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Wire & Wood songwriters fill downtown By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The ninth annual Wire & Wood music festival took over downtown Alpharetta Oct. 7-8 with more than 50 performances on stages and at businesses scattered throughout the area. The festival was inspired by the 30A Songwriters Festival in Seaside, Florida, and Tin Pan South in Nashville, said Hilary Lew, Alpharetta Special Events Supervisor. Wire & Wood is intended to raise awareness about the importance of music and stands as a city initiative to bring more music to the community, and in a storytelling format. The two-day festival showcases local and regional performers who write and perform original work. There were over 50 performances from 33 bands across six stages and 18 hyperlocal Music Match performers at downtown businesses, Lew said. Over the weekend, 15,000 people attended the festival, she said. Saturday evening, Catfish and the Bottom performed
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Cody Matlock, a soul, funk and R&B singer-songwriter/guitarist based in Atlanta, performs on the Town Green Stage Oct. 8 at the ninth annual Wire & Wood music festival.
City hands judge probe to state
Maps suggest changes to school zones
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By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A report into accusations made against retired Alpharetta Municipal Judge Barry Zimmerman has been referred to state authorities for further investigation. Zimmerman stepped down from his post in June amid accusations of “improper involvement” in local cases.
Alpharetta City Administrator Chris Lagerbloom forwarded to the City Council Oct. 3 a four-page redacted report on the allegations from Gwinnett County ZIMMERMAN Superior Court Judge Randolph G. Rich to the Georgia Bu-
See JUDGE, Page 12
ATLANTA — Parents who thought the redistricting of school enrollment zones would result in minor adjustments for area schools were in for a surprise when draft maps were revealed last week. Community expectations at the Oct. 3 redistricting meeting were focused on adjusting enrollment imbalances in the
Windward-area elementary schools in Alpharetta and filling the new Crabapple Middle School in Roswell. What they saw were three draft maps with changes to attendance and feeder alignments affecting nearly every school in North Fulton, from elementary to high schools. “I think there is chaos being rep-
See SCHOOLS, Page 18