Oakhurst’s 1st Annual Dogtoberfest!

DATE: Sunday, October 4 TIME: 2PM – 6PM LOCATION:  The Solarium (321 West Hill St., Decatur GA 30030) MUTT STRUTT & COSTUME CONTEST: Registration begins at 1:45 at Taj Ma-Hound (707 D East Lake Dr., Decatur GA 30030) This event is being sponsored by several local businesses to benefit improvements to the Oakhurst Dog Park.  [...]

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Piece of Cake Open House Today

  Piece of Cake invites the community to an Open House today from 9 am until 5:30 pm. Customers will receive samples of  delicious goodies including cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and brownies as well as 20% off all purchases, today only.  Piece of Cake is located at 307 – A East College Street, next to Wiggle. Stop by Piece [...]

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Last Blue Sky Concert Tomorrow Features the Conundrums

The weather is looking good for the last Blue Sky Concert for 2009. Join us on the Old Courthouse Square Wednesday at noon and enjoy the Conundrums, an all women African drumming group. You may have heard them at the Decatur Arts Festival or other venues around  Atlanta. They are fun to listen and dance [...]

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DeKalb County Now Using CodeRED

Effective immediately, all DeKalb County citizens now have the ability to receive personal emergency notifications via the CodeRED system. Just like the City’s system, the County’s system will allow for geographically based delivery so street addresses are required to ensure emergency notifcation calls are received by the proper individuals in a given situation. If you desire [...]

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Flood Assistance

As you’re probably aware, many areas in DeKalb County were hit hard by the recent flooding. Thankfully, the City of Decatur experienced very few emergency calls for service during this event. The Federal Government has added DeKalb County to the list of Georgia counties included in the Federal Disaster Declaration. This declaration makes federal assistance available [...]

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Voice of the People Award Recognizes Communities That Listen

The International City/County Management Association (ICMA)  and National Research Center, Inc. (NRC), recognized 19 communities for their use of citizen surveys to influence service quality at the 95th Annual ICMA Conference in Montreal, Canada.   Two sets of awards were awarded, one for service excellence and one for significant improvement in service. All of the communities that [...]

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2nd Annual Walk, Bike, Roll to School Pep Rally

Get ready for another fun time with family and friends; it’s the 2nd Annual Walk/Bike/Roll to School Day Pep Rally, 6:30 to 7:30 pm, Tuesday, October 6th on the Decatur Square. Join us on the square for music, games, prizes, entertainment and special guests. The following day, Wednesday, Oct. 7th, is National Walk to School [...]

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Tonight’s Concert on the Square Cancelled

Wow- can you believe it is raining two Saturdays in a row in Decatur? Unfortunately, due to the threat of a large line of thunderstorms moving through the area, we are canceling tonight’s Concert on the Square. If you are looking for a substitute, check out the Garden of Eatin’ at the Holiday Inn, or [...]

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Mama Bath + Body Grand Opening Next Saturday

Mark your calendar for next Saturday’s grand opening of the Mama Bath + Body store. The October 3 event is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will feature complimentary mar-tea-nis by Just Add Honey and sweets from the Cookie Studio in addition to the shop’s line of all-natural soy candles, body lotions, sugar scrubs [...]

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Have Fun in Decatur This Weekend!

The Decatur Garden Tour will be held this weekend. View an eclectic mix of Gardens as well as a special evening Tour on Saturday night. Tickets are still available. Click here for more details, a list of the Gardens, and times.     Beacon Hill Studios is having an Open House and a fundraiser for [...]

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