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Rites of Spring in Georgia: Youth Birding Competition, Georgia Bird Fest
By David Pendered Registration is open for two major birding events. One serves young fans of birds and the other targets armchair ornithologists. The first event is the Georgia Youth Birding...
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Florida’s Panhandle: Woes involve fire, hurricane, oysters, oil spill; plus...
By David Pendered BAYOU GEORGE, Fla. — The environmental calamities continue in Florida’s Panhandle, where trees downed by Hurricane Michael in 2018 finally caught fire this month and burned across...
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Intrenchment Creek Park land swap hinges on new law making it easier to sue...
By David Pendered Environmental advocates have won an early victory in their effort to block a swap in which DeKalb County would trade land in Intrenchment Creek Park for land owned by a movie studio,...
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Atlanta expands tax breaks for residential projects from blighted areas to...
By David Pendered The Atlanta City Council has approved legislation to provide tax breaks to build or preserve workforce housing anywhere in the city, specifically in high-demand areas, rather than...
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Atlanta seeks to make bike lanes safer, promote policies for walking, cycling
By David Pendered Atlanta’s bicycling community got a triple jolt of support Monday from the Atlanta City Council. For starters, the council took a step to improve the safety of cyclists riding in...
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Georgia oysters: Commercial farms may face opposition
Editor’s Note: Coming Tuesday — ‘Big hopes hang in balance of commercially farmed oysters‘ By David Pendered DAVIS, N.C. — The establishment of commercial oyster farms such as those that dot the...
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Georgia oysters: Big hopes hang in balance of commercially farmed oysters
Editor’s note: Monday in SaportaReport — ‘Commercial farms may face opposition‘ By David Pendered Georgia’s fledgling oyster industry is being propelled by a group of public and private interests that...
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Tensions eased between MARTA, ATL City Council over Campbellton Road transit
By David Pendered MARTA and members of the Atlanta City Council in comments Wednesday lowered tensions that have developed over the planned expansion of transit service along the Campbellton Road...
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Atlanta’s unfunded pension liabilities could hamper police hiring
By David Pendered Atlanta’s unfunded pension liability of $374 million for police officers, and the cost of mandatory participation in the city benefits package, could impact Atlanta’s efforts to...
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Thank you, and farewell
By David Pendered Something feels right in my departure from SaportaReport coinciding with the return of a Swedish musician to a stage near metro Atlanta. Sofia Talvik performed April 2 at The REP, in...
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