On Jan. 2, the city of Atlanta began shutting off water for as many as 27,000 customers with delinquent, unpaid bills. The customers affected will range from single-family residences to commercial locations. The controversial move is the first instance in 12 years where the city has shut off services due to nonpayment. If you are […]
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City Residents Praise New Expanded Sunday Hours for Packaged Alcohol Sales
Wine lover Kristy Gomez was elated when she learned that Atlanta is expanding the hours licensed stores can sell packaged alcohol on Sunday. The change adds two more hours to the current 11-hour window when Sunday restrictions on alcohol sales are lifted. This means sales can occur from 11 a.m. to midnight on Sundays instead […]
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What Black Pride Organizers Are Doing to Address Monkeypox
Before the pandemic, Amber Moore remembers over 40,000 people coming to town every Labor Day weekend for Atlanta Black Pride. Moore, the chief operating officer of Atlanta Black Pride Inc., and other event organizers are now facing a new challenge: the state’s monkeypox outbreak. Nearly 80% of cases in the state are Black men who […]