Posted in Community, Events on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Decatur Business Association will hold their annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Square this coming Saturday, April 4. The Easter Bunny arrives at 10:30am and the hunt begins at 11am sharp. Really-don’t be late or it will be over. I have never seen candy gathered at such a fast speed!
The Decatur Firefighers will bring [...]
Posted in Community, Events, tagged 30030, Decatur, ING GA Marathon, Marching Abominables, volunteers on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The official ING Cheering Station for Decatur was at Fellini’s and the addition of part of the Marching Abominables definitely helped rock the cheering section and the runners. Thanks to everyone who came out to help cheer on the runners in the 3rd annual ING Georgia Marathon.
Happy Volunteers at the Hydration Station
I hear that Hydration Station [...]
Posted in Retail & Restaurants on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Take a look at Chef Wendy’s video entry for Top Chef!
However, I do have to warn you that if you watch the video you’re going to have a craving for a meal at Eurasia Bistro. The good news is, Eurasia has one of the best lunch deals in town. The $11 lunch fixe prix menu [...]
Posted in Retail & Restaurants, tagged Watershed on March 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Stay home Monday morning or, better yet, schedule your DVR to record The Today Show because Decatur’s Watershed (superstar) chef, Scott Peacock, will be making his chicken and dumplings recipe for Matt Lauer and the gang on the morning of March 30.
I would be jealous of The Today Show cast for getting the chance to [...]
Posted in Community, Events on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Event Rescheduled for April 25, 2009
The City of Decatur announces the cancelation of Electronics Recycling Day scheduled for Saturday, March 28 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in response to the prediction of severe thunderstorms, strong winds and lightning.
David Junger, Assistant City Manager for Public Works, said “The threat of severe weather is a safety [...]
Posted in Community, tagged 30030, Decatur, Earth Hour on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The City of Decatur is proud to be participating in Earth Hour this Saturday, March 28, from 8:30 until 9:30 p.m. We will darken City Hall and other city buildings where feasible. We will also turn off the lights on the MARTA Plaza for an hour. For information on Earth Hour visit www.earthhourus.org. Let us [...]
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged 30030, Decatur, electronics recycling on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
and your electronics, cell phones and pagers, computers, typewriters………these are just a few of the things that you can recycle this coming Saturday, March 28, at Spring Electronics Recycling Day.
Electronics dropped off will be sorted and broken down into raw materials and sent to recyclers for reuse. In addition to electronics, you may frop off [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tony Parker, Assistant City Manager for Emergency Management, reports that Atlanta Gas Light has 40 crew members working to turn off gas in all homes and businesses affected by the gas outage. Assuring that gas has been turned off at each location is an important safety measure to prevent buildings from filling with gas when [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 30030, DAvid Fisher, DBA, Decatur, Eddie's Attic, Thomas O. Davis Award on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
David Fisher, Facilities Management Director for DeKalb County, was awarded the Thomas O. Davis Award at last night’s Decatur Business Association meeting.
The DBA presents the Thomas O. Davis Public Servant Award every year to a Decatur public servant who exemplifies the finest qualities of citizenship. This award was established in 2001 in memory of Thomas [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged history, Stephen Decatur on March 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Many of you know the city’s volunteer coordinator, Lee Ann Harvey. But most of you probably aren’t aware that she’s a huge American history buff. She even has a This Day in History calendar on her desk. And thanks to this wonderful fact-filled calendar, Lee Ann brought the following to our attention today:
This Day Yesterday [...]
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