http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/28/oxendine-build-an-interstate-through-east-atlanta-lets-talk/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/28/oxendine-build-an-interstate-through-east-atlanta-lets-talk/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:56:53 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24369 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/28/oxendine-build-an-interstate-through-east-atlanta-lets-talk/feed/ 13 Gubernatorial hopeful wants to build a 'parallel downtown connector' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/16/kevin-johnson-joins-house-district-58-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/16/kevin-johnson-joins-house-district-58-race/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:42:35 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20976 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/16/kevin-johnson-joins-house-district-58-race/feed/ 4 Community organizer and business owner throws name in race to fill vacated seat http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/leftists-vs-foreclosures-a-gathering/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/leftists-vs-foreclosures-a-gathering/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:48:16 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17912 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/leftists-vs-foreclosures-a-gathering/feed/ 0 "Fighting Foreclosures: A Call to Action" is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Iconium Baptist Church in East Atlanta. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/25/judge-face-east-atlanta-critics/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/25/judge-face-east-atlanta-critics/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:46:35 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15859 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/25/judge-face-east-atlanta-critics/feed/ 4 Two Fulton County Superior Court judges met with resident concerned about crime to discuss their sentencing philosophy when it comes to serial burglars. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/14/another-atlanta-burglary-caught-on-tape/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/14/another-atlanta-burglary-caught-on-tape/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:21:25 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9170 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/14/another-atlanta-burglary-caught-on-tape/feed/ 1 Burglars, beware. Big Brother — or at least a fancy surveillance system — is watching. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/east-atlanta-kidnappers-sentenced/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/east-atlanta-kidnappers-sentenced/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:28:56 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/east-atlanta-kidnappers-sentenced/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/east-atlanta-kidnappers-sentenced/feed/ 0 The five four men who abducted two lawyers leaving an East Atlanta bar last year were given prison sentences ranging from 15 to 22 years, AJC.com reports. The incident garnered national attention and came in the midst of a perceived spate of crime. (Weirdly, all four of the kidnappers are named Christopher. Thanks to Pecanne Log for [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/11/echo-lounge-space-to-reopen-as-music-venue/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/11/echo-lounge-space-to-reopen-as-music-venue/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:10:29 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/11/echo-lounge-space-to-reopen-as-music-venue/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/11/echo-lounge-space-to-reopen-as-music-venue/feed/ 2 Empty and silent for more than three years, the former Echo Lounge has lately served as a sad reminder of the apparent downturn of an Atlanta live-music scene suffering the loss of several notable venues. But that may soon change when it reopens as East Atlanta Icehouse, a nightclub and restaurant that promises a wide [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:01:07 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/21/the-tornado-hit-east-atlanta-hard/feed/ 7 Several residents of East Atlanta have expressed annoyance and outrage at what they perceive to be the local media’s failure to adequately highlight tornado damage in their neighborhood. Some of that annoyance has been directed at us. East Atlanta was hit hard by the tornado. Based on the concentration of downed trees and power lines, the tornado [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/spacemax-offers-free-storage-to-atlanta-tornado-victims/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/spacemax-offers-free-storage-to-atlanta-tornado-victims/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:22:10 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/spacemax-offers-free-storage-to-atlanta-tornado-victims/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/spacemax-offers-free-storage-to-atlanta-tornado-victims/feed/ 0 SpaceMax, an Atlanta public storage company with two locations, is offering four months of free storage to people in metro Atlanta whose homes were seriously damaged during last week’s storms. John Rinehart, an assistant manager at the company’s Zonolite Road location, says he was moved to initiate the offer after seeing the extensive tornado damage in [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/13/east-atlanta-ormewood-areas-may-get-new-park-more-mixed-use-in-future/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/13/east-atlanta-ormewood-areas-may-get-new-park-more-mixed-use-in-future/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:44:25 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/13/east-atlanta-ormewood-areas-may-get-new-park-more-mixed-use-in-future/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/13/east-atlanta-ormewood-areas-may-get-new-park-more-mixed-use-in-future/feed/ 0 If you live around South Moreland Avenue and want to have a say in how the area between I-20 and Constitution Road may look in the future, be sure to attend a public meeting with members of the City of Atlanta’s Bureau of Planning on March 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mt. 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