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A welcoming cup

Refuge Coffee in Clarkston is much more than a neighborhood coffee shop. It serves as a welcoming place for refugees in the city that’s been called the country’s most diverse square mile. It also serves as a training ground for…

Georgia Telework Week

Gov. Brian Kemp has proclaimed this week, Nov. 18-22, the eighth annual Georgia Telework Week. The proclamation, signed last month, recognizes that teleworking can have a significant positive affect on the state’s environment and air quality as a result of…

E-vehicle solutions

Micromobility – the use of small battery-powered vehicles like electric scooters and electric bicycles – is on the verge of revolutionizing transportation in cities like Atlanta. However, the trend has taken hold so quickly that local governments and the companies…

Dogs 'talking' with humans

As dog owners, we converse with our canine friends all the time. But what if they could communicate with us in our own language? Melody Jackson, director of the Georgia Tech Animal-Computer Interaction Lab, has been working for the past…

Veterans Day remembrance

The Atlanta History Center will hold its annual Veterans Day ceremony, beginning at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, at the center’s Veterans Park. The program honoring military veterans will open with Stone Mountain resident Wayne Coleman playing the bagpipe,…

Blackhall Studios building again

Inside the I-285 perimeter at Bouldercrest Road, a quiet, tree-lined street belies a beehive of film industry activity at Blackhall Studios. Arguably the jewel in DeKalb County’s crown, the operation that opened in 2017 sprawls across 165 acres. Its nine…