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Dunwoody celebrates expansion of bike trail By LYDIA MAGALLANES newsroom@appenmedia.com
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Sarv Dharavane, a sixth grader at Peachtree Middle School, is presented the championship trophy from Lisa Morgan, president of the Georgia Association of Educators, after winning the state spelling bee for the third year in a row.
Dunwoody student wins state spelling bee for third time
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody City Councilmember Joe Seconder and a group of his neighbors met at Brook Run Park on March 29 for a community ride to Piccola Pizza celebrating a new portion of bike path. The addition is a 300-foot paved, double-wide sidewalk connecting two deadend cul-de-sac neighborhoods at Eidson Road and Cherry Hill Lane. The expansion is part of the Dunwoody Bicycle Network, which consists of shareduse paths, cycle tracks, bike lanes and routes to connect parks, neighborhoods, schools and businesses.
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Andres Lopez-Delgado and his family have been living in North Dunwoody since 2020 and are trying to bike more to reduce their reliance on cars.
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‘Night Swim’ artists talk slated for Spruill Gallery
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Peachtree Middle School student Sarv Dharavane bested 19 others to win the Georgia State Spelling Bee for the third straight year after a g-r-u-e-l-in-g 350 words and 23 rounds of competition. Sarv, 12, a sixth grader at Peachtree Middle, won the Georgia Association of Educators 65th Annual State Spelling Bee on March 20. The competition was held at Georgia State University. He, along with runner-up, Sreeya Lakkimsetti, 13, a seventh grader from Stallings Middle in Columbia County, will represent Georgia in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championships May 24-29 in Washington, D.C. Last year, after taking the state title, Sarv finished third in the national spelling bee.
DUNWOODY, Ga. — The public is invited to Spruill Gallery on April 19 to meet and hear from artists Hannah Ehrlich and Thomas Flynn II, whose work is featured in the “Night Swim” exhibition. The free artist talk will be from 2-3 p.m. The gallery is at 4681 Ashford-Dunwoody Road. “Night Swim” explores cycles of growth and decay through the artists’ memories and perceptions of personal history. Flynn uses a color palette
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inspired by his chronic aura migraines to create multilayered sculptural paintings influenced by the forest, which serves as a metaphor for self-perception. Ehrlich’s textile work examines memory and fear of loss. Her organic forms are built and then preserved under acrylic and latex paint, symbolizing a fossilization of thoughts and emotions experienced during the creative process.
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