San Marco Library, Balis Community Center Saved
As of Thursday, Aug. 29, City Council voted to restore the San Marco Library and Balis Community Center to their department budgets. In an email sent out from the San Marco Preservation Society, Reese Riggle, president, said, “Heartfelt thanks to all of you who took time and thought to compose letters to city council. Your […]
Looking for her forever home
Gracie looking for forever home Fairfax/Ortega residents take in abandoned stray temporarily Late in July, a medium size female dog, appearing to be of a boxer-terrier mix or a lab-terrier mix, was found after seeing dumped behind an office building on Lakeside Drive (at the end of Euclid). After a frustrating month of trying to […]
Urgent: San Marco cornerstones on chopping block
The Balis Community Center and the San Marco Library are cornerstones of San Marco, but both are on the chopping block. The community center is targeted for elimination Thursday, Aug.15 in the Finance Committee meeting. The center was built in 2003 with $1 million of private money in a Public/Private Partnership, but the City of […]
Jacobson named Fellow at Kent State’s Reynolds HSJ Institute
San Marco resident Anna Jacobson, an active Bolles club sponsor and journalism teacher, was one of 34 journalism teachers from 21 states attending the 2013 Reynolds High School Journalism Institute at Kent State University in Ohio this summer. The institutes are intensive, two-week journalism training programs for secondary school teachers. They are hosted by five […]
Kids & Pros Camp a success for local athletes and mentors
By Lara Patangan Resident Community News Last month 165 kids from different backgrounds came together for a football camp that teaches children as much about the fundamentals of life as it does the sport. Kids & Pros Camp held at the Shipyards property downtown was started by former Atlanta Falcons players Bobby Butler and Buddy […]
Fourth of July fun in Old Ortega
Cortez Park in Old Ortega was the place to be on a hot, sunny Fourth of July morning. From the littlest to the oldest, residents paraded around the park on bicycles and golf carts, in strollers and wheelchairs, and on foot, some with dogs on leashes.
Cummer invites children to create own car designs
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens hosted an afternoon of art for students ages 7 to 13. Six children had the undivided attention of artist Michael Viafora, who guided the students in creating car designs using watercolor, tempera paint and colored pencils.
Bolles teacher goes back to school
Mark Hoey, a longtime Bolles mathematics teacher and golf/lacrosse coach, went to summer school at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. He took an innovative course called “The Future of Learning,” a three-day class that explored a wide range of topics, including how “societal changes and technological advancements in the early 21st century affect educational practice […]
