With all the recent talk of coyotes being seen in and around the neighborhood, we thought we’d pass along this notice of a seminar called “Coyotes in the Community” being conducted tomorrow evening at Winnona Park Elementary School, 510 Avery St. in Decatur. The time to RSVP has passed but hopefully you can still attend…
By: John Becker Stephanie Coffin and her husband Tom have lived in Virginia-Highland for forty years, moving from Midtown to their current home on Highland View in 1973 when Stephanie was “very pregnant” with their second child. Many VaHi residents know of the Coffins’ involvement with The Great Speckled Bird, the iconic counterculture weekly that…
We received the following notice late last week from our friends at the Georgia Department of Transportation. Resurfacing of Ponce de Leon Avenue has commenced. The work schedule (weather permitting) is from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays (no Friday/Saturday work). The entire resurfacing should be completed within four weeks. Workers will start in…
We wanted to make sure everyone saw this Patch article about the large number of Grady High students who were awarded AP honors this year. That’s 80 – out of 85 total in all of APS! Congratulations to the hard working students and teachers at our own Grady High School – especially the “Grady Eighty”!
A team that includes Virginia-Highland student athletes who attend Grady High, Paideia School and other local schools traveled to Blaine, Minnesota recently to compete in the USA Ultimate Youth Club Championships (YCC). Ranked 10th out of 19 teams entering the tournament, the ATLiens, as they’re known, shocked the world, taking first place and bringing gold…