Doraville News

DeKalb County officials Sunday said it might be midday or later before water service can be restored to the northern and central parts of the county.

A DeKalb County Watershed plant has been struck by lightning causing several water outages.

Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Douglas Sams Staff Writer General Motors Corp. officials said the automaker has received at least 1,000 inquiries, including interest from international firms, about redeveloping ...

General Motors officials announced Thursday they will accept bids for their closing Doraville assembly plant through July 12 and expect to announce a decision on a sale by October or November.

Herb Green has seen eight decades of good times and bad times for his beloved Democratic Party in Gwinnett County.

For decades, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard between Buckhead and Doraville was a stretch of highway marked by small manufacturing plants, warehouses and car dealerships -- hardly the picture of city living.

Q: I'm hoping you can help me find Rotel Chili Fixin's. My husband and I love anything with Rotel in it, but the chili starter is very good and very easy to use.

General Motors' Doraville assembly plant, set to close at the end of September, is for sale.

“Who's a gang, who's not a gang? Is a baseball team a gang?”

The case of a young man killed outside a busy DeKalb County movie theater may give the Georgia Supreme Court its first chance to rule on the constitutionality of a new anti-gang law. via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“It was a trip getting my 38-foot labyrinth through customs”

John Rhodes calls his class "Labyrinths for Dummies." We'll just call this event "everything you need to know about labyrinths." Harmony Grove UMC, 50 Harmony Grove Road in Lilburn, hosts its second annual ... via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

AT RIGHT: Joffrey's Coffee & Tea Company, a new spot for java jive. Photo: Amrish Patel Americans are as into coffee shops now as the French were in the 1800s. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

TACO TIME: A few of the offerings at Supermarket Chicago Buford Highway can be a daunting place to dine if you don't habla espanol. via Atlanta.creativeloafing.com

Heather Lyn Johnston and Ashley Nicole Miller, dancers at Shooter Alley, a Doraville strip club on Buford Highway, complain they don't want go work and joke maybe they should rob a bank. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An overnight house fire in Doraville claims the life of a middle-aged man. Gwinnett Fire Lt. via WSB-AM Atlanta

“I think we need to come together and the bigots need to go.”

December 5th, 2007 by Buzz Brockway I received word that Billy Maddox defeated Jim Fletcher 56-44% in State House 172. via Peach Pundit

Nine cities in the Atlanta region have some unfinished business Tuesday. They have some city council and mayoral seats to fill because no candidate garnered enough votes Nov. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Voters in Doraville will go back to the polls one more time Tuesday to settle runoffs for mayor and one council seat. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

As with any political contest, DeKalb County's recent elections left a wake of winners explaining how they did it, and a raft of losers wondering what happened. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

FROZEN IN TIME: Kiwi fruit ice dessert at Caf 101 info Caf 101 3 stars . 5412 Buford Highway, Doraville. via Atlanta.creativeloafing.com

Incumbents fared poorly, with Mayor Jerry McCumber and commissioner Andy LaRocco ousted by political newbies. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution