Summer camp promotes friendships between teens and the elderly

Buckhead Reporter 4/28 2:15A Rachel Spooner

Instead of waterparks and beach vacations with their friends, some Atlanta teens are spending part of their summer with residents four or five times their age.  Generation Connect is a week-long...

APD apprehends one of its 10 most wanted fugitives in fiery crash

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 4/26 10:23A Collin Kelley

Atlanta Police officers arrested one of the department s 10 most wanted fugitives on April 24. Atlanta Police Zone 3 officers responded just before 3 a.m. to a larceny report on Milton Avenue in southeast Atlanta. An off-duty officer requested...

Piedmont Park Conservancy raises $700,000 at luncheon

Buckhead Reporter 4/26 3:00A Cathy Cobbs

Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the 29th Annual Landmark Luncheon on April 23. (Photo by DVPhotoVideo)  The Piedmont Park Conservancy raised more than $700,000 at its 29th Annual Landmark Luncheon on...

Night of Ideas returns to Atlanta on April 29

Buckhead Reporter 4/25 4:05A Sammie Purcell

Presented by Villa Albertine, the fifth edition of Night of Ideas comes back to Atlanta April 29 .  Night of Ideas is a free evening of discussion and debate, bringing together different voices from the civic, cultural, and policy spheres,...

Atlanta Jazz Festival announces free concert series at local parks this May

Buckhead Reporter 4/25 3:15A Rough Draft Staff

The Atlanta Jazz Festival is bringing free live music to parks across the city this May through its annual Neighborhood Jazz Series. Taking place over the course of three consecutive weekends beginning May 1, the series will feature shows in...

Unity event brings Black and Jewish students together

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 4/23 7:45A Logan C. Ritchie

Dr. Michael L. Lomax, Lisa Rayam, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Photo by Logan C. Ritchie) The sanctuary of The Temple on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. “Be...

Invest Atlanta approves $2 million grant for Andrew Young Peace Institute

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 4/23 6:40A Collin Kelley

Invest Atlanta approved a $2 million Westside Tax Allocation District (TAD) grant to support the development of the Andrew Young International Institute for Peace and Reconciliation in the Vine City...

Family affair ‘Mudville’ premieres at Atlanta Film Festival

Buckhead Reporter 4/23 5:44A Sammie Purcell

Ten years ago, Atlanta filmmaker Adam Pinney’s film “The Arbalest” won the SXSW Film Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film. It’s an award that puts you in good company. As pointed out by an ArtsATL...

Inman Park Festival returns April 24-26

Buckhead Reporter 4/23 5:18A Rachel Spooner

Atlanta’s largest all-volunteer festival is back for its 54th year in one of the city’s oldest community. The Inman Park Festival and Tour of Homes takes place April 24-26, inviting residents and...

Atlanta Police make major drug bust at marijuana ‘pop-up event’

Buckhead Reporter 4/21 9:41A Collin Kelley

The Atlanta Police Department Narcotics Unit arrested 40 people and recovered more than a thousand pounds of marijuana, other drugs, and guns during a pop-up event in Downtown Atlanta on April 18. The...

Unfinished Midtown office building renovation raises safety concerns

Buckhead Reporter 4/21 5:28A Rachel Spooner

A crane looming over the unfinished renovation of an office building at Peachtree and 14th streets in Midtown has raised safety concerns from nearby residents. Residents say the crane has been out of...

Controversial apartment project for homeless seniors roils Kirkwood

Buckhead Reporter 4/21 2:16A Collin Kelley

A controversial rezoning proposal to allow construction of an apartment building for homeless senior citizens in the Kirkwood neighborhood is back on the Atlanta Zoning Review Board ‘s agenda for its...

Amid financial crisis, Midtown International School parents discover building purchased by board...

Buckhead Reporter 4/20 7:27A Logan C. Ritchie

When Midtown International School (MIS) announced on Monday, March 31, its unexpected and immediate closure , parents began questioning the school’s finances and requesting information from school...

Family, community mourns teen killed at Piedmont Park: ‘I miss you more than words can explain’

Buckhead Reporter 4/19 9:05A WSBTV.com News Staff

A sorrowful community joined the family of Tianah Robinson April 18 to say goodbye to a teen  killed in a shooting at Piedmont Park earlier this month. Among those joining the family at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Saturday morning was Atlanta...

Piedmont Park Conservancy hosting annual Landmark Luncheon on April 23

Buckhead Reporter 4/18 6:19A Rough Draft Staff

The Piedmont Park Conservancy announced that it will host its annual Landmark Luncheon on April 23 at The Promenade in the park. Now in its 29th year, the annual event will bring together community leaders, supporters and park advocates — along...