Vinings News

The Vinings Historic Preservation Societ y would like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving holiday.

As CEO of a company "with eleven unique restaurants here in Atlanta, where do you go to eat when you've had enough of your own," is the ball I recently pitched to Bob Amick, of Concentrics Restaurants.

December 2009 Event: Holiday Social Join Us for Our Annual Holiday Social Gathering Thursday, December 10, 2009 6pm - 8pm Social Vinings 3621 Vinings Slope Drive Suite 4110 Atlanta, Ga 30339 $25 members, $35 non-members Includes one drink and light appetizers for a merry mingle.

It arrived like any other hamburger of its type, crowding the plate, oozing melted cheddar cheese from which lengths of crispy bacon jutted.

Light rain continued falling across metro Atlanta Wednesday morning as creeks and rivers climbed towards the tops of their banks.

People who live along the Chattahoochee River in Vinings had quite a scare Wednesday morning.

As night fell Wednesday, Joyce Prince and her son Ben were still sweeping mud from the yard of their Paces Ferry Drive home.

A man being chased by Cobb County police was killed early Thursday when the stolen car he was driving wrecked near the Chattahoochee River.

Early Thursday, a vehicle being pursued by a Cobb County police officer, left the roadway and slammed into a tree on Paces Ferry Road, killing the driver.

Heavy rain overnight caused several metro Atlanta area creeks to flood. Forecasters on Wednesday reported "moderate" flooding along the Chattahoochee River near Vinings and along Nancy Creek near West Wesley Road.

A white house in Vinings sits on a raised foundation next to a lower house. Several homes in the Cochise Drive area have either been A picked upA or torn down and rebuilt with the first floor of living space higher than the expected flood line.

People on Cochise Drive in Vinings go to great lengths - and great heights - to live in their riverfront neighborhood.

In response to a public outcry by frustrated flood victims, Cobb County government has begun posting online the status for rebuilding individual properties.

Joe Rich was trapped at his Paces Manor house with no way out, except a boat. He has been ferrying various things back and forth and is surprised he still has power.

You may want to allow yourself extra time to get to work Wednesday morning. And grab an umbrella.

John Knox takes his kayak back to his house on Paces Ferry Drive as he ferried supplies to and from his house which is 5 feet underwater in Vinings, Ga.

John Knox takes his kayak back to his house on Paces Ferry Drive as he ferried supplies to and from his house which is 5 feet underwater in Vinings, Ga.

John Knox takes his kayak back to his house on Paces Ferry Drive as he ferried supplies to and from his house which is 5 feet underwater in Vinings, Ga.

Some people who live along the Chattahoochee River in Vinings took to boats Tuesday to get a look at the damage caused by the historic Georgia floods and to salvage what they could.

The death toll from flooding in Georgia rose to seven Tuesday after a young boy died trying to reach a vehicle, Gov.