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Patch Staff Report The local organization, North Atlanta Parents for Public Schools , is looking for committed parents in its school cluster willing to serve on its board and/or sub-committees.

Fado is right in the heart of buckhead. I have spent some of my most favorite St. Patrick's Day's here.

USA Today has published a listicle of the "10 Best Foodie Restaurants in Atlanta" that is, well, a little bizarre.

"Art to me is the ability to transcend the physical world with the thoughts and dreams that you have on a daily basis."

Atlanta police say armed men robbed a Cheshire Bridge Road convenience store early Tuesday morning.

First Slice 3/11/14: Georgia's DOC accused of giving former lethal injection doctor special treatment in property deal Questions are being raised over whether Dr. Carlo Musso, a former lethal injection doctor for the Georgia Department of Corrections, received special treatment in purchasing a 700-bed prison for half of its estimated value.

In partnership with Disney's THE LION KING and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta, four iconic masks and a puppet from the world famous Broadway musical will soon be on display for Atlanta fans to enjoy.

SubmittedAdam Hipps stands with his son Peyton. If Adam can raise $10,000 for childhood cancer research by this weekend, he will shave his beard off.... When you stop to think about it, there are many terrible diseases in this world that cut too many people's lives short; however, the ones that are often thought to be the most dreadful are the ones ... (more)

The small, ramshackle house on Roswell Road, roughly one mile east of the Big Chicken, is known around the world for some of the region's best jam sessions.

Atlanta police are investigating the shooting death of man in Peoplestown on Sunday night.

Neighborhoods in southwest Atlanta and South Fulton are left plagued by horrific violent crime - often committed by the communities' own jobless, hopeless kids - while city leaders focus on fancy downtown stadiums and streetcars.

City taxpayers might no longer have to foot the tab for Underground Atlanta, the Downtown retail strip and tourist attraction that annually costs the city around $8 million to keep a-hummin', should City Hall decide to buy out the lease - and potentially sell the 12-acre site.

Beep Beep Gallery 's latest group show, The Brightness , studies the relationship between light and color, curated by artist Lucha Rodriguez and with works from Jonny Warren, Bo-ra Choi, and Allen Taylor.

Mains include meatloaf, chicken pot pie, pork chop and fried chicken, but no visit to the south would be complete without ordering a veggie plate and Greenwood's is the place to do it.

Commercial real estate development and investment firm KDC reports it has expanded its operations here with the hiring of industry veterans Jim George and Robert Maddux .

St. Patrick's Day is upon us. Many of you will get incredibly drunk even though you are not Irish and you will be hurting the next day.

Police in Rockdale County are searching for armed robbers who busted into a pharmaceutical company, tied up workers and made off with thousands of pills.

A man and a woman were killed in a double shooting early Sunday morning in southeast Atlanta.

Lawns in north Georgia counties covered in warm-season grasses like centipede or St. Augustine will likely show signs of cold damage this spring as a result of the recent snow and ice storms, says University of Georgia Extension turfgrass specialist Clint Waltz.

A group of Atlanta entrepreneurs, economic development officials and others are at the annual technology and entertainment festival South by Southwest Interactive to market the region as a startup and mobile media hub.