Weather Forecast
east metro people
Event for Stogner benefits Leadership DeKalb
Richard Stogner, who was executive assistant under CEO Vernon Jones, was honored by elected officials and community leaders recently at a Leadership DeKalb’s Toast & Tales event. At the May...
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Maggie Woods (left) was the first black person to serve on Lithonia s City Council. Her daughter Barbara Lester (right) also served on the council once. Matriach celebrated by county
Maggie Woods, the first African-American elected to the Lithonia City Council, was honored by DeKalb County at the June 9 DeKalb Board of Commissioners meeting. DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis and com...
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Ellis to receive Champion award from Women’s Resource Center
DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will be named the 2009 Champion for Change at the May 7 Champions for Change luncheon at Twelve Hotel and Residence in Atlantic Station in Atlanta. Ellis will be...
10 months ago | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Best of East Metro - Winners List
Here are the winners of the 2009 Best of East Metro Readers Choice Awards, sponsored by CrossRoadsNews.
10 months ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Congressman voted East Metro's Citizen of the Year
10 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Fourth District Congressman Hank Johnson is a busy man. If he isn’t on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. fighting for the interest of his constituents in DeKalb, Gwinnett and Rockdale counties, h...
Former state representative still popular with residents
10 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Former state Rep. Stan Watson may no longer be in the Georgia House but he is still on the minds of East Metro residents. They voted him Best State Representative, Most Beloved Politician and Loca...
Residents say Johnson is Best County Commissioner
10 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
If it seems like DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson is everywhere, its because he is. Johnson, who represents Commission District 3 stays busy working in his district which has some of the county’...
Best School Board Member
10 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Eugene Walker -- Gene, as everyone calls him -- has only been on the DeKalb School Board for four months, but he has made enough of a mark for residents to vote him Best School Board Member in Cro...
Most Beloved Public official
10 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Mr. Nice Guy. That’s who Sheriff Thomas Brown is to many East Metro residents, which explains their overwhelming vote for him as the Most Loved Public Offical. In his nine years as sheriff, there...