Livable Buckhead Executive Director Denise Starling, Atlanta City Councilman Howard Shook, North Buckhead Civic Association president Gordon Certain and Park Pride Associate Director Allison Barnett each raise a shovelful of dirt to ceremonially break ground for the new Mountain Way Commons park. (Photo by Joe Earle)
Sarah Smith Elementary School students were honored before a recent Atlanta Hawks game for reading more than 1,000 minutes during a two-week period. Grade level winners were: Alaric Rodriguez, kindergarten; Anjini Naidu, first grade; Tuesday Blobaum, second grade; Lena Hoover, third grade; Ashley Redhead, fourth grade; and Tabitha Randklev, fifth grade.