Rus forwards this message about Sage from Barb Rowland off the Artisan’s Yahoo Group…

Roy is leaving the business.  The owner has given the employees who want to stay and Wayne the Chef 3 months to see if they can make it work and possibly have partnership [to] keep it open. But Roy’s last day is this Saturday. You may want to stop by and wish Roy well and help support the new management in the future. Barb

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Andisheh did a little leg work for us Decaturites…

I just got off the phone with Decatur Police Captain Hipple.

The duo responsible for the ruckus at Kaleidoscope and Sawicki’s on Saturday have not been arrested.

Hipple also made an important point that bears repeating – although Decatur Police are taking the incident very seriously and are working to catch the suspects, what happened Saturday was not a robbery.

The suspects are alleged to have grabbed a cash box and accessed restricted areas of the shops. That’s theft, and possibly burglary (for going into a restricted area), he says, but not robbery.

Good thing I termed them “theives” in the previous post!  Wouldn’t want to upset any thugs!

Carl makes this easy for me…

I purchased [a Bulldog card] from Whit’s End.  This is a win-win for everyone, supporting the school band and at the same time making it more affordable to patronize local restaurants.  Unlike many other coupons, none of these deals require the user to dine-in!  Bulldog Cards offer deals at 11 area restaurants; and the entire $10 cost supports the Decatur High School Band. Use the deals as often as you like; they are valid through May 2010!

See the list of great deals at 11 Decatur area restaurants after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

The back and forth annexation discussion between Decatur and Avondale – which I’ve been terming an “annexation throwdown” for ages in an attempt at self-amusement – continues.

Ever concerned about Decatur’s annexation plans along E College (NOT Ponce de Leon AJC!…oy vey!), Avondale Estates’ mayor tells the AJC that if Decatur annexes along the corridor, Avondale must also.  The gentlemen’s agreement would be to meet at Sam’s Crossing.

Of course, lots of the business owners along that strip don’t want any part of either city, unable to look past the tax increase to other benefits.  But majority commercial annexations don’t need to be voted on by those affected, so all these businesses can do is alert their local legislator of their position.

I have a feeling that this might be the one area that Decatur’s city commission is concerned about annexing now.  If left in the hands o’ the county, it could soon be Avondale all the way up to the current eastern Decatur line.