The City of Decatur’s Linda Harris informs us that only two Decatur residents, Greg Coleson and Scott Drake, have qualified for Bill Floyd’s vacated District 1 City Commission seat.

The special election will take place on March 19th.

West Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Gwyneth)

The City’s Linda Harris sends along this announcement detailing Spring Electronics Recycling Day on Saturday, March 2, 9 am-1 pm.

Bring your old cell phones, cameras, PC components, and other outdated electronic equipment for recycling. Almost anything with an electrical cord can be recycled except microwave ovens. Electronics dropped off will be sorted and broken down into raw materials for reuse. You can also drop off batteries of any type, mercury thermometers and thermostats. Drop off your old electronics between 9 am and 1 pm. Early drop-offs are not possible. There is a $10 fee for recycling TVs (exact change required). There is no charge to recycle other items. For information and last-minute updates, email or call Recycle these items at no charge:

Adding machines Answering machines Batteries, any kind Cable converter boxes Cables Calculators Component parts Copiers Desktop computers Digital cameras Digital projectors DVD players Electric lawn mowers Fax machines Garden equipment GPS receivers Hubs Game controllers Keyboards Label makers Laptop computers Main frames Mice Mini-towers Monitors Pagers PDAs Portable CD players Portable game players Printer cartridges Printers Radios Remote controls Routers Scanners Servers Speakers Stereo equipment Telephones Telephony equipment 3-in-1 devices Typewriters UPS units VCRs Workstations Zip drives

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