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Fulton County Information Session Cancelled

Submitted by FeleciaChurch on Friday, May 24th, 12:59 pm

The Fulton County information session to help seniors to avoid scams has been cancelled. The session was scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 2013, from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at the Auburn Senior Center located at 300 Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta.

For more information, call (404) 613-7944.

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Fulton County students tackle global economy as Fulton’s ambassadors to Brazil

Submitted by FeleciaChurch on Friday, May 24th, 11:06 am

Twenty-two students in the Global Youth Leadership Program leave Monday, May 27, for Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world with the 9th largest economy

Fulton County Commission Chairman John H. Eaves, District 1, At-Large will lead 22 Fulton County students on an adventure that will teach them about the Global Economy and its current challenges on Monday, May 27, 2013. Chairman Eaves and the members of the Global Youth Leadership Program will meet at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at 4:00 p.m. in the International Terminal to begin a 10-day trip to Brazil that will include stays with host families, visits to Salvador, Recife and Itamaraca Island.

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Workers to Atlanta council: Raises are overdue

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013, 7:40pm

ATLANTA -- A hundred public safety employees, their families and other backers, started the day outside city hall-loudly making a point about their city salaries.

"He's bringing home less than ever," said Kelly Uhlis, the wife of an Atlanta police sergeant. She and other raise-backers say city workers gave back five percent of their salaries at the start of Mayor Reed's administration in the name of pension reform. Now they want it back-and more than Reed is offering.

"To suggest a one percent pay raise is absolutely infuriating," said Sgt. Carrie Mills, a retired Atlanta police officer who now works part time for the city. "What is a one percent pay raise? It's a happy meal! Every two weeks. A happy meal!"

By midafternoon, many of them were packing into the city council chamber. But it wasn't just public safety employees.

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Weekend storms result in flooding, mudslide

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Sunday, May 19th, 2013, 6:15pm

ATLANTA -- Heavy rain throughout much of metro Atlanta resulted in flooding Sunday morning.

11Alive meteorologist Allison Chinchar said certain areas in northeastern Georgia got between 4 and 6 inches of rain, including Forsyth, Hall and north Fulton counties.

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The Hall County Sheriff's Office said the Atlanta Road area of Flowery Branch should be avoided, as more than 6 inches of rain shut down the street between Spout Springs and Wade Orr roads. The city of Flowery Branch declared a state of emergency Sunday evening.

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Yeah, but is it art? Graffiti in Atlanta

Submitted by Keith Whitney, 11Alive Reporter

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 11:58pm

ATLANTA -- Imagine being so consumed with a creative desire for expression that you're willing to jog halfway across the city, sweating with a backpack and a can of spray paint; that you'd be willing to climb the highest walls just to get a blank 'canvas."

"It's actually really good artwork," said one eyewitness in the West End. "And it happens so fast it takes them 45-minutes. And it's so good who wouldn't want it on their building?"

The answer to that is simple: pretty much anybody with a building.
"Basically it just comes down to something simple," said Keith Flemming, chairman of the Graffiti Task Force. "If you tag an area that you do not have permission, that you do not own, that is vandalism."

The city of Atlanta has been aggressive in its pursuit of taggers making arrests and cataloging signet graffiti.

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Fulton County Commission approves F.R.E.S.H. grants

Submitted by FeleciaChurch on Friday, May 17th, 1:10 pm

Fulton County Commissioners approved $1,850,000 in 2013-2014 F.R.E.S.H. (Fulton Roundtable Expanded Services Headquarters) Grant funds for selected non-profit groups to carry out programs and direct services to children ages 0 to 21 from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. The grant recipients were recommended by the F.R.E.S.H. Grant Community Advisory Boards. Commissioners approved the grant awards during the Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Recess Meeting.

The Community Advisory Boards reviewed applications, identified potential program sites and determined funding allocations. All applicants were required to address at least one of the following goals from the Board of Commissioners Health and Human Services Focus Areas, which included developing a network of integrated and effective health and human services that improve health outcomes and promote health equity; and enact policies that promote health equity and environmental justice.

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Missing man located at Grady Hospital

Submitted by Eden Godbee, Where U Live Producer

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 3:33am

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police located a missing man at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Authorities say Carey Hardnett wandered away from his caretaker when she went to retrieve her vehicle from the parking deck of Piedmont Hospital. Hardnett and his caretaker were at the hospital visiting a friend.

Hardnett currently resides in a residential care facility because he suffers from diminished mental capacity.

He was in good condition when he was found.

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