Memorial Day weekend events around Atlanta you don't want to miss

Submitted by thebluebirdpatch.com, Liza Cardona

Friday, May 24th, 2013, 12:05pm

Memorial Day weekend events around Atlanta you don't want to miss

#1 Memorial Day Weekend - Salute The Troops at Stone Mountain Park:

Stone Mountain Park honors our troops and their families at Atlanta’s largest three-day Memorial Weekend event featuring free concerts, the Lasershow Spectacular in Mountainvision®, special fireworks finale, and other patriotic activities.

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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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Summer Playground Program to kick off Fulton Co. fun

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 5:52pm

Summer Playground Program to kick off Fulton Co. fun

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- The Fulton County Parks and Recreation Summer Playground Program will begin June 3, and run through the summer until August 2.

Fulton County Parks and Recreation reported that kids can enjoy games, sports, arts and crafts, swimming and field trips. Most activities are for kids ages 6 - 12.

Also provided will be break time with breakfast and lunch, as camps run Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Parents can enroll their children in weekly sessions, or for the entire four-week program. All programs are held in Fulton Co. recreation centers including Burdett, Cliftondale, Sandtown and Welcome All.

For more information, visit Parks and Recreation online.

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Atlanta cops break up robbery in process

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 8:18am

Atlanta cops break up robbery in process

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police officers stumbled upon and ended a robbery in progress near Turner Field at around 10 p.m. Monday.

The officers were patrolling the area after a Braves game when they saw a pedestrian robbery happening near Formwalt Park at the corner of Formwalt Street SW and Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard SW.

When the suspect saw the cops approaching, he ran away, but was quickly captured, according to Atlanta Police spokeswoman Kim Jones.

The victims identified the juvenile suspect as the man who tried to take their cell phones, Jones said.

The suspect was taken to the Metro Regional Youth Detention Center. His name was not released because of his age.

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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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