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Roswell, Milton residents decry bigoted leaflets left in driveways By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com
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Debris blocks the entrance to an unauthorized trail at Vickery Creek after a woman hiking the path fell to her death April 18.
Woman falls to her death walking unauthorized trail By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is pushing for greater trail safety after a Sandy Springs woman fell 20 feet to her death April 18 walking an unauthorized trail at Vickery Creek.
Patricia Swartz, 46, was walking with her two dogs when she went down a popular “social trail” along Vickery Creek, then fell and hit her head. The unauthorized path is not one of the marked trails at Vickery Creek, and it has many narrow ledges, according to officials at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
“The topography is so steep you’re essentially walking along a cliff,” said Beth Wheeler, chief of Planning, Resources and Education. The Roswell Fire Department responded to the emergency call, but the incident falls under national park
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ROSWELL, Ga. — Metro Atlanta residents and officials are speaking out against a series of antisemitic and racist fliers spread across driveways in Roswell and Milton in May, mere months after similar leaflets were found in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. Roswell resident Andrea Ferrard, who lives in the Edenwilde neighborhood off Etris Road, said May 28 was an average Sunday morning. She got an early start to let her dog out and grab the newspaper when she saw a flier in her driveway, tucked into a plastic bag of corn kernels. The paper announced antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories. Ferrard said she was saddened to see the message spread in her neighborhood, particularly as a resident who grew up in Roswell and Dunwoody. “I came back home to be in Roswell because it’s a great place to raise kids, I’ve been here over 20 years and never seen anything like this,” Ferrard said. The resident had security cameras outside her home, but they caught no footage of people dropping the bags. Ferrard filed an online report with the Roswell Police Department in hopes they could investigate further. Ferrard also reached out to City Councilwoman Sarah Beeson, who
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