MARTA CEO addresses budget deficit where agency overspent nearly 17% on overtime

Buckhead Reporter 10/15 8:38A Sam Sachs | WSB-TV and Rough Dra

At a recent Atlanta City Council committee meeting , recently installed CEO Jonathan Hunt addressed delays in delivering new trains for the system and a budget shortfall. Channel 2 Action News reported on the budget issue, when an audit review of...

Atlanta Streets Alive returns to West End and Grant Park on Oct. 18

Buckhead Reporter 10/15 8:12A Rough Draft Staff

Atlanta Streets Alive returns Sunday, Oct. 18, bringing a car-free afternoon to West End and Grant Park. The free event will run from 2 to 6 p.m. along Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and Georgia Avenue, temporarily transforming portions of the...

Little 5 Points Halloween Festival & Parade returns Oct. 17-18

Buckhead Reporter 10/15 7:48A Rough Draft Staff

A Halloween tradition returns to Little Five Points this weekend, Oct. 17-18, bringing two days of live music, local art, costumed characters, and spooky attractions to the neighborhood. The Little 5 Points Halloween Festival & Parade runs both...

This week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 10/15 4:00A Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh, along with a...

Sharon Goldman joins American Jewish Committee as Atlanta regional director

Buckhead Reporter 10/15 2:35A Logan C. Ritchie

Dr. Sharon Goldman , the newly appointed regional director at the American Jewish Committee, is making Atlanta her home after living in Jerusalem for eight years. With a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College and a master’s and doctorate in...

Quick Bites for Oct. 15: Diwali festival, bicycle food delivery in Cabbagetown, breast cancer...

Sandy Springs Reporter 10/15 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

In this week’s Quick Bites, get updates on a taco pop-up at Pullman Yards, a bicycle food delivery service in Cabbagetown, and a top Atlanta chef joining an upcoming restaurant in Town at Trilith....

Britney Spears musical opens Out Front Theatre’s new season on Oct. 22

Buckhead Reporter 10/14 3:00A Katie Burkholder

Out Front Theatre’s 11th season opens next week with “Once Upon a One More Time,” a musical interweaving classic fairy tales with the music of Britney Spears.  Powered by the chart-topping hits of the Princess of Pop, “Once Upon a One More Time”...

Queer-friendly plant show brings community to Atlantic Station Oct. 16-18

Buckhead Reporter 10/13 5:09A Katie Burkholder

The weekend after Atlanta Pride, queer-owned event company The Greenhouse Social is hosting a weekend full of plants, pride, and entertainment.  From Oct. 16 to 18, the inaugural Dirt and Glitter Plant Show will take over the former site of...

Here’s what you need to know about early voting in the City of Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 10/13 2:55A Rough Draft Staff

Advance voting for the Nov. 3 midterm elections is open now through Oct. 30 in the City of Atlanta. Early voting takes place Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 25...

Atlanta City Council reviews proposed ban on robotic police technology

Buckhead Reporter 10/13 2:24A Logan C. Ritchie

The City of Atlanta is exploring restrictions on autonomous and remotely operated weapons through the Human Authority over Lethal Technology (HALT) Act proposed by City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari. The legislation would prevent the City from...

Atlanta Pride Parade, marketplace and entertainment set for Sunday

Buckhead Reporter 10/10 9:06A Collin Kelley

Atlanta Pride was forced to cancel Saturday’s entertainment and events in Piedmont Park due to Hurricane Isaias, but Sunday’s parade and activities are set to go ahead as scheduled. In a social media post, organizers said, Atlanta, did you really...

J. Tom Morgan releases memoir on the murder of DeKalb Sheriff Derwin Brown

Buckhead Reporter 10/10 3:00A Joe Earle

For J. Tom Morgan, it started with a simple page to call his office. When he called back, he was told that DeKalb Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown had been shot. Morgan first thought there had been some...

Best dishes to try at restaurants around metro Atlanta

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 10/9 5:28A Beth McKibben and Sarra Sedghi

Each month, Rough Draft’s dining team, Beth McKibben and Sarra Sedghi, share their favorite restaurant dishes to try, along with a few restaurant discoveries and cool pop-ups to put on your radar....

Atlanta Neighborhood Collective launches to accelerate Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative

Buckhead Reporter 10/9 3:05A Rough Draft Staff

The City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Committee for Progress launched the Atlanta Neighborhood Collective on Oct. 8 to advance Mayor Andre Dickens’ Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative (NRI). According...

Writer Russell T. Davies on his new series, ‘Tip Toe’

Buckhead Reporter 10/9 2:00A Jim Farmer

The idea for the new series “Tip Toe” came about, as writer Russell T. Davies recalls, because of the current political climate of the world. “This [show] rose up in a passion and an anger and...