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Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits celebrates Sunday sales

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 11:21am

Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits celebrates Sunday sales

DORAVILLE, Ga. -- Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits in Doraville is finally open for Sunday sales and is ready to celebrate.

The store will hold a Sunday sales festival this Sunday, May 6 from noon until 7:30 p.m. Customers can enjoy lunch from Brown's BBQ and GNO Snowballs, listen to music from Mariachi Amigoz and, of course, stock up on all the beer, wine and liquor they can carry.

Rich "Sully" Sullivan from davefm will attend the festival to bag customers' purchases and carry them to cars. Every tip he receives for his services will be matched by the store; at the end of the day, that money will be donated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits is located at 5877 Buford Highway. Learn more at towerwinespirits.com.

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Gladys Cook Scholarship winners announced

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Friday, April 20th, 2012, 9:10am

Gladys Cook Scholarship winners announced

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- The DeKalb County Council of PTAs has announced this year's winners of the Gladys Cook Scholarship.

The prize, named for a former DeKalb PTA president, is awarded annually to one student from each county high school. It comes with $1,000 for them to use toward their college educations.

"I want to congratulate each of the wonderful students recognized by the Council of PTAs and the Gladys Cook Scholarship," DeKalb Schools Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Atkinson said in a statement. "One of our slogans is, 'Miracles Happen in DeKalb Schools Every Day.' These students and their inspiring stories are outstanding examples of those miracles."

This year's scholarship recipients include:

Arabia Mountain High School
Kyle Jackson Woumn
Will attend Georgia Tech
Major: Computer engineering and Spanish

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Silverbacks sign new midfielder

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, April 16th, 2012, 11:27am

DORAVILLE, Ga. -- The Atlanta Silverbacks have signed 24-year-old Borfor Carr as the newest member of the team, the club announced Friday.

Carr offiically joins the Silverbacks after an impressive extended trial during preseason training camp.

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Merry Christmas from Gov. Deal

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Saturday, December 24th, 2011, 11:11am

ATLANTA -- Governor Nathan Deal issued a special holiday greeting for Georgia residents on Friday.

As Christmas nears, I wanted to wish every Georgian a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.

Christmas has a special way of reminding us what is really important: our faith in God, family and the well-being of our fellow man.

But Christmas is not limited to a single season or date on a calendar. These feelings of peace and love are always with us throughout our lives. For many, Christmas serves as a rejuvenation of these values and ideals.

After the gifts are all unwrapped and the candles begin to dim, our spirits will once again be enriched and fully restored.

As we reflect on all we have been able to accomplish this past year, we will cary this rejuvenated spirit to achieve all the goals that we have set for the coming years.

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Deal appoints new Ga. EPD director

Submitted by Associated Press

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011, 2:32pm

ATLANTA -- Jud Turner has been appointed director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

The DNR board made the appointment official this week after Gov. Nathan Deal nominated Turner for the post.

Turner replaces F. Allen Barnes, who is leaving to work in the private sector.

Turner is a founding partner in the law firm Turner, Bachman & Garrett LLC and public affairs firm Georgia360 LLC. He was former Gov. Sonny Perdue's lead attorney and represented the governor during negotiations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service during the state's severe drought.

Turner has also served as general counsel to the Georgia Department of Education.

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Doraville has a new mayor

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011, 7:44am

DORAVILLE, Ga. -- The voters of Doraville have spoken -- and they elected Donna Pittman to be their new mayor.

Pittman, the incumbent, was first elected mayor over the summer following the death of longtime mayor Ray Jenkins. Tuesday night, she defeated opponent Tom Hart with 61 percent of the vote.

Two City Council representatives were also elected this week. Trudy Jones-Dean won the District 2 seat with 77 percent of the vote, while Maria Alexander will represent District 3 after receiving 55 percent of the vote.

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Don't forget to vote on Tuesday

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 2:06pm

DORAVILLE, Ga. -- Doraville will holds its runoff election on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Voters will choose the city's new mayor and council seats for Districts 2 and 3 during the runoff, which will take place at City Hall from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Get more information from the official Doraville website.

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