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		<title>CSD Hosts Class to Help Parents Keep Kids Safe Online</title>
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Heather writes in with details about an April 1st &#8220;Internet Safety Event&#8221; at Decatur High School&#8230;
Decatur High School Theater, Thursday, April 1st, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,  Free childcare- registration info below!
The City Schools of Decatur, in partnership with the Decatur Children and Youth Services, invite all parents and community members to attend a program entitled &#8220;Internet Safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feather Baby Moving Into Whit&#8217;s End Space on West Ponce</title>
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Brown paper has been up in the windows of the old Whit&#8217;s End space &#8211; between Twist &#38; Scoot and Fleet Feet &#8211; for weeks, but only very recently did these signs appear.
Feather Baby&#8217;s organic, layette collection is sold in stores nationwide, but this is the company&#8217;s first store, according to its website.  The store [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free-For-All Friday 3/19/10</title>
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Use this post to discuss issues and ask questions about local topics not mentioned on Decatur Metro in the past week.
Comments close on Monday.
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		<link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/19/free-for-all-friday-31910/</link>
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		<title>New 5th Avenue Site Plans Now Online</title>
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Old Fifth Avenue Site Plan

New Fifth Avenue Site Plan

The new site plans for the Fifth Avenue 4/5 Academy are now online!
The old and new site plans are above.  You can either click the pic itself for a larger image view, or you can go straight to the PDF, which allows for really obsessive zooming.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/18/new-5th-avenue-site-plans-now-online/</link>
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		<title>Emory Roundabout Construction May Begin in May</title>
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Speaking of roundabouts!   An Emory Village update via the Clairmont Heights Civic Association&#8230;
Roundabout Update :
DeKalb County&#8217;s new roundabout and streetscape project in Emory Village is on the near horizon. A contractor has been selected and following the final Georgia Department of Transportation approvals, the roadwork will begin as soon as this May. Check back with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/18/emory-roundabout-construction-may-begin-in-may/</link>
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		<title>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in Decatur: 1945</title>
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Want to see a St. Patrick&#8217;s Parade marching down Ponce, from Clairemont towards Church Street, circa 1945?  Next Stop&#8230;Decatur&#8217;s got the goods! (courtesy of the DeKalb History Center)
Make sure to check out the streetscape&#8230;DeKalb Theatre, Woolworths, etc&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/18/st-patricks-day-in-decatur-1954/</link>
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		<title>Pedicab Profiled</title>
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Creative Loafing&#8217;s red fox of journalism, Thomas Wheatley, profiles Decatur&#8217;s Mike Gerke of Easy Living Pedicabs in its latest issue.
Here&#8217;s a sample question&#8230;
Red Fox: What was it about Decatur in particular?
Gerke: One of our criteria was it had to be bike friendly, had to be year-round bike climate, and had to have the infrastructure that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/18/pedicab-profiled/</link>
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		<title>Should CSD Raise the Millage Rate Instead of Furlough Teachers?</title>
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An AJC article from late yesterday &#8211; recaping the Decatur School Board budget meeting on Tuesday &#8211; quotes one Decatur resident upset that the Board isn&#8217;t considering raising the millage rate (read: raising taxes) instead of furloughing teachers for three days in the coming school year.  In a comment last night, Karass agreed.
I&#8217;d like to [...]]]></description>
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