Longshoremen’s strike silences Georgia ports

Buckhead Reporter 10/2 8:56A Dave Williams | Capitol Beat

A ship sales into the Port of Savannah. (Photo by Collin Kelley) The ports of Savannah and Brunswick were closed for a second day Wednesday, the result of a longshoremen’s strike affecting ports along...

Chattahoochee’s Paces Mill unit closes for hurricane recovery, improvements

Buckhead Reporter 10/2 8:30A Bob Pepalis

The rehabilitation project was scheduled to start construction in a few weeks, so combined with hurricane recovery the Paces Mill river take-out will be closed until May 2025. (Provided by Cumberland...

How Atlantans can help with Helene recovery efforts

Buckhead Reporter 10/2 7:30A Cathy Cobbs, Bob Pepalis, Isador

Helene caused major damage to roads in Western North Carolina (pictured), as well as many areas in Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia. (Photo supplied by Minford family). We ve gathered information...

Scaling up with artist Krista M. Jones

Buckhead Reporter 10/2 7:00A Isadora Pennington

Artist Krista M. Jones, AKA Jonesy, at her home in East Point. (Photograph by Isadora Pennington) Artist Krista M. Jones , who also paints under the name Jonesy, recently invited me to visit her...

UPDATE: Rockdale reinstates shelter-in-place, Atlanta air monitoring continues due to chemical fire

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 10/1 2:35A Dyana Bagby, Logan C. Ritchie an

A large plume of smoke rises in Conyers during a fire at the BioLab chemical plant on Sunday, Sept. 29. (Photo via Rockdale County) Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1:20 p.m. The City of Atlanta has released this...

Georgia Supreme Court rejects appeal by independents West, De la Cruz to count their votes

Buckhead Reporter 9/26 6:26A Ross Williams | Georgia Recorder

Independent candidate Cornel West appeared at a protest outside the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against bids by...

Georgia launches ballot tracking notifications on My Voter Page

Buckhead Reporter 9/26 6:10A Rough Draft

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Thursday that ballot tracking notifications are now available on the Georgia  My Voter Page (MVP). In a press release, Raffensperger urged voters opting to vote Absentee-by-Mail to request their...

This week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 9/26 5:30A 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 as well as a...

Quick Bites Sept. 26: Restaurant openings, anniversary celebrations, and a new Beltline jazz brunch

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 9/26 3:00A Julie E. Bloemeke

(Provided by One Flew South) This story is from Side Dish, a weekly newsletter about Atlanta’s dining scene. Subscribe for free via the Newsletters tab at the top of this page. The owners of...

Photography exhibit on Jerusalem opens at The Breman

Buckhead Reporter 9/25 7:08A Rough Draft

This photograph by Raffaele De Vincenzo of Italy is in the JerusaLENS exhibit. (Photo courtesy of The Breman) The North American debut of a photography exhibit on Jerusalem has opened at The Breman in...

The Distillery of Modern Art presents “Heritage in Hues” dual exhibition

Brookhaven Reporter 9/25 7:00A Isadora Pennington

Artists Lola Okunola and Travis Love at the Distillery of Modern Art in Chamblee, GA. Courtesy DOMA. The Distillery of Modern Art’s (DOMA) Watson Gallery just got a lot more colorful. “Heritage in...

ABV finds room to grow in EAV

Buckhead Reporter 9/25 7:00A Isadora Pennington

ABV Gallery celebrated their move to East Atlanta Village with a solo show by founder Greg Mike. Photograph by Isadora Pennington. This weekend, ABV Gallery celebrated a major milestone: the debut of...

Curators weigh in on don’t-miss events during Atlanta Art Week & Atlanta Art Fair

Buckhead Reporter 9/25 6:53A Isadora Pennington

Nuclear Garden by Kinda Khalidy from Chandran Gallery at the San Francisco Art Fair 2017. Photo by Drew Bird Photography, image courtesy of AMP. Earlier this year, I was honored to receive an...

Jermaine Dupri announces internship for Emory students

Buckhead Reporter 9/25 6:09A Sammie Purcell

Jermaine Dupri (Photo Courtesy Emory University). Students at Emory University now have the opportunity to intern for Grammy Award-winning music producer Jermaine Dupri. On Sept. 20, the founder of So...

$557 million bond sale to fund Centennial Yards entertainment district

Buckhead Reporter 9/25 2:50A Collin Kelley

A rendering of the entertainment district at Centennial Yards. (Image courtesy of CIM Group/Centennial Yards) Invest Atlanta has approved the sale of roughly $557 million in bonds to support...