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Two dead in greenway plane crash By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — At least two people are dead, following a single-engine aircraft wreck in Alpharetta Oct. 31. Police say the plane crashed at about 1 p.m., north of Kimball Bridge Road in a heavily wooded section of the Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta. According to Alpharetta Police Sgt. David Freeman, flight plans show the flight was in route to DeKalb-Peachtree
Airport when it wrecked and was carrying at least two people, and no survivors have been found. But at this point, Freeman said they do not know the exact number of passengers aboard the aircraft when it crashed. Freeman told Appen Media the agency has no information on the airplane’s model or registration. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports it was a BE58. Appen Media located flight information for a BE58 aircraft that stopped transmit-
ting data today around 1200 feet above the Big Creek Greenway. It had departed from Jekyll Island Airport earlier in the day. Its last known flight was from DeKalbPeachtree Airport on Friday, Oct. 28. At about 5 p.m. on Oct. 31, Freeman said that there would be no further updates until the NTSB has arrived on scene at 8 a.m. on Nov. 1 to investigate the crash. The Big Creek Greenway will remain closed until further notice, and local residents are being asked to stay clear of the area where the crash occurred.
Roswell Ghost Tour connects haunts, history
See HAUNT, Page 38
Alpharetta staff scraps scramble after one year By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Under the bandstand in Roswell’s town square, more than 20 people gathered for a 1-mile walking tour Oct. 25 to glimpse into the area’s history, its many hauntings and to feel a little bit of rain, known to heighten paranormal phenomena. Going into its 24th year, the Roswell Ghost Tour takes place Friday and Saturday year-round and every night of the week during October, so long as six people are interested. The tour has seen regular outside investigators, like Shane
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Alpharetta officials have decided to remove the scramble signal at Milton Avenue and Canton Street.
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Kevin Baker, a Roswell Ghost Tour guide, stands on Bulloch Hall’s front porch Oct. 25. Baker held an old newspaper article written about the death of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother, Mittie Roosevelt, who lived in Bulloch Hall.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — One year after installing a diagonal all-way “scramble” crosswalk at a busy downtown intersection, Alpharetta has decided to return to a traditional signal system. The scramble signal system, installed at Milton Avenue and Canton Street in August 2021, stops vehicles in all directions, allowing pedestrians to cross in any direction. It was proposed as a means to increase pedestrian safety in the downtown. However, city officials believe the scramble has instead sacrificed traffic safety on Main Street, one block west, for the convenience of local pedestri-
See SCRAMBLE, Page 42
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