Happy New Year, Atlanta! The SaportaReport team is looking forward to another year of keeping our readers up-to-date on the most important news around the city and metro area. As we dive into 2023, let’s take a moment to enjoy our top stories from 2022. On to local news from the week: HUB404 park gets […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Local holiday events, former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn speaks at Atlanta Rotary, Spelman honors Spike Lee’s relatives
Georgians, it’s time to fill out your ballot for the final time this year. Early voting is currently underway for the U.S. Senate runoff race between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. Election Day is Dec. 6. Click here for election information specific to your county. On to other recent news from around […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Falcons’ Warrick Dunn opens up about his journey, Goodwill calls for donations before holiday season, Central State Hospital demolition talks
Happy Thanksgiving, Atlanta! Thank you for being part of our SaportaReport community. Our team sends warm wishes this holiday season. On to local news from the week: Warrick Dunn opens up about his journey at Atlanta Rotary At 18, Warrick Dunn became the head of his household with five younger siblings when his mother, a […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: New ATLDOT Commissioner, ‘Saturday Night Live’ jokes about Zoo Atlanta’s gun policy, mattresses donated to families from condemned Forest Cove
One race from Georgia’s recent Nov. 8 election will go into a runoff — incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker competing for a seat in the U.S. Senate. On Monday, Nov. 21, the Atlanta Press Club will host a debate between the two candidates. The 7 p.m. debate will air on Georgia Public […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Veterans Day ceremony, MARTA’s Edgewood/Candler Park TOD locally recognized, Star Bar featured in music videos
Georgia elected Republicans on Nov. 8, from governor to attorney general and other state offices in Atlanta. One race, though, will go to a Dec. 6 runoff — incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker will compete for a seat in the U.S. Senate. For a look at how each Georgia county voted, click […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Morehouse bounces Kanye’s team, Methodists build housing
Also: a public screening of a new documentary on displacing homeless Atlantans for the Olympics and more
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Reporter’s Notebook: Spelman President welcomed back to Atlanta, MARTA names new CEO, Westside Wise Podcast launches
For The Braves’ first 25 years in Atlanta, the team was the worst in baseball — but that all turned around on Oct. 28, 1995. On that October day 27 years ago, The Braves won the World Series, becoming the first Georgia sports franchise to secure a major world championship. During this time, the team […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Delta’s $1 million grant to Agnes Scott, three local students sell charity tote bags, Indigenous Stickball Summit on BeltLine
This weekend, get in the spooky spirit a little early with the Little 5 Points Halloween Parade and Festival. Grab your costume — whether funny and fantastical or gory and frightening — and head to Little 5 Points for two days of festive creepiness including events like the Silver Scream Spook Show and the Rainy […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta welcomes new Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director, Emory Nursing receives $12 million to support health services, Atlanta to host ‘Historic Preservation Week’
This week, one of Atlanta’s universities and a top technology institute in the nation turns 137 years old. Georgia Tech was established in 1885 to bring the Industrial Revolution to Georgia, beginning with $65,000 in state funding and only 84 students. The university initially only offered mechanical engineering, but later expanded to include other disciplines, […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: APS teacher wins Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl award, Atlanta Design Festival kicks off this weekend, “Railtalk-Re-Connect” at MARTA
Atlanta’s Bobby Jones became the first and only golfer to win the Grand Slam — the U.S. Amateur, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the British Amateur — 92 years ago this week. Jones learned to play at the East Lake Country Club, and from 1923 to 1930, he won thirteen major championships. On […]
