Despite a whistle-heavy game where many faceoffs resulted in a violation, Milton was able to forge their momentum in the second

Milton Fire expands as council signs off on telehealth service

By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — The Milton Fire Department can now work with ER telehealth doctors during their calls, following approval April 14 from the Milton City Council.

Council members voted 5- 1 to approve the contract. Councilwoman Carol Cookerly originally abstained from the vote but was then told that she must vote no based on her reasoning.

“I think that there’s a lot more detail that is necessary before I feel good about it,” Cookerly said.

The contract between Milton and RightSite Health Physicians will allow for non-emergency patients to access telehealth services.

RightSite, a telehealth program, directly links end users to ER telehealth doctors and a patient navigator, if desired. The program also provides patients with services such as Ubers to urgent care or DoorDash for prescriptions.

The program will have no financial impact to the city and directly bills the patient’s insurance. Patients will be given the opportunity to use the service after an in-home visit from the Fire Department or with a direct referral from dispatch, if the patient meets certain criteria.

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Milton sophomore Jordan Carrasquillo shuts down a drive to the crease by Cambridge senior Michael Guy at Cambridge High School April 15. The Bears launched a fourth quarter comeback propelling them over the Eagles 11-9.

Milton sophomore Jaxson Burke gets the drop on the Bears on a faceoff at Cambridge High School April 15. Burke went 60 percent from the dot.

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Police investigate damage to Thompson Road home

MILTON, Ga. — Two real estate agents called police in reference to property damage to a home on Thompson Road April 11.

The home has been vacant and on the market for the past 100 days, and the previous owner moved from the home in November.

One of the agents stated that between April 4 and 11 the home sustained severe water damage, totaling about $250,000, from the kitchen sink.

Both agents said they think someone intentionally tampered with and damaged the house. A cleaning worker who found the damage said he observed the scene, but no running water, as though a pipe had burst.

During a past cleaning, the man stated that he observed what looked like footprints inside the bathtub. One of the agents said she found a TV remote on the ground that was supposed to be taped onto the TV.

The agents said that multiple contractors have access to the codes to get into the gate and the house.

Police saw no signs of forced entry and could not determine if the damage was intentional or a freak accident.

— Sarah Coyne

Store owners report fraudulent transaction

MILTON, Ga. — The Twisted Thread reported a fraudulent sale on April 10.

The owner stated that on March 15, a man entered the store and asked for a Louis Vuitton Purse he had seen

on their Instagram page. The sales associate informed the man that they had already sold it. He then asked to see a Chanel quilted purse behind the counter.

The man decided to buy the purse and told the sales associate that he was looking for a “push present” for his pregnant wife.

He proceeded to enter his credit card numbers manually into the machine. The card was denied, a transaction for $10,236 was completed after running 10 card numbers through the machine. The suspect left the store with the purse.

The co-owner of the store told police that they obtained video footage of the suspect.

Both owners stated that they were unable to get the money back from the credit card company since the man had entered the credit card numbers manually.

— Sarah Coyne

Roswell aids Sandy Springs to help wrangle speeder

ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police deployed a tire-deflation device on an Audi S4 at East Crossville and Mansell roads April 4 after Sandy Springs Police notified them of a felony pursuit.

Officers said dispatch notified them that Sandy Springs Police were pursuing a vehicle into the city for traffic offenses, including felony fleeing and eluding around 2:25 a.m.

Roswell officers said no one from the department was involved in the pursuit, but the vehicle was observed ignoring traffic control devices, failing to maintain lanes and speeding, all while placing the public in danger.

Roswell officers positioned themselves at East Crossville and Mansell roads, anticipating the pursuit would head their way and laying down a tire-deflation device.

When the vehicle sped through the

intersection, the vehicle’s front right tire hit the “stop sticks” and continued south on Ga. 9.

Eventually, the suspect ditched the vehicle at the Norcross Street intersection.

Officers said a search of the area with K9 units from Alpharetta and Woodstock were unsuccessful.

The suspect is believed to be a 35-year-old Atlanta man, the registered owner of the vehicle, who has allegedly fled from Sandy Springs Police on other occasions.

Because the windows are tinted, officers said they were unable to identify the driver.

Sandy Springs Police towed the vehicle and took over the case.

— Hayden Sumlin

Altercation with pedestrian results in damage to car

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Ga. — A 52-year-old Alpharetta man reported his car was damaged during an argument with a pedestrian April 6.

The driver was northbound on Ga. 9 when he saw a male pedestrian in the roadway, according to Alpharetta Police. The driver honked and told the pedestrian to get out of the roadway. After an argument ensued, the pedestrian charged the driver’s vehicle.

The Alpharetta man drove away but was forced to stop at a red light. At the traffic light, the pedestrian approached the vehicle and threw an object at it, resulting in a dent and damage to the paint. Damage was assessed at about $800.

The Alpharetta man parked at a nearby parking lot to confront the pedestrian. The pedestrian ran away.

Traffic cameras in the area were facing the opposite direction and captured no recordings of the incident.

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Fulton County increases focus on possible cuts in federal funds

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA — Fulton County anticipates it will receive nearly $92.8 million in federal grants this year to help fund the salaries of 70 employees across several departments.

The county is set to receive around $71 million directly from the federal government this year and $21.3 million indirectly through other agencies.

Chief Financial Officer Sharon Whitmore told county commissioners April 16 that she wanted to share the county’s exposure to federal funding cuts and their impacts on staffing and grants.

Whitmore said one of the things her department is doing to mitigate the impact of potential federal funding cuts is to track grant reimbursements monthly. Past policy was to request grant reimbursements quarterly.

In March, the county received $3.17 million for the Ryan White Program to fight HIV, just over $77,000 for community development and $484,000 in state passthrough grants that originate in Washington. So far, the county’s budget has not been hit by federal funding cuts, but it has significant exposure, officials say.

The most significant grants this year are $36.8 million for the Ryan White Program, which covers 19 employees; $11.5 million for the District Attorney’s Office, which pays for 17 employees; and $12.4 million for the Behavioral Health Network and its five staff members.

“Overall, our exposure is that $92.8 million, if we were to assume that the county would try to step in and continue to provide whatever programs and resources that are being provided to county residents

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Officials plot strategies to improve Atlanta housing options

By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA — Atlanta city officials and housing advocates met at the first-ever State of Atlanta Housing on April 15.

Mayor Andre Dickens and Atlanta Housing CEO Terri Lee say they’re optimistic about the future of affordable housing in the city.

As one of the largest housing authorities in the nation, the agency provides affordable housing resources for low-income residents in the city.

“We are working very hard to make sure that people transitioning out of homelessness have safe, dignified homes to build their lives in,” Lee said.

In 2024, approximately 2,867 individuals were experiencing homelessness in the city, a 7 percent increase from the previous year.

As part of a 2022 strategic plan, the authority is working to create or preserve 10,000 affordable units by 2027. This month, the authority has reached 67 percent of its commitment. In efforts with Dickens, the authority hopes to reach 20,000 units by 2030.

“This has never been just about hitting targets,” Dickens said. “It has always been about people, families in Atlanta just trying

to gain their foot trying to find their place in the promise of the American dream.”

Right now, the Atlanta Housing Authority provides help to some 27,000 low-income households – 45,000 individuals.

The mayor also addressed the potential impacts that cuts to federal funding could have on the projects.

“The economy shifts, market moves, prices go up, tariffs affect the cost of goods, but our focus cannot change,” Dickens said.

Housing Authority CEO Lee called for more support from the private sector.

Approximately 98 percent of the Housing Authority’s funding comes from federal sources.

“By the end of this year, we would have committed more than $270 million from our precious federal funding,” Lee said.

Lee said that a few months ago, the agency received a memo about potential funding cutbacks. The memo was later rescinded.

“It exposed a vulnerability, but it also showed us an opportunity,” Lee said. “Now more than ever, we need strategic, committed, local and national partnerships ready

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The CEO said the Housing Authority needs the private sector to invest in historically left-behind communities to help develop additional affordable housing units.

“Every person in this room has a role, a responsibility and unique power to shape the future of affordable housing,” Lee said.

During the address, Lee also highlighted the work they had done in the past year and what they are doing now to assist low-income residents.

“In 2024, we closed 12 real estate transactions more than the previous three years combined,” Lee said. “Our investments last year supported the delivery of more than 3,200 affordable housing units.”

Atlanta Housing is moving forward with 21 projects either in the construction or lease-up phases. In the next quarter, the authority expects to close financing for six projects, which will lead to more than 600 units of affordable housing with a $180 million investment from Atlanta Housing.

The projects include renovating the Atlanta Civic Center property into a mixeduse neighborhood, as well as new developments in Mechanicsville, Vine City and the city’s Westside.

The Civic Center will feature rental housing, senior housing, a hotel, office

space and retail space, which hopes to breathe new life to Downtown, Midtown and the Old Fourth Ward. Parts of the project are expected to be finished by summer 2026.

As of mid-April, the Housing Authority has begun activating over 248 acres of formerly vacant public housing sites. The sites include the full-scale redevelopment of Bowen Homes in the Carey Park neighborhood. The full redevelopment will bring 2,000 homes across a mixed-income, mixed-use community.

Atlanta Housing is in the second phase of Englewood South in southeast Atlanta. The development will feature 200 units in a multi-family development. Alongside 22,000 square feet of retail space, the site will feature 100 Atlanta Housing-assisted units.

In fiscal year 2026, the authority plans to emphasize expanding resident services through financial education and coaching, providing aging-in-place for seniors and expanding youth programs with educational institutions for the more than 17,000 children in Atlanta Housing communities.

Officials stressed that the fight for affordable housing in Atlanta remains a group project.

“We want your home to help to prepare you for the future,” Dickens said.

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Gallery provides safe space for women

By SARAH COYNE Sarah@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — Judie Raiford’s jewelry is more than just wearable art, it’s a symbol.

Her art is a symbol for love, survivors and even for sad memories like death.

For more than 55 years as a master metalsmith, Raiford has created unique pieces through her business, Judie Raiford Inc. at 1159 Canton St. in Roswell. She began her career after she got tired of school.

“I finished 10th grade, got a little more under my belt, and decided it was time to start living,” Raiford said.

After leaving high school, Raiford decided to see what the world had to offer, but quickly realized she needed to find a career.

“The ’60s were ending, and I realized that sex, drugs and rock and roll was not a career choice,” Raiford said.

In 1970, she began her metalsmith journey, apprenticing under jeweler Ben Douglas.

She created her business at 19 and never looked back.

Since 1996, Raiford has created functional art in her studio on Canton Street. Originally based in a 9,000-square-foot, three-level timber frame barn she and friends built in 1995, her gallery now resides in the historic Fowler House. The building stands only a few yards away from the original barn.

In 2018, Raiford renovated the 195-year-old building into a Roswell staple. The building serves not only as

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Judie Raiford sits in her studio inside her gallery at 1159 Canton St., Roswell, Ga.

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a studio, but also as a gallery space for other artists. Guests can visit the shop to buy their next favorite art piece or watch Raiford create her next masterpiece alongside her dogs, Nelly Grace and Louise.

Raiford Gallery features work from more than 200 artists across North America, in all different art forms.

While renovating the building, for Raiford said creating an environment was important.

“I wanted a place where art could be respected, and women could be safe,” Raiford said.

An advocate for women who are survivors of domestic violence, Raiford quickly realized that her space was going to be a safe place for women after one of her employees became a survivor of the abuse.

“We've been pretty successful in that,” Raiford said.

Raiford and her all-female staff take measures to ensure a safe place at all times.

Her favorite part of the job is not the final product, but the process. In her studio, you can find all sorts of gemstones, pearls and her favorite materials to work with, silver and gold.

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“I love to reinvent the wheel,” Raiford said.

Alongside her two assistants, the team creates new family heirlooms and new staple wardrobe pieces.

Due to the high price of gold, she has noticed more customers requesting her to melt down the gold they already own.

“You may not want to wear what your parents or your favorite aunt wore, but I can make it into something that you'll wear, and you get to wear the metal that they wore,” Raiford said.

Each February, Raiford and her assistants head to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show to collect materials for their pieces. Sellers and artists from across the world gather at the show.

Assistant Berlin Randall has been with Raiford for almost two decades. Her favorite part about working in the studio is the freedom to be herself.

“When I come here, I get to interact with other women, which is just the best part about it,” Randall said.

Randall also displays her own work in the gallery.

Throughout her career journey, Raiford said the most important thing she has learned is how important it is to do what she loves and not take shortcuts.

“I had to learn how to make things that people wanted to buy and were wearable,” Raiford said.

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Above: Raiford Gallery, 1159 Canton St. in Roswell, features works from more than 200 artists across North America.

At left: Berlin Randall holds a torch for a necklace she is creating inside Raiford Gallery, 1159 Canton St., Roswell.

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Attendees of Adult Children of Aging Parents’s April 8 session at Dunwoody United Methodist Church listen as Northside Hospital Care Coordinator Rhonda Perling, top center, goes through her checklist on a smooth discharge. The nonprofit support group meets at the church the second Tuesday of each month.

Crowd hears senior care advice from team of experts in the field

By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Discharge planning starts on day one of your loved one’s hospital stay.

That is one resounding takeaway from the April 8 gathering of Adult Children of Aging Parents North Atlanta, a nonprofit offering free in-person programs on the second Tuesday of the month at Dunwoody United Methodist Church.

The support group’s monthly sessions feature a wide variety of experts in the care of older adults, often those whose close relatives fully or partially look after them during the day.

The crowd of around 30 at the April session featured caregivers, industry professionals and others interested in how they can best care for their loved ones.

One woman’s mother is refusing her suggestions that she increase her care level, while another couple is looking to understand the process more after one of their parents’ recent hospital stays.

ACAP North Atlanta, founded in 2023 as a chapter of a North Carolinabased educational organization, invited Northside Hospital Care Coordinator Rhonda Perling to share her insider knowledge and expert strategies to help families navigate post-hospital care for their loved ones.

Before Perling educated the room and dived into nuances, the opening panel of ACAP North Atlanta’s leadership team got the conversation

started.

Dr. Melissa Black, a geriatrician with her own practice, Empower Family Medicine of Decatur, said her decade with the Emory School of Medicine and in her own practice has taught her a lot about hospitals and medical insurance.

“I have a lot of experience working both in and outside of the hospital,” she said. “What people need to know as caregivers from the hospital’s perspective is that discharge planning starts on day one, and that is a universal saying.”

Black also said that hospitals want patients discharged as soon as possible, usually in less than three days, but it is not all doom and gloom because hospital visits are the most expensive form of care. Besides, people usually want to be home.

Rhonda Perling, the keynote speaker, is intimately familiar with the discharge process as supervisor of Northside Hospital’s Care Coordination Process.

“First thing I want you to do if anyone you love ends up in the hospital is get ahold of your case manager,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what you call them, discharge planners, care coordinators, case managers, we really don’t care as long as you call us.”

They are often the only healthcare workers “rounding,” or conducting regular visits to patients’ bedsides to assess, communicate and respond to their needs.

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Often, doctors and surgeons do not have the full intricate knowledge of healthcare policy nuances necessary to provide patients with a complete picture of their options, including tradeoffs and financial implications.

Perling provided an example of when a physician’s decision on a Friday afternoon ran into a speed bump when she notified him that the insurance office was closed, preventing her from verifying benefits, and her team was unlikely to find the patient a rehabilitation center over the weekend.

Perling said it’s probably not if someone will have to take care of one of their aging loved ones at some point in their life, but when. Luckily, she said there are several ways to make the process smoother.

Hospitals employ care coordinators, including registered nurses and social workers, to manage patients’ healthcare needs, facilitate communication between patients and providers and ensure appropriate care settings and post-hospital needs are met.

“The one thing that we have to do immediately upon meeting you is gain trust,” Perling said, admitting not every industry professional is as dedicated as her team. “You’re scared, you’re in crisis and you don’t know what to do; Our job is to

She also said it’s important that people know who has their medical power of attorney, in case they are unable to make healthcare decisions by themselves. Once a crisis has happened and you or your loved one is in the hospital, it’s hard to make rational decisions and meet legal requirements.

“I think it’s really important for every single one of y’all to talk to your next of kin,” Perling said, sharing some horror stories about some of her experiences. “Once you get it done, download it to your phone … do the same thing with your medication list.”

Seconding the Aging Children of Adult Children panel, she said discharge planning really does start on stay one of any hospital visit, regardless of the level of care.

The next support session is titled “Living with Dementia and an Update on Medical Treatments,” set for May 13 in Dunwoody United Methodist Church’s Asbury Room, accessible from the back parking lot.

The speakers are Dr. Melissa Black from Empower Family Medicine and Lynn Ross, a retired social worker who worked with the older adult population in home care and for the Center of Movement Challenges.

For more information, visit www. acapcommunity.org.

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Dr. Brent Taylor is a Board-Certified Dermatologist, a Fellowship-Trained Mohs Surgeon, and is certified by the Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine in the field of Vein Care.

He is an expert in skin cancer and melanoma treatment, endovenous laser ablation, minimally invasive vein procedures and cosmetics procedures such as Botox and injectables.

Kathryn is a certified physician assistant with over 22 years experience as a Dermatology PA and cosmetic dermatology.

Her specialties include general dermatology such as acne, eczema, rashes, hair loss, full body skin exams, abnormal growths etc. Kathryn also specializes in cosmetic dermatology including lasers, injectables, micro-needling, PRP, facial peels, sclerotherapy for spider veins and at home skin care.

Is Lidocaine a secret weapon against cancer?

We always worry about the negative side-effects that a medicine might have. At the end of a pharmaceutical company’s commercials, an auctioneer very quickly states the twenty terrible things that might happen if you take the advertised medicine. Side effects range from your ear falling off when you sneeze to the belief that you are Elvis. Side-effects make almost any medicine sound scary. But occasionally, a positive side effect emerges. Sometimes, we discover something wonderful about a medicine that is wholly unexpected.

Examples of positive side-effects are not hard to find. The medicine finasteride was first being used to help decrease the size of the prostate in men who were having difficulty urinating. An unexpected positive side-effect was discovered when it was noticed that many of the men were re-growing their scalp hair. With finasteride, male pattern baldness was often partially reversed or stopped in its tracks.

One of the most recent medications discovered to have a possible positive side effect is lidocaine, which has been around since 1943. Lidocaine is an injectable anesthetic. We use lidocaine for skin biopsies, excisions, Mohs surgeries and countless other procedures every day in the dermatology office. Amazingly, lidocaine may be more than an anesthetic. It may also have anticancer effects.

being a single-center study, but it is intriguing enough to warrant further investigation. The authors reported that injecting lidocaine around breast cancer before removing it increased survival in their study.

What made the surgeons perform this study in the first place? Why lidocaine? Over the last few years, researchers have discovered that electrical gradients maintained across the membranes of cancer cells are important to their ability to metastasize or spread. Our cells have pumps in them called “ion channels.” They allow certain ions to pass across the cell membrane. The resulting ion concentration gradient creates an electrical charge across a cell. This gradient affects the way other proteins in the cell function. Importantly, some of the proteins affected by the charge across a cell membrane are important for healthy cells’ growth and development as well as for cancers’ ability to grow and spread.

Lidocaine works by blocking sodium channels in cell membranes. Disrupting the electric charge across a cancer cell membrane was suspected to have the potential to weaken the cancer itself. Pre-clinical studies supported this hypothesis, and the breast cancer surgeons took the next step of performing a trial with breast cancer patients and peritumoral lidocaine injections.

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A team of surgeons in India operating on breast cancer divided patients into two groups. One group had standard breast cancer surgery. The other group received a lidocaine injection around the tumor 7-10 minutes prior to surgery. During the 5 years after surgery, the group that received the lidocaine injection had an 8.5% rate of the cancer recurring (popping up again) at a distant site versus an 11.6% rate of distant recurrence in the surgeryonly (no lidocaine) group. The study has some limitations including not being a double-blind trial and

I don’t know if breast cancer surgeons in the United States consider these results valid, are awaiting confirmatory studies or are already injecting lidocaine. However, in dermatology, these results are exciting because, for now, we do not need to change anything that we are already doing. Every day that I perform Mohs surgery, we inject the area around a tumor with lidocaine prior to surgically removing the cancer. If lidocaine is more than an anesthetic, then our patients are likely already benefiting from any anti-cancer properties that lidocaine has.

Mohs surgery is the gold standard for treating most skin cancers and has a cure rate that is usually at or above 99%. Perhaps lidocaine is one of the secrets to this success.

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The Public Service Commission is charged with setting “fair and reasonable rates for services under its jurisdiction.” Utilities, like Georgia Power, are typically regulated by the PSC. The commission’s main job is to govern Georgia Power’s rates and plans.

PSC elections were last held in 2020 and have been on hold since 2022 due to a federal lawsuit alleging the election process for commissioners violates the Voting Rights Act, according to WABE.

Commissioner Tim Echols, who represents most of east Georgia, and Commissioner Fitz Johnson, who represents metro Atlanta, are up for reelection.

According to the Georgia Secretary of State website, here are the qualified candidates:

District 2

• Alicia Johnson (D)

• Tim Echols (R, incumbent)

• Lee Muns (R)

The winner of the Republican primary will face Johnson in November.

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• Keisha Waites (D)

• Peter Hubbard (D)

• Robert Jones (D)

• Daniel Blackman (D)

• Terrell Fitz Johnson (R, incumbent)

The winner of the Democratic primary will face Fitz Johnson in November.

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino celebrates World Cup in Atlanta

By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA — FIFA President Gianni Infantino joined Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to celebrate the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on April 14, ahead of its summer kickoff.

The first of its kind, the tournament will feature 32 clubs from across the globe, taking place between June 14 and July 14.

“We can say Atlanta unites the world this year and unites the world as well next year,” Infantino said.

Atlanta will be one of 12 venues across the United States, with the final match at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Six matches will be played in the MercedesBenz Stadium between June16 and July 5.

Dickens said Atlanta is one of the few cities to have this opportunity.

“We've been growing and growing as a soccer town as you've seen throughout the history of Atlanta,” Dickens said.

During the tournament, eight groups of four teams will compete in a single-game round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the round of 16. A direct single knockout stage will take place for the remaining games.

“We will finally know, after almost 100 years, which club team is the best in the world,” Infantino said.

Atlanta will also be one of 16 cities across three countries to host the FIFA World Cup 26. Eight matches, including one semifinal, will be played in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium from June 15 to July 15, 2026.

“You're going to have the best countries from around the world who are passionate about the game of soccer, come to this great state, come to this great city, to enjoy their game unlike any other opportunity they've ever had, and in 2025 the best clubs will get the opportunity to do so,” AMB Sports and Entertainment President Tim Zulawski said.

To buy tickets, visit fifa.com/en/ tickets.

Plant lovers share kinship at Wills Park Garden Faire

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — By the time the gates opened at 9 a.m. sharp April 12, more than 120 green thumbs had lined up at The Grove at Wills Park for first dibs at the annual Garden Faire.

Having arrived almost an hour earlier, Roswell couple Julie Burroughs and Michael Joseph stood at the head of the line. Expecting stiff competition from fellow botany buffs, they were strategizing a game plan to maximize their haul in a minimum amount of time.

“We have a system,” Burroughs said. “We’ve been doing this for years and years and years.”

Burroughs and Joseph were the first of thousands to visit the expo at The Grove behind the Alpharetta Community Center, 175 Roswell St. in Alpharetta.

Sponsored by the North Fulton Master Gardeners, the 24th annual event offered hundreds of flowers, vegetables, herbs and other plants.

Funds went to the Master Gardeners’ community education and growing efforts.

For residents serious about gardening, the sale marks one of the best opportunities to find growing things, particularly ones adapted to growing in the area, Burroughs said.

“This is the best day of the year,” she said. “I love native plants, and this is the best sale in Georgia.”

Rows of potted plants lay waiting

on tables throughout the lush lawn.

Customers thoughtfully perused the offerings with dogs and wagons in tow as Master Gardeners stood by eager to offer advice.

A perfect selection

Master Gardeners cultivated many of the plants on sale. Their leaves, free of blemishes, glowed with vitality in the warm spring sunshine.

Standing amid rows of fragrant roses for sale, Chris Callahan and his wife Kathy Watson were considering whether to take one home.

Volunteer Susan O’Neill said the nonprofit had raised the flowers since January in a greenhouse to ensure their perfection.

“If you go in the greenhouse, especially on a hot afternoon, the aroma is just out of this world,” O’Neill said.

Callahan said roses hold a special place in his heart. When his mother was bedridden with an illness, his father planted a rose garden outside her window.

“It really lifted her spirits,” Callahan said. “And that was just Dad. He wanted to make it as sweet and comfortable as

he could for her.”

Watson said she was raised around roses on a farm where her mother, a “reluctant gardener,” planted them everywhere. While Watson said she has yet to get over the work they can require, she is nevertheless drawn to the flowers.

O’Neill advised the couple the work is well worth it.

“You'll cut those and put them in a vase, and when you walk in your house, it’s ‘Oh, my God,’” she said.

Across the lawn, Marietta resident Ariel Roberts was pushing her cart of finds when she was stopped by Master Gardener Jeanette England.

One of her plants, a succulent with hanging, jagged leaves, was hiding a secret, England said.

“Look up orchid cactus,” England said, showing a photo on her phone of an enormous blossom with long, feather-like fuchsia petals.

O’Neill was delighted.

“I literally love it,” she said. “I’m so excited.”

‘Nature nerds’ and ‘plant fools’ O’Neill, whose home is filled with aquascaping aquariums and more than 60 plants, said she loves attending plant sales in part because of people like England. The sales are the perfect place to get advice, learn something new and make friends with fellow “nature nerds,” she said.

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From left, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens discuss the design of the official FIFA Club World Cup 2025 match ball at an April 14 press conference at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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Visitors browse a wide selection of plants laid out on tables at the 24th Garden Faire at The Grove in Alpharetta’s Wills Park April 12.

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“There’s a good portion of 911 calls that come in that are not true emergencies,” said Mark Haskins, Medical Services Division chief for Milton Fire.

The goal is to help patients save money and avoid the extra costs that come with an ambulance transport and emergency room visit, if their care does not require it. The department says that sometimes RightSite may even reach the patient first.

In other business at the April 14 meeting, the council voted unanimously on three resolutions to condemn property.

“This is sort of the last resort,” City Attorney Ken Jarrard said.

The first parcel will need to be condemned due to the city’s responsibility for the right-of-way acquisition for the Bethany Road at Providence Road roundabout project. The city seeks to acquire .0058 acres from the parcel’s 1.66 acres for the permanent easement necessary for construction.

With an appraised value of the rights at $14,500, Davis recommended that the council approve the resolution due to the property’s title issues.

The second parcel was impacted due to the city’s responsibility for the right-of-way acquisition for the Big Creek Greenway Connector project. A temporary easement of 5,701 square feet will be necessary for the construction of slopes.

Jarrard advised the council that the city had never received a signed counter offer from the property owner and needed to move forward with the project. The appraised value of the rights needed is $35,000, he said.

The last parcel impacted is due to the city’s responsibility for right-of-way

acquisition for the Birmingham Road Middle Bridge project. Jarrard advised the council that city should move forward with the resolution, because negotiations with the property owner were unsuccessful. The appraised value of rights needed is $26,100, the city says.

The city will require a permanent easement for 1,274 square feet for construction and maintenance of drainage, utilities and slopes, 615 square feet as a temporary easement for temporary construction and one driveway easement.

Jarrard said the city has made a fair and reasonable offer based on the appraisal to acquire the right-ofways and easements necessary for the

when she was young.

“I just followed him around, and I learned to love it all,” she said.

construction of the projects.

“We want to be able to negotiate arm’s length transactions with individuals and business owners and citizens with respects to the taking of property for public purposes, but

sometimes for a variety of reasons, we actually have to go ahead and pull the condemnation trigger,” Jarrard said.

In other business, the council unanimously approved two old business agenda items.

The City’s Parks and Recreation Department can now charge for late pick-up, as well as after-care services for extended program hours.

After a 10-minute grace period beyond the scheduled program end time, guardians will be assessed a fee of $10 for every 15 minutes they are late.

The department will also offer aftercare services for extended program hours for $10 an hour, per participant. A 20 percent discount will be given to those who choose to prepay for a full session.

Camp Compass, Camp Joyful Soles and Junior Ranger Academy will be affected by the changes. Contracted program providers will not be impacted.

“This fee bundled with after-care allow for staff to be more efficiently planned,” Parks and Recreation Director Tom McKlveen said.

The council also unanimously approved an amendment to the City Code of Milton Chapter 25, addressing impact fees. The amendment will clarify that the collection of impact fees occurs at the time a building permit is issued.

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“Every year I come here, I meet someone like that, and it's awesome,” she said.

Acworth neighbors Carol Parris and Katherine Nordby, were sharing a similar moment while buying a pair of Japanese maple saplings from Jim Sidon, a nearby vendor.

The friends, who live down the street from one another, bonded over their shared love for gardens.

Nordby hoped to plant the tree in her yard where she is planning a Japanese garden.

Parris, a self-described “plant fool,” said she became “addicted” to gardening while working in her grandfather’s garden

After putting in the work, there’s something wonderful about relaxing with plants, she said.

“I sit in an easy chair, and I look at a window, and I watch the breeze blow and the flowers bloom,” Parris said. “It makes my heart sing. It thrills my soul.”

Sidon, who is raising thousands of seedlings at his home, said he understands Parris’ obsession.

Although Sidon’s primary source of income is a landscaping company, he spends his free time grafting, cultivating and collecting hundreds of varieties of trees. He said he finds it fascinating that the trees have ancestors that once came from East Asia.

“It’s kind of a hobby gone berserk,” he said.

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The Milton City Council stands with Milton residents to recognize April 22 as Earth Day at the April 14 City Council meeting.

A simple set of rules one should live by

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Dear Grandchildren, I wanted to make a few notes for you about being wise, caring and a good friend. You are already very good children and already you treat others –most of the time – with respect and caring.

I have been reading books lately about how to be good. The book that I borrowed the rules listed below from is called “The Serviceberry,” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It’s a little book with lots of wisdom. I think one of its main messages is that we are all connected – people with other people, people with plants and animals, people with everything in the environment in which we all live.

You are so very important. What you do and say and how you treat others is a big deal.

So here are some of the lessons from that “Serviceberry” book.

No. 1: Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you can take care of them. That means pay attention to how your parents treat you and other people and things. Learn from your parents.

No. 2: Introduce yourself. Recently I heard that Annie Moon (4) introduced herself at a party to an adult.

“So, do you have any siblings?”

Adult: “Why yes I do.”

Annie Moon: “Do they live close by?”

That was so great Annie Moon. It made that woman feel important that you were interested in her and her family. By being curious, you will learn many things.

No. 3: Ask permission before taking,

and abide by the answer. You know what that means, right? You know about asking permission and not fussing if you don’t get it. That is just a way to be respectful of others Annie.

No. 4: Share. We know about sharing.

No. 5: Say “thank you” when someone gives you something. When someone helps you or is kind to you, you should try to help them and be kind to them back.

No. 6: Never take the first one. Never take the last. A lot of adults never learn this one, Annie. Be patient. Wait in line. Let parents or grandparents or very young children go ahead of you. This is being respectful of others.

No. 7: Only take what you need. This is another one that many adults never learn, sweetie. Do you know why?

You can show them this lesson by your example. Adults have so very much to learn from children.

No. 8: Never take more than half. Leave some for others. Yet another one that many adult’s parents never taught them. If you take more than half, is there much left for others – for your friends and their friends?

No. 9: Harvest in a way that minimizes harm. And what you harvest, use respectfully. Never waste what you have taken. Boy, that is a lot to understand. Do you think it might mean not to be selfish or greedy? And do you think that if everyone always tried to take the most they could take, that many people would have nothing while some people would have so much more than they need?

Remember, we all need each other. We also need the plants around us because they help us, too. We need the clean water and air that we drink and breath, but it is not clean and safe if we don’t respect it and take care of it at the same time.

Sneezing our way through all this pollen

Lots of records being set these days. At this writing, the Braves can’t buy a win. The stock market is acting squirrely. There are record-setting tariffs being imposed, leading to unrest despite promises that things will eventually get better.

No, the record that comes to mind involves that yellow, eye-watering yellow menace known as pollen. Fox 5’s David Chandley (my favorite weather guy) keeps giving viewers the number each night, imparting that the day’s pollen count.

It is amazing me that there is a poor soul who is really taking one for the team. I can visualize the poor sap surrounded by that irritating yellow powder, faced with the unenviable task of tallying every granule.

“Yep, there’s about 4,000 times more than yesterday. By golly, we set another record!”

I visited the Bagel Hole recently where the owner was waving a white flag, surrendering to the reality that cleaning off his patio table was a futile endeavor.

“I just cleaned them off two hours ago,” he said, showing that his white flag of capitulation was stained yellow.

It’s so relatable, having a deck that looks like it’s made out of true “Yella Wood,” and not the stuff that’s advertised on TV that provides a good meal for pesky beavers.

I’m all for a wintertime treat, going outside and glimpsing a cushy blanket of soft snow on the deck. After all, there’s no question that, since we don’t live in Minnesota, eventually the white stuff will dissipate.

But this year, maybe it’s because the Braves opened the 2025 season with seven consecutive losses, the pollen just seems more menacing.

That’s right: A snowfall is a thing of beauty while a pollen storm spurs thoughts of “How the heck can I get rid of this stuff and get it out of my clothes.?”

If I’ve heard it once this year, I’ve heard a veritable litany of folks saying: “I’m usually not bothered by pollen, but this year…”

That proclamation is inevitably punctuated by a nose-blowing fit and two or three uproarious, earthshattering sneezes.

It must be a boon for any car wash owner. Trying to keep a car free from the stuff is an impossible dream. My first car was a 1971 yellow Volkswagen Super Beetle. It would have fit right in here. Too bad I never saw a morsel of pollen in Bakersfield. But don’t get me started about the dusty, polluted air.

It’s also a great time for anyone selling air filters. The other day, while getting my Acura serviced, the tech wheezed and sniffled as he showed me filters that needed to be replaced.

I guess all this yellow dust is good for the plants. I know the bees sure like it, based on the squadron that have descended on the yard. I’m good with the bees. Just no more massive yellowjacket colonies this summer.

Riding my Harley, there’s definitely enough pollen in the air to make me use a bandana to act as a filter to assist my not having to ingest any of the stuff. The other day, sure enough, there was a smattering of the yellow dust on my Lynyrd Skynyrd bandana, forcing an unheard of trip to the laundry basket. I sure hope it doesn’t shrink.

We’ll get through all this and have a nice sultry summer.

Now, fixing the Braves? Not so sure that’s a quick task that is both doable and realistic.

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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• Voters can begin requesting absentee ballots on March 31.

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Early voting will be held May 27June 13, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Saturday voting will be available on May 31 and June 7 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., as well as Sundays on June 1 and June 8 from 12-5 p.m.

• May 19 is the deadline to register to vote for the special election.

• June 6 is the deadline to request and absentee ballot.

• Election Day is June 17.

• If there’s a runoff, Election Day will be July 15.

• The primary winners will then be on the ballot on Nov. 4.

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Church bells ring, and the people listen

Church bells ring, and people listen

One might say that I have a thing about bells. I have written a column about farm bells and another about cow bells. The subject this week is church bells. So, maybe I do have a thing about them.

This week I will explore the history of church bells and illustrate the challenges of installing a bell weighing several hundred pounds in the top of a church tower using as an example the Birmingham United Methodist Church in Milton. In a recent column I described the history of that church.

History

Nearly everyone in North Fulton lives near a church, and most have heard a church bell ring to announce church service, a wedding or other important event.

Historically, the first bell used in church is often credited to Bishop Paulinus of Nola, Italy, around 400 AD. It was used primarily to call monks to prayer and was probably a handbell.

In 604 AD, Pope Sabinian sanctioned the used of bells by churches.

Benedictine monks, a monastic order dating back to the fifth century, used larger bells mounted in towers in the 7th and 8th centuries. Bells helped them manage their daily routines, marking prayer time, meals, study time and sleep time.

According to National Bell Festival, a non-profit organization dedicated to the celebration and restoration of bells, bell-making originated in China some 5,000 years ago. Sheets of metal were hammered into bell shapes with a bead, rock or metal bit suspended inside the bell to make a clapper.

Ancient Greek sentries used bells as warning devices. The book of Exodus 28:33-35 describes golden bells as part of the high priest’s robe. Early Romans hung bells around livestock to locate strays. Gradually, bells were adopted by Western religions.

The first church bells in the United States were in the San Miguel Mission, Santa Fe, New Mexico, built circa 1610. It is still in use.

Bells have been featured in numerous films. To name a few: “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (1943), starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman, based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel; “A

Milton firefighters climb their ladder to remove the 294-pound bell from its home on the chapel roof. Including its auxiliary equipment, the bell weighs 450 pounds. Fire crews had to slowly slide the bell down the ladder.

The bell after it was repaired, restored and repainted. It is ready to be lifted by ropes to its new home in the church bell tower.

Christmas Carol” (1938), starring Gene Lockhart and Reginal Owen, based on Charles Dickens’ story; and “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945,) starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, a musicalcomedy-drama.

Birmingham UMC

Birmingham United Methodist Church is fortunate to own a bell

made by the C.S. Bell Company of Hillsborough Ohio, possibly the largest manufacturer of church bells in the United States for more than 100 years. The company ceased to make bells in 1974. The BUMC bell was cast circa 1892, has a diameter of 28 inches and weighs in at 294 pounds. Including the accessories required to suspend and operate the bell, total weight is 450

pounds.

It is not known exactly when or how the church acquired the bell or who may have owned it previously. The best guess is that it was acquired in the 1940s or earlier.

In May 2009, eight church volunteers, who became known as the “The Bell Bunch,” opened a panel in the side of the rooftop steeple to inspect the bell to see how it was mounted and to plan its descent for eventual installation in a recently installed new bell tower. It is difficult to imagine the challenges involved in taking a nearly 450-pound bell from a steeple rooftop to the ground.

The volunteers asked the Milton Fire Department to assist. The firefighters extended their long ladder to the chapel roof and placed lumber skids on the ladder. Four firefighters slowly slid the bell to the ground where it was placed in a truck and moved to the barn owned by parishioner Byron Foster. Volunteers disassembled, repaired and restored the bell over the summer.

Next, a mounting structure for the bell had to be designed, built and tested. Fortunately, parishioner Jeff Johnson and his father George Johnson, a retired Lockheed engineer who had worked in elevator design, were able to spearhead the task.

Finally, on Nov. 14, 2009, a large crowd watched as the bell was raised by a rope to its new home. The bell was installed and tolled for the first time in many years.

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.

BOB MEYERS

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The church bell tower where the bell is now housed.

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through these current federally funded grant programs,” Whitmore said.

Last year, the county spent around $867 million for its day-to-day operations.

County External Affairs Director Jessica Corbitt is coordinating with federal lobbyists to monitor the status of any changes to federal grants.

Impact of losing federal aid

County Commission Chair Robb Pitts confirmed with Whitmore that without federal assistance, the county’s property tax rate would increase “about a mill and a half or so.”

The Board of Commissioners set the 2024 tax rate on property at 8.87 mills, the same as the prior year. The addition of 1.5 mills would represent about a $350 higher tax bill for a home with a fair market value of $600,000.

Commissioner Bob Ellis said he wants to know which grants are more at risk than others.

“This is a great thing for you to have captured,” Ellis told Whitmore. “I think it’s great we’ve started inventory, and we’ve got a process in place where we’re doing the monthly reimbursements.”

County Manager Dick Anderson said he wanted to address overall financials.

“We have not taken any extraordinary actions, in terms of cost reductions or constraints,” Anderson said. “Our thought right now, absent different direction from the board, is to move toward a mid-year review and closer to June than August.”

After talking with DeKalb County Chief Operating Officer Zach Williams, Anderson said Fulton’s neighbor to the east is more reliant on federal grants and has taken basic steps, although he provided no specifics.

Fulton County Justice System Programs Director Steve Nawrocki discusses a monthly update on the jail population across all facilities, which has slightly increase since January, at the April 16 Board of Commissioners meeting. Nawrocki said a presentation on the Fulton County Jail’s capital improvement program, including cost estimates, is scheduled for August.

“[The mid-year review will] give us the best perspective on emerging expenses from the consent decree, as well as perhaps from these federal government grants,” Anderson said. “[The plan is] to seek your direction then, but right now, it’s business as usual.”

Jail upgrades continue

Anderson is referencing the legally binding agreement between Fulton and the Department of Justice to ensure its jail system is no longer violating the constitutional rights of inmates, specifically the Eighth and 14th Amendments.

There are long-standing prob -

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Time: The joint work session will begin immediately upon the conclusion of the regularly scheduled Design Review Board meeting that starts at 6:00 pm.

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City of Milton 2006 Heritage Walk Council Chambers Milton, Georgia 30004

The Milton Design Review Board and Milton Planning Commission will conduct a joint work session to review and obtain comments on the draft Deerfield Urban Design Manual. No applications will be discussed during this time.

Office. The Fulton County Jail ended a previous consent decree less than 10 years ago after spending $1 billion to comply.

Fulton County Sherrif Pat Labat, District Attorney Fani Willis and the Board of Commissioners have come under fire for the management of the jail facilities, backlogs in the judicial system and a lack of funding for a solution.

In other business at the meeting, commissioners received an update on the $13 million “jail blitz” repair program, which moves inmates to other areas of the jail so damage can be addressed. The work at Rice Street is 64 percent complete with seven out its 11 housing units finished, according to staff, and includes fixing cell doors and locks, repairing plumbing and sealing concrete walls.

The blitz project is expected to wrap up this summer after a couple years of work, but the consent decree monitor is set to remain until minimum requirements are met.

Since the beginning of the year, the Rice Street population has increased 6 percent to 1,707 inmates, which is down from the more than 3,200 incarcerated people there in summer 2023.

lems at the Rice Street jail requiring a lengthy and costly process spanning at least two years with a consent decree monitor reviewing facilities to ensure the county is not violating the rights of incarcerated citizens.

The probe into the county’s Rice Street facility and three annexes, including one in Alpharetta, began in 2023 after the murder of an unindicted inmate who had been in custody for eight months.

There were 25 inmate deaths from 2022-23, according to the Sheriff’s

Because 575 beds out of a total of 2,644 beds are currently unavailable during the repair work, the county is using programs like its new diversion center to reduce the jail population as work continues.

Pitts said the county has invested around $2.5 million on policing alternatives and diversion initiatives. He said money is tight, referencing the county’s operational budget, and asked if county-funded diversion programs are working.

“It looks like the bookings are increasing on a monthly basis,” he said. “Are we going to use it or are we not going to use it?”

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half through wins at the dot. Eagles sophomore Jaxson Burke went 60 percent on the night.

But, Cambridge’s Carter Solomon showed up big to stifle the Eagles’ momentum, stealing several clutch faceoffs that put his team on the comeback trail.

The Bears defense stiffened after a goal by Eagles senior Steele Smithson.

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Saved shots by goalie Jack Wildstein and forced turnovers by Cambridge’s defense primed the offense for six straight goals in the second half.

Senior Patrick Bojcic got his hat trick with a goal to take the lead with five minutes left. Attackman Josh Oblen sealed the win with another goal just two minutes later, and the Bears’ defense held stiff until the buzzer.

Oblen and fellow senior Mike Guy shouted out the younger team members for knocking it down in big moments.

“No quit from everyone, they fought for us on our senior night,” Guy said. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Cambridge team fight as hard as this one does, and it’s not just our top senior guys. All the underclassmen, the bench was getting juiced, everybody rallied together so it was good to see.”

Oblen was the Bears’ leading scorer with four goals and gave credit

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to the coaching staff especially during halftime for guiding the players to adjust defensively.

“Once we got going, we got the energy up,” Oblen said. “We’ve been playing with these kids for eight or nine years, this is a culminating moment just beating our cross-town rival all together. Our entire team felt that joy, coming back from down four goals against our big rivals.”

Rucker

The City of Milton City Council will hold a public hearing for the applications for alcohol licenses listed below on Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the First Floor of City Hall located at 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, Georgia 30004. All interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing.

PH-25-AB-03

– Vice Restaurant Group LLC dba Smash by Vice has made an application for a license to sell Wine and Malt Beverages for Consumption OnPremises, Resident Alcohol Beverage Caterer and for Sunday Sales at its place of business located at 3100 Heritage Walk, Suite 101, Milton, Georgia 30004.

PH-25-AB-04 – Vice Restaurant Group LLC dba Vice Steakbar has made an application for a license to sell Wine, Malt Beverages and Distilled Spirits for Consumption On-Premises, Resident Alcohol Beverage Caterer and for Sunday Sales at its place of business located at 3000 Heritage Walk, Suite 101, Milton, Georgia 30004.

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Ishwarasa Basawa, 85, of Roswell, passed away on March 29, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Walter Bator, 90, of Roswell, passed away on March 26, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Sarah Frances (Devore) Rucker was born on August 4th, 1941 to Fred and Lala Devore. Sarah was one of four children. Her father, Fred Devore, worked at Crabapple Corners Antiques and also served as de facto Mayor to the town of Crabapple. Lala went to work for the Oxford Pants Company in 1950. Sarah, at the age of nine, took on the role of preparing dinner for Fred, Lala, her older sisters Jaunita, Ann, and baby brother Johnny. Sarah was a self-taught cook, and this was the beginning of a lifelong dedication to creating wonderful main dishes and desserts. She will always be remembered by family and friends for her specialty Coconut, Strawberry, and German Chocolate Cakes. Sarah created a cookbook one year for her children and grandchildren titled, “Mama Sarah’s Recipes.” It will be long cherished and passed through future generations.

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Crabapple, Sarah and childhood friend Ralph Rucker, would marry in 1960 and have four children: Scot Rucker, Elise Rucker, Tracy Spivey and Dee Provencial. Sarah and Ralph were long time members of Crabapple Baptist Church. She spent many Sundays playing the piano or singing for the Sunday Church service. For the last several years she has enjoyed serving Christ with her friends at First Baptist Alpharetta. Sarah is survived by her husband, four children, nine grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren. Her family and many of her friends called her Mama Sarah. Her memory will be cherished by all who were blessed by her kindness, graciousness and servant heart.

As well as teaching herself the art of cooking, Sarah also developed a love of music and began to play the piano in her early years. She would later become a very accomplished, self-taught pianist and organist who could play by ear.

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Visitation: April 16, 2025, 11:00-3:00 pm and 5:00-8:00 pm, Northside Chapel, 12050 Crabapple Road, Roswell Celebration of Life: April 17, 2025, 2:00 pm, First Baptist Church of Alpharetta, 44 Academy Street, Alpharetta In lieu of Flowers please make donations to Samaritan’s Purse; The Gideon’s International; Integrated Community Ministries/www.ky-icm.org.

Selina Faulkner, 83, of Roswell, passed away on March 31, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

William Dudley Garrett, 89, of Alpharetta, passed away on April 10, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Sarah Harman, 75, of Alpharetta, passed away on April 14, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Angelo Noto, 81, of Alpharetta, passed away on April 12, 2025. Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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