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By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A yearlong housing freeze began to thaw April 2 as officials presented new regulations that aim to ease the pains of rapid growth in Forsyth County.
At an April 2 meeting, commissioners unanimously approved releasing the Residential 1 zoning category from a restriction that prevented the consideration of
rezoning applications. They also considered changes to the Unified Development Code meant to better regulate growth.
The Residential 1 zoning is the first zoning category to be released from the housing pause, which was enacted in 2025 to give the county breathing room to update its development code.
meant to be temporary.
“The general public would like to have a moratorium forever,” Moore said.
By ZOE SEILER zoe@appenmedia.com
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers have passed a sweeping education bill that requires literacy coaches, mandates science of reading instruction and implements first-grade retention standards.
According to the Georgia Council on Literacy, more than 60 percent of third graders in Georgia do not read proficiently.
“Not only is it a huge issue for us to resolve from the workforce, it’s a huge issue for us to resolve from a dollar standpoint,” Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, said during the March 31 Senate floor session. “If only 29 percent of kids are reading on grade level, then that doesn’t work well for employers. It doesn’t work well for families, and it certainly doesn’t work well for schools.”
House Bill 1193, known as the Georgia Early Literacy Act, requires literacy coaches to be in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms. The state will fund one literacy coach per public school. It also creates regional literacy coaches. There will be 1,313 literacy coaches across the state.
Despite concerns about rapid population growth and the resulting strain on roadways and services, Commissioner Mendy Moore said the freeze was always
Since 2010, Forsyth County has added about 105,000 residents, an increase of almost 66 percent. The county currently has a population of about 280,000 residents.
Numerous residents have voiced concern about the growth, asking commissioners to better manage it.
See HOUSING, Page 18
“We state that literacy coaches in each school shouldn’t be doing other things. They should spend no less than 70 percent of the school day in the classroom,” Tillery said. “We don’t want them to have other administrative duties.”
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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies investigated an alleged assault that stemmed from a disagreement over a lottery ticket March 27.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said a 68-year-old Cleveland, Ga., man reported he was attacked by his friend, a 33-year-old Dawsonville man, March 24.
The man said he recently won the lottery and paid the younger man $300 to drive him around for the night.
During the outing, the younger man purchased another lottery ticket, winning $1,000.
An argument ensued after the 68-year-old man asked his friend to repay him the $300 because of the winning ticket. After the request, the younger man allegedly assaulted the other man, who went to an emergency room for treatment.
The older man said he also could not find his winning lottery ticket after the alleged assault, leading him to suspect it was stolen.
The incident was classified as a felony aggravated battery. The sheriff’s report made no mention about an arrest or charge.
— Jon Wilcox
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 48-yearold Suwanee woman reported the theft of a $15,000 purse March 27.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the woman was expecting the purse to be delivered to her home. The
delivery company reported the package as delivered about noon.
The woman reported a second package she was expecting was delivered, but the package containing the handbag was never received.
The incident was classified as a felony theft by taking.
— Jon Wilcox
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police investigated a report of elder abuse and alleged financial misuse March 9.
Alpharetta police said a Florida law firm contacted the department, saying a caretaker made unauthorized purchases with their client’s credit card. The purchases allegedly totaled about $23,000.
The client, an 86-year-old man, is a Florida resident. The caretaker, whose employment ended in 2024, is a 37-year-old Alpharetta woman, police said.
The caretaker was given a credit card to use in the capacity of her job, but when her employment ended, she allegedly failed to return it.
The charges allegedly were made between June 2024 and April 2025.
The incident was classified as a felony abuse, neglect or exploitation of a disabled or elderly person case.
— Jon Wilcox
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police disposed of drugs and paraphernalia found in a fast food restaurant bathroom March 9.
Alpharetta police officers were dispatched to the North Point Court restaurant about 3 p.m.
A manager told officers he noticed a peculiar, smoky smell in the restroom after a man had used it.
Officers recovered a piece of foil with suspected crack cocaine or methamphetamine.
The foil and substance were collected and destroyed.
The incident was classified as an abandonment of dangerous drugs, poisons or controlled substances case.
— Jon Wilcox
ROSWELL, Ga. — While patrolling March 25, a Roswell police officer embarked on a vehicle pursuit that turned up 177 grams of marijuana in a backpack inside the car.
An officer observed four people exit a white sedan and get into a black Tesla before leaving a parking lot on Holcomb Bridge Road at a high speed. Upon pursuing the vehicle, the car tried to evade the officer. Using Flock cameras, Roswell police saw the vehicle enter East Roswell Park, and units soon arrived on scene.
Officers smelled marijuana upon approaching the vehicle which led to a probable cause search. In a backpack, police discovered bags of marijuana weighing various amounts, two vacuum sealed bags with a total of 143 grams inside, and empty bags labeled to contain marijuana.
The driver of the vehicle was also found to have a suspended license. One of the car’s occupants reportedly had a firearm in their waistband. The vehicle’s passengers were from the surrounding cities of Alpharetta, Sandy Springs and Dawsonville.
The driver, a 20-year-old Cumming man, was taken into custody. Police obtained five warrants that include possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies and driving while suspended.
— Hannah Yahne
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Three Horizon Christian Academy students were killed Monday in a fiery crash in Florida, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
An 18-year-old man from Alpharetta, a 17-year-old girl from Cumming and a 16-year-old girl from Cumming were killed in the crash. A 17-year-old girl from Alpharetta was seriously injured in the crash.
The school posted on social media that the four were students of the Cumming private institution, describing them as “amazing, kind, smart, and loved.”
“Please join us in lifting up these students’ families and their friends in prayer. We also ask for continued prayer for the student who remains in the hospital,” they said in a social media post.
The school’s chapel was open Monday for students and families to gather and they said that they
would share additional information.
“We pray that God’s presence would be deeply felt by these grieving families, and that His presence would bring comfort, peace, and hope even in the midst of unimaginable loss,” the school said.
The crash happened on State Road 65, just south of Brickyard Road in Franklin County.
Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle ran off a shoulder and collided with a tree, catching fire.
“Witnesses were able to remove the front right passenger before the vehicle became fully engulfed," a news release from the highway patrol said. "The driver and other passengers were still in the vehicle and pronounced deceased on scene."
The 17-year-old who survived was airlifted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Those involved in the crash have not been identified.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Tony Kozycki, a Navy combat veteran and attorney, is running for Georgia's 7th Congressional District, which represents North Fulton County. He will appear on the ballot during the May 19 Democratic primary.
The district also represents Dawson, Forsyth and Lumpkin counties, and portions of Hall and Cherokee counties. The other Democratic candidates are camera technician Case Norton, environmental health scientist Jayson Toweh and Larry Long, who is retired. The primary winner will face incumbent Republican Rep. Rich McCormick in November. McCormick does not have a primary challenger.
Kozycki was raised in LaGrange and spent a decade serving as a naval aviator, flying combat missions on three deployments, before becoming an attorney representing families across Georgia, according to a news release.
“Our country is going through a moment where too many people feel that our government is working against them, instead of for them,” Kozycki said. “In the military, we are trained to
focus on the mission and we need that in Washington - people willing to work across lines, solve problems, and move the country forward.”
Kozycki is focused on lowering the cost of living, restoring trust in government and ensuring immigration enforcement is carried out lawfully and humanely.
“Families across our district are doing everything right and still feel like they’re falling behind,” he said. “The success of our economy should be based on whether working families can actually get ahead.”
Kozycki says he thinks representatives should hear directly from the people.
“That’s why I’m announcing today a series of rolling town halls across the district to meet with voters and listen to their concerns and priorities,” he said. – Zoe Seiler
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MILTON, Ga. — Milton girls lacrosse hosted the Legacy Lacrosse Cup March 27 and 28, bringing two out-of-state teams to the north metro, Florida’s IMG Academy and Maryland’s Notre Dame Prep.
The first day of the tournament kicked off with the two visiting teams facing off for the first game of the day. IMG came out on top, 14-6. Afterward, Milton went up against Notre Dame Prep and mounted another second-half comeback to defeat Notre Dame 14-9.
The second day of the tournament started bright and early with Notre Dame playing their third game of the weekend, against Walton High of Marietta. Lax Numbers has Walton ranked No. 3 in Division 3A, below Lambert and West Forsyth.
Notre Dame got out to an 8-2 lead at the break before Walton turned up the heat with a six-goal streak that lasted until the first few minutes of the fourth quarter.
Walton head coach Joanna Kay said her team proved that not giving up would take them the distance.
“Today, we were resilient, and we
fought back, and we fought hard,” she said. “It was a great team effort.”
Raiders goalie Sutton Stannard posted an astonishing 19 saves against Notre Dame Prep. She attributed her success in the crease to her team’s defensive stronghold.
“We really wanted it and we really fought as a team,” she said. “We came together overall, and we’re super happy with [the comeback]. That really just showed us that we’re capable of playing as a unit.”
Walton wasn’t able to complete the comeback after Notre Dame fired back with a two-goal spurt in the final frame. Nearly seven minutes left on the clock wasn’t enough for the Raiders to find the back of the net twice to extend to overtime. The game ended 10-9 in favor of Notre Dame.
The Raiders will face off against Milton later this season after spring break. The April 14 matchup at the Nest will be highly anticipated by players who have previously played club lacrosse together with Eaglestix.
In the second game, Milton went against IMG and led wire to wire, culminating in a 12-6 Eagle victory.
See LACROSSE, Page 19
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Londyn McCord knew before she started elementary school that tennis was her calling.
Twelve years later, she has entered the International Tennis Federation’s World Tennis Junior Rankings Top 200.
Recovering from an elbow injury that came after a nine-month period of climbing nearly 800 spots into the top 300 of the rankings took as much mental work as physical.
McCord, 16, reflected on the injury period and what she gained from the experience.
“I learned that, number one, I’m not just tennis,” she said. “Tennis doesn’t define me, and there will be an after tennis. I need to find another hobby because I’m not going to be playing tennis seriously for my whole life.”
When she was ready to return to competition, the rankings had adjusted to her absence, and McCord fell out of the top 1,000 players.
But, she came back with a fire, jumping even more in the rankings in a fraction of the time. In eight weeks since returning, she has achieved a career-high ranking at No. 192 as of March 23. The streak has reaffirmed her Blue Chip 5-star status.
McCord described the process of ascending the rankings. She’s also No. 1 in Georgia.
“I would only check in with my mom maybe once a month or so, because I wasn’t really paying attention to the ranking,” she said. “I was just focused on my
development physically and mentally, and the results just came.”
The youngest of parents Terry and Trish’s three daughters and two sons, Londyn is ranked the No. 3 recruit in the Southeast region and the No. 10 recruit in the country.
Her oldest sister attends Troy University studying sports management and law, but she has been able to get away to take a few trips with Londyn to attend tennis matches or tournaments.
Londyn has attended online school via Institute for Champions & Leaders (ICL) Academy since sixth grade. Many of her online classmates are top performers in acting, dance or sports like tennis, golf, figure skating or volleyball.
Londyn attended Dunwoody Elementary School and Peachtree Middle before starting at ICL. The McCord family relocated to Dunwoody to be in the same neighborhood as Londyn’s former trainer, Fred Haynes.
Londyn’s four favorite tennis players are Roger Federer, Carlos Alcaraz, Serena Williams and Aryna Sabalenka. Being able to meet athletes like Sabalenka, Tiafoe and Coco Gauff has made Londyn realize her dream is closer than she thought.
Londyn reflected on earlier years, while she was in kindergarten watching Williams play on television.
“She is who I want to be,” Londyn recalled thinking to herself. “I want to make people feel like this when they see me play.”
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ATLANTA — Tucked in a shopping center on Waddell Street, plants are thriving and looking for their forever homes.
Lush Plant Co. moved from Oakhurst to a small space in Inman Park in 2023 and is now open for retail again. For a couple of years, owner Andrea Kidd offered in-home services and other support to plant owners, such as repotting.
“I was like, you know what, it’s time,” Kidd said. “I didn’t feel ready for a long time to do retail again, but something about the energy this year made me feel ready to do it.”
Lush Plant Co. opened in August 2020 and operated in collaboration with Kidd’s sister, Jennifer Martha. At the time, there weren’t any houseplant shops in Decatur, and the pair felt the city needed one of its own.
The sisters opened Lush Plant Co. at Scout in Oakhurst as a weekend pop-up, then moved into a larger space at the Solarium in 2021. Lush Plant Co. closed in 2023.
The Solarium leased the plant shop space during the COVID-19 pandemic, when events weren’t taking place. As activities ramped up, the Solarium needed more event space.
Kidd knew the Oakhurst location wasn’t a long-term solution.
After seeing a story in Decaturish, a property owner reached out to Kidd to offer her space, and she moved into 27 Waddell St. NE in December 2023. When Kidd first moved into the new store, she had an office in the back, and the front area was her hub for serving corporate clients, delivery clients and offering repotting services.
“I was not convinced that this space would work as a retail space because of the size. It’s so much smaller than what we used to have,” Kidd said.
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Kidd received a Beltline facade improvement grant. A mural will be installed on the storefront to help make the shop more inviting and identifiable. The artist will also add an awning above the door.
“But about two months ago, I had to redo the floors and I decided to convert my office in the back to additional retail. I’ve just hired a new employee … we’re trying the retail thing again.”
The store features many of the same plants customers have loved over the years, like Venus flytraps, pilea, string of pearls, pothos, airplants and more. The store continues to sell pots, soil and other plant accessories.
Before launching extended hours, the business opened for retail sales on Saturdays.
“That allowed us to see what it looks like when five people walk in here at once,” Kidd said. “It actually worked out fine.”
Lush Plant Co. is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. All plants get watered on Mondays, and Kidd receives deliveries on Tuesdays. There is a parking lot available for customers, as well
“That kind of kicked me in the tail and motivated me to see this could be more than it was before,” Kidd said.
Kidd strives to be a resource to plant lovers so people can learn about how they can add plants to their homes, different types of light, soil quality and how to care for plants.
“We’re just here to make people feel confident,” Kidd said. “My goal is for everyone to be able to check their plants once a week and then move on with their lives.”
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 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.
“I think visitors to Spruill Gallery will be moved by the way Hannah and Thomas’ works occupy the visual space while contributing to the commonalities of the human experience — growth, decay, loss and memory,” gallery Director Shannon Morris said.
Ehrlich has exhibited at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art and the Swan Coach House Gallery. Flynn has recently shown work at ArtFields and the Swan Coach House Gallery and presented a 50work solo exhibition, “To Catch the Sun Dreaming,” at Vaughn Gallery in Austin, Texas.
“Night Swim” will be on view through April 24. The gallery is open from noon-4 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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Thomas Flynn’s “We are not a rainbow; we are a prism’ is on display at Spruill Gallery as part of the ‘Night Swim’ exhibit.
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Women’s health needs evolve at every stage of life—from adolescence and family planning to pregnancy, midlife transitions and beyond. To better serve the North Fulton community, Wellstar has opened a new OB/GYN office, expanding access to comprehensive, personalized care supported by Wellstar’s extensive network of women’s health experts, including Dr. Brianne Anderson and Dr. Jordan Rush.
We provide a full spectrum of obstetric and gynecologic services for adolescents and adults, including preventive exams, reproductive and menstrual health support, fertility and pregnancy care, and treatment for conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome. Care is centered on prevention, early detection and shared decision-making, ensuring treatment plans reflect patients’ lifestyles, goals and overall health. That philosophy guides every interaction.
“Women deserve a physician who listens, who takes time to understand their goals and who partners with them through every phase of life,” said Dr. Anderson. “My goal is to create a space where patients feel comfortable asking questions and confident in their care.”
For expectant mothers, prenatal care extends beyond routine visits. Patients have coordinated access to advanced imaging, lab services, experienced hospitalbased delivery teams and maternalfetal medicine specialists for high -risk pregnancies. This integrated approach supports both physical and emotional well-being while allowing families to receive high-quality care nearby.
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“At every age, women’s health is about more than a single appointment,” Dr. Anderson said. “It is about taking care of the whole person.”
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We are in a golden age of medicine. The last few decades have brought one breakthrough after another, and we may now be seeing another important step forward in psoriasis—a step that could hint at a broader shift in how medicines are designed.
To understand how far we’ve come, it helps to look back. Not that long ago, patients with psoriasis sometimes spent weeks in the hospital undergoing tar baths and other crude treatments just to get partial relief from this itchy and often debilitating disease. In severe cases, psoriasis could progress to erythroderma—a widespread, inflamed, scaly rash that could even be life-threatening due to problems with temperature and fluid regulation.
Things began to improve in 1972 with the approval of methotrexate for psoriasis. Methotrexate is reasonably effective but comes with risks like liver toxicity. Over time, light therapies and topical treatments helped, though they were often cumbersome. Starting in the early 2000s, biologic medications such as Humira, Enbrel, and later Skyrizi dramatically improved outcomes. These drugs are remarkably effective and generally well tolerated, but they are large protein molecules and must be given by injection or infusion.
Oral options followed. Otezla (2014) offered a safer alternative to methotrexate, though it is typically less effective than the best biologics and can cause GI and headache side effects. Another oral medicine, Sotyktu (2022), improved on some of those issues, but Sotyktu still doesn’t quite match the best biologics in efficacy.
That brings us to Icotyde, a newly approved oral medication targeting IL-23, a key driver of inflammation in psoriasis. In head-to-head trials versus Sotyktu, it has shown greater efficacy, with low rates of side effects. Early data suggest it may approach biologic-level effectiveness in a pill form—a long-sought goal in psoriasis treatment.
What makes Icotyde especially interesting is how it was designed.
The challenge with biologics is simple: they are proteins, and our digestive system is built to break proteins down. When you eat chicken, or take a collagen supplement, stomach acid and digestive enzymes reduce those proteins into amino acids and small peptides, which the body then reuses as building blocks. The same thing happens to most
For a long time, making an effective oral peptide drug was considered extremely difficult. Icotyde represents a different approach. It is a small peptide—just 13 amino acids—but carefully engineered to resist breakdown long enough to be absorbed.
One key feature is that it is cyclic. Most peptides are linear chains with exposed ends, which enzymes can easily attack. Icotyde is chemically “closed” into a loop, which makes it much harder for many enzymes to degrade it. It also contains structural features—such as steric bulk (imagine big lumps of atoms) and internal “bridges”—that further protect vulnerable bonds and resist digestion.
Its chemical properties are also balanced so it can function in the gut. It can dissolve in the watery environment of the digestive tract while still interacting with lipid membranes, allowing some of the drug to cross the intestinal barrier. This doesn’t mean it completely avoids digestion—some of it is still broken down—but enough survives and is absorbed to have a therapeutic effect.
Another important point is potency. Icotyde binds very effectively to the IL-23 receptor. Because of this, even a relatively small amount reaching the bloodstream can be enough to produce meaningful clinical benefit.
Working in concert, these design elements make Icotyde succeed where other peptides couldn’t. Icotyde is not “immune” to digestion, but it is engineered to resist it, survive long enough, and be absorbed in sufficient quantities to work. That combination—molecular stability, absorption, and potency—is what allows an oral peptide drug to succeed. And the decision to push forward with designing a protein that could survive our digestive process was surprising, creative, and incorporated solutions that are truly ingenious.
Multiple companies are now working on similar strategies, trying to design peptide-based drugs that can be taken by mouth rather than injected for multiple different diseases. Icotyde accomplished proof of principle and led the way.
We may be at the beginning of a broader shift—one where some medications that once required injections can instead be taken as pills. If that trend continues, Icotyde could end up being an early example of a new class of therapies rather than a one-off breakthrough.
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One of the best times in my personal life I can remember is living in Southern California for a couple of years during graduate school. I was lucky enough to live a 5- minute walk from the beach and the bustling Pacific Ocean. I lived in Huntington Beach, a place very well known to surfers around the world. So, I told myself upon moving there that I would learn to surf. I followed through with my vow and took a lesson. After a few tries, I was able to stand up and ride a wave with nothing but the water and a thin foam board holding me up. Inevitably there came times when I attempted to stand up knowing I was going to fall right back into the water. I wanted to grow and become stronger, so why not right? The problem is when you go for a 5-foot-tall wave and you’re used to surfing 1–2-foot waves, everything feels 5x faster and more intense… including the crash. I can remember a time when I paddled my heart out for a “too big” wave. All at once, I found myself paddling over the quickly forming wave as I let it lift me higher until I had no choice but to try and stand up. The momentum was too strong, and I couldn’t hold it together. In an instant, I fell straight down the 5-foot wall of rushing water until I was no longer above the wave or deep under it (which is preferable), but I was caught in the middle of it. If you have never been caught in a crashing Pacific Ocean wave while attached to a surfboard, I can promise you it is nothing short of what can only be compared to being caught in a washing machine set to heavy duty. The only way to get through it is to let it pass. The more you struggle and fight against it, the more tired you will become and the more difficult it will be to swim to safety once it has passed. There is common DBT skill that is used when teaching emotional
regulation called “riding the wave”. But I want to take it one step further. Because knowing it will pass is one thing, but choosing to embrace it and allow it to wash over you is another. I like this metaphor of surfing because it reminds us that sometimes we can’t ride the wave perfectly. We get caught in it and it feels like it will never pass. But emotions, while incredibly uncomfortable at times, are not bad. They are simply indicators of some part of us that need care and attention. Often, the more we struggle and fight against our emotions, the harder it makes it for them to pass. Next time you feel an uncomfortable emotion, I invite you to try and not fight it. But rather be curious about it, sit with it, ask it questions, and trust that it will pass without you having to do anything to force it to go away. Most importantly, give yourself grace for feeling emotion in the first place. Riding the wave can be easier said than done, but just like surfing, you will get better with practice.
The war is no longer content to express itself at the gas pump. It has begun diffusing across asset classes with a speed and synchronicity that feels less like coincidence and more like a realtime demonstration of macroeconomic transmission under stress — equal parts textbook and stress test, with a dash of “are we really doing this again?” energy.
Households, of course, encountered the first shock in the most visible place: gasoline prices. That’s the macroeconomy’s version of a push notification — loud, unavoidable, and mildly insulting in its timing. But the second-order effects have moved quickly, and more quietly, into housing finance — where the consequences are less visible but far more consequential. What looked like the early stages of a spring recovery in the housing market has been abruptly interrupted. Mortgage rates, which had been easing, have reversed course with notable
speed. On the eve of the strikes, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate sat at 5.99 percent. Within days, it climbed to roughly 6.5 percent, briefly touching 6.625 percent at the start of the week. For a $500,000 mortgage, that translates to an increase of more than $200 per month in carrying costs — effectively a geopolitically imposed surcharge on homeownership, delivered without debate, vote, or even the courtesy of fine print.
From a macro-financial perspective, the mechanism is straightforward. Heightened geopolitical uncertainty triggers a risk-off adjustment, placing upward pressure on Treasury yields — the benchmark underpinning mortgage pricing. The transmission channel is linear; the lived experience is anything but. What markets register as a shift in the yield curve, households experience as a direct contraction in affordability.
Or, put less academically: geopolitics has entered the chat, knocked over the furniture, and raised your monthly payment.
The implications for housing activity are already materializing. Mortgage applications for home purchases have declined by more than 12 percent week-over-week,
underscoring the sector’s acute sensitivity to interest rates. While 12 percent may sound incremental, housing operates at the margin. Small changes in financing costs can produce outsized effects on transaction volume — because for many buyers, the difference between “just affordable” and “out of reach” is often measured in basis points, not broad economic narratives.
Focusing exclusively on mortgage rates, however, risks missing the broader macroeconomic picture. Housing outcomes are jointly determined by income expectations, labor market stability, consumer confidence and credit conditions.
A geopolitical shock of this magnitude does not move these variables in isolation. It introduces volatility across all of them simultaneously, amplifying its aggregate effect.
Or, translated: it’s not just that borrowing got more expensive — it’s that committing to a 30-year mortgage suddenly feels like signing a long-term contract in the middle of a plot twist you don’t fully understand.
This is where standard models begin to intersect with behavioral
reality. Under heightened uncertainty, the option value of waiting increases. Households rationally defer large, irreversible investments. Buyers pause, reassess, and, in many cases, step back altogether — not because the desire to own a home has disappeared, but because the confidence to act on it has weakened.
The American Dream hasn’t been canceled. It’s just… buffering.
For now, it sits in a kind of economic limbo — finger hovering over the snooze button — waiting for clearer signals from markets, policymakers, and a geopolitical landscape that seems determined to keep rewriting the script mid-scene. And until that clarity arrives, the housing market, like much of the economy, will remain caught between resilience and hesitation — still standing, but thinking twice.
DC Aiken is Senior Vice President of Lending for CrossCountry Mortgage, NMLS # 658790. For more insights, you can subscribe to his newsletter at dcaiken.com.
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The annual Lemonade Days Festival at Brook Run Park runs from April 22-26. The fundraiser began in 1999 following the devastation of the April 1998 tornado which struck Dunwoody.
The event is the largest fundraiser of Dunwoody Preservation Trust. Money raised goes toward the ongoing rehabilitation and maintenance of the historic 1870 Donaldson-Bannister Farm, owned by the City of Dunwoody and managed by Dunwoody Preservation Trust.
Before I review the fun activities of Lemonade Days, consider a few fun historical facts about the farm and the six families who owned the property. Each fact was shared by the families or discovered by Dunwoody Preservation Trust research of the home and land.
Vermack Road was once known as Donaldson Drive, named for W.J. and Millie Adams Donaldson
who built the home in 1870 after receiving land from Millie’s father. Their son, Will Donaldson, wanted the name to remain Donaldson Drive, but a disagreement with the county commissioner led to the road name change.
Before purchasing the former Donaldson home and 26 acres of the land at an auction in 1932, Lois Pattillo attended Agnes Scott College. She was a skilled golfer in the 1920s, playing in the 1924 Atlanta Women’s Golf Association tournament. The first round of the tournament was played at Brookhaven Country Club. (Atlanta Constitution, May 4, 1924)
When the next owners, Charles and Flossie Roberts, moved away from the home, they included household and farm items in the sale. Those items included an electric butter churn, a buggy, a coal stove, two jersey cows, a mule and harness.
Between 1946 and 1956, Henry and Leila Ogden owned the home. Leila Ogden and Nan Ramsey hosted a celebration for teacher Nettie Austin at the farm in 1949. The property was known as Boxwood Farm at the time, because of the numerous boxwoods
Lemonade Days proceeds benefit the maintenance of Donaldson-Bannister Farm, pictured here in 1935 as new owner Lois Patillo remodeled the home and built a new barn.
planted by Lois Patillo Bannister. There were six 150-foot greenhouses on the farm between 1956 and 1975, when Frank and Hortense Smith were owners. Frank Smith owned a popular Atlanta nursery business at the time. Horses and donkeys lived at the farm during the time when Linda and David Chesnut were owners.
The animals were often visited at the fence by neighbors in the area. Linda’s parents bought her first pony from the Ogden family back in the 1940s.
“When I was a child, you had to pack a lunch to come out here,” she recalls.
Come to Brook Run Park next week for Lemonade Days and enjoy the carnival rides, food, music and beer garden while also helping preserve Donaldson-Bannister Farm.
Two new rides have been added to the carnival rides this year, The Fireball and Jumping Jumbo. A petting zoo and pony rides will be available on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
On Saturday, April 25, a 5K run, produced by Junction 311 Endurance Sports, will be held at 8 a.m. in the park.
For more information and a detailed schedule for each day, visit dunwoodylemonadedays.org.
Award-winning author Valerie Biggerstaff is a longtime columnist for Appen Media and the Dunwoody Crier. She lives in Atlanta. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
Each line in the puzzle below has three clues and three answers. The last letter in the first answer on each line is the first letter of the second answer, and so on. The connecting letter is outlined, giving you the correct number of letters for each answer (the answers in line 1 are 5, 5 and 4 letters). The clues are numbered 1 through 7, with each number containing 3 clues for the 3 answers on the line. But here’s the catch! The clues are not in order - so the first clue in Line 1 may (or may not) actually be for the second or third answer in that line. Got it? Good luck!
1. Pakistani language. Spa. Winter pear.
2. Fellow. Celt’s language of Ireland & Scotland. Theater presentation.
3. Language of the Western Pyrenees. Dutch cheese. Cheerless.
4. Choppers. One of the languages of India. Be quiet!
5. Priest of the East. Little green man. Language of Sri Lanka & India.
6. Prima donna. Mid-East language. Sell.
7. Language of Seoul. Mexican treat. Triton.
1 Pakistani language. Spa. Winter pear
2. Fellow. Celt’s language of Ireland & Scotland. Theater presentation
How to Solve: Each line in the puzzle above has three clues and three answers. The last letter in the first answer on each line is the first letter of the second answer, and so on. The connecting letter is outlined, giving you the correct number of letters for each answer (the answers in line 1 are 4, 5 and 5 letters). The clues are numbered 1 through 7, which each number containing 3 clues for the 3 answers on the line. But here’s the catch! The clues are not in order - so the first clue in Line 1 may (or may not) actually be for the second or third answer in that line. Got it? Good luck!
3. Language of the Western Pyrenees Dutch cheese. Cheerless.
4. Choppers. One of the Languages of India. Be quiet!
5. Priest of the East. Little green man. Language of Sri Lanka and India.
6. Prima donna. Mid-East language. Sell
7. Language of Seoul. Mexican treat. Triton
How to Solve: To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.
sum of the white squares to the right of it. A number below the diagonal line is the sum of the white squares in the sequence below it. You may only use the digits 1 to 9, and a digit can only be used once in any sequence.
An indefinite freeze would mark an infringement of the rights of property owners and developers, who are protected by the state’s constitution, County Attorney Ken Jarrard said.
“At some point, what the law would say is now it’s time to take the governor off and allow some people being able to petition their government to be able to have their property rezoned,” Jarrard said. “There’s no such thing as a permanent moratorium … it needs to be justified for code revisions.”
The moratorium has allowed county staff to review and revise numerous sections of the county’s development code. Staff presentations at the meeting reviewed proposed changes to several chapters, including those that regulate trees, amenities, senior housing and design standards.
In other business:
Tree ordinance changes drew criticism from nonprofit Smart Growth Forsyth County, which advocates for “environmentally responsible, well-planned and balanced development.”
The proposed changes would streamline the ordinance, clarifying language and updating definitions and removing redundancies. County staff also proposed increasing the minimum lot size for properties required to retain some trees and requiring $1,000 fines for some violations.
Bob Slaughter, founder of the nonprofit, said members think the changes fail to properly support their goal of making Forsyth County a greener place.
The group sent a letter to county officials, pointing out numerous aspects of the code it said fail to properly protect trees.
“We have reviewed the proposed changes and find them to be insubstantial, only
they say provide developers too much leeway and insubstantial fines.
the code and return at a later date.
working the margins of the ordinance, clarifying language and terms, but effectively doing nothing to substantially in-
crease protections to our trees,” the letter said. “The examples of how far these changes have fallen short are, candidly, embarrassing.”
The members, who spoke during the meeting, said they particularly took issue with tree density calculations that
“It’s simply not onerous enough for a developer. One thousand bucks is nothing,” Slaughter said after the meeting.
Commissioners opted to delay a vote on the changes, asking staff to revisit
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The legislation establishes the Georgia Literacy Coordinating Committee within the Office of Student Achievement, and creates two new state positions – a state literacy director and a Georgia literacy coach coordinator.
All literacy instruction must be grounded in the science of reading, a structured, phonics-based approach to reading. Beginning in the 2029-2030 school year, schools will not be able to
use state funds on reading materials not approved by the State Board of Education.
“Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, it shall be the policy of this state that only high-quality instructional materials that are aligned with the science of reading are going to be available for state funds,” Tillery said.
HB 1193 also establishes standards for first-grade retention. Beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, students must attend kindergarten before first grade. They may be held back from first grade if they are at risk or not reading at grade level, and parents can appeal a
retention decision.
The Georgia Literacy Task Force is created and must meet by September to recommend reading screeners and highquality instructional materials.
“We think the most important things in this bill are what we’re accomplishing in the classrooms,” Tillery said.
Literacy was a top priority for lawmakers this year, particularly House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington.
“The passage of the Early Literacy Act of 2026 marks the beginning of unprecedented change and a monumental step forward for every child who steps foot in a Georgia classroom,” Burns said.
Smart Growth members said they were pleased with the delay.
“Some of this is very valid, and I am always happy to work with the Smart Growth people,” Commissioner Kerry Hill said. Continued from Page 1
“This is just the beginning of a success story that I believe will make a generational difference in the lives of children, families, and our entire state by ensuring every child has the chance to learn to read.”
House Education Committee Chairman Chris Erwin, R-Homer, added that reading on grade level empowers students to expand their knowledge and learning.
“This bill will blanket the state with expert literacy coaches, high-quality instructional material and tools for teachers to improve the literacy rates of their students,” Erwin said.
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She said her goal to be on the pro tour has been in the back of her mind as long as she can remember playing tennis.
Londyn says she has an open mind about her next steps, college or otherwise.
She said her primary goal right now is to break the top 100 in the ITF junior rankings to secure direct entry into the four Junior Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon and the U.S., French and Australian Open.
Dad Terry was described as a gentle giant. He reminisced on how far his daughter has come since first picking up a racket.
“At 4 years old, she was just hitting the ball in the air, and to go from where she is now, it’s been a real journey,” he said. “It’s been probably one of the best experiences of my life. She’s competing at a high level, at such an early age to see the
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IMG finished at No. 6 in USA Lacrosse’s South rankings and is now ranked No. 9 in the region.
Milton has been heating up at halftime all season. Although it makes for newsworthy comeback stories, several players said they’d like to start games stronger heading into the playoffs.
Attacker and draw taker Lillian Katula faced off against IMG’s Luca Mastrandrea, whom she considers one of the best draw takers in the country
dedication and hard work that she put in, to see the way she’s developed, it just means a lot.”
Two months after Londyn picked up tennis, the McCord family got in contact with trainer Fred Haynes.
Fred’s daughter Angela was a professional tennis player on the WTA tour. He raised his children in Compton, California, at times training alongside their neighbors, the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena.
Angela’s last professional match was at Wimbledon against her childhood friend, Serena.
Fred says Londyn reminded him of Serena as a child. He remarked of Londyn’s success that he is “happy but not surprised,” and also said we haven’t seen her peak just yet.
“Londyn was one of the strongest players that I’ve ever coached, I’ve never coached anyone like her, she’s just on another level physical-wise,” he said. “I just knew that she would be special. Londyn has what you can’t teach.”
The McCords became family to Fred, living just two blocks apart for the nearly 10 years Londyn would
this year. The pair are familiar with each other from All-America camps.
Katula said she had to work hard to control the draw against Mastrandrea.
“We had the mindset that we needed to come out and play as hard as we could, because we came out yesterday and kind of started off slow,” Katula said. “Starting off hot today really gave us the momentum we needed to bring it.
Attacker Sofia Modi won Offensive Player of the Game after posting a 6-point outing with two goals and four assists. She said she felt the gameplan was well-executed and ball movement was strong.
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spend five days a week training with him.
Mom Trish said Londyn’s weapons with her forehand and serve are what set her apart as a player, but tennis has given her daughter more than just technical skills with a racket.
“The opportunity that tennis has given Londyn in terms of becoming a young lady off the court,” she said. “Preparing her for life outside of tennis, being disciplined, being able to make decisions on her own. That’s what the sport is teaching her and exposing her to other cultures.”
Trish said an especially meaningful and “eye-opening” part of the journey has been watching the transition from seeing her daughter take photos with famous athletes, to now being approached by fans for autographs.
Londyn said the journey has been long, full of hard work, but it has been worth it.
“Looking back, all I can see is constant growth and that motivates me every single day to keep pushing, no matter if I’m having a bad day or a bad week,” she said. “It just keeps me pushing because I can go back and
“I’m just really proud of how our team played,” she said. “We had so much chemistry today, which is something I feel like we’ve been working on the whole entire season.”
Katula assisted Modi on her first goal. Modi assisted both Lillian and her younger sister Caroline on goals against IMG.
Milton head coach Tim Godby said having so many talented players on the roster routinely opens things up for other players to get going offensively.
“Today was [Modi’s] day,” he said. “We’re starting to learn how to better play together and how to overcome some adversity.”
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see how much I’ve grown, and it’s just constant motivation for me.”
Off the court, Londyn enjoys cooking and baking, watching gothic romance movies, shopping and spending time with family when she gets the chance to have some free time. She collects vinyl records, and her favorite movie is “Shrek 2.”
Londyn will return to the United States in mid-April for some rest after several weeks competing in South America.
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Ceena LLC. has an opening for ServiceNow Sr. Developer in Alpharetta, GA. (Design and develop custom applications and modules using the ServiceNow platform, adhering to best practices and industry standards; Configure and customize ServiceNow modules, workflows, forms, business rules, UI policies, and other platform components to meet business requirements) Req. MS Degree or foreign equiv. in CS, CA, CIS, IT, Eng(any), or related fields plus 2 yrs of exp in rel. occupation. Travel/ relocation required as jobs will be performed at various unanticipated locations throughout the United States. Mail resume to HR, 3480 Preston Ridge Road, Suite 500, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005
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IT Professionals (Johns Creek, GA) Application Developers, Computer Programmers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, IT Project Managers, Network Engineers, Software Developers, Software Engineers, Software Quality Assurance Engineer And Testers, Software Test Engineers, Systems Engineers, Tech Leads. Multiple Positions. Telecommuting permitted. Mail resume to Altplus LLC, Attn: HRGC, 11024 Taconic Way Johns Creek, GA 30097.
Principal Analyst – positions offered by TechSera Inc. (Alpharetta, GA). Resp for dsgn & implmnt syst integns btw JD Edwards (JDE) & proprietary enterprise platform Omniintegrate & Omnidistribute which incl apps x.SIP and x.BOL. Position reports to Alpharetta, GA office. Telecommuting permitted in accordance with company policy, but must live within commuting distance of stated office. Please submit resume to JOINUS @techsera.com. Reference Job ID: 9584193.
IT Infrastructure Project Managing Leader (Duluth, GA) sought by an IT service & solutions co. Reqs a minimum of a bachelor’s deg in bus., finance, engg, or rltd, & 2 yrs of exp in IT infrastructure project execution. Send resume to: SK AX USA Inc. @ 2055 Sugarloaf Circle, Ste 500, Duluth, GA 30097.
Industrial Automation Engineer sought by an IT service & solutions co. in Duluth, GA. Reqs a min of a master’s deg in industrial engg, mechanical engg, or a rltd engg field. Send resume to: SK AX USA Inc. @ 2055 Sugarloaf Circle, Ste 500, Duluth, GA 30097.
DIRECTOR (Part-Time) Alpharetta Presbyterian Church — Alpharetta, GA
APC seeks a vibrant, relational leader to serve as Youth Director for middle and high school students. 20–25 hrs/week | Up to $25/hr. Ideal candidates have a passion for youth mentorship and a background in education, coaching, or youth leadership. Retired teachers and ministryminded professionals encouraged to apply. Strong volunteer team and pastoral support in place.
To apply: Submit a brief introduction and resume to jobs@alpharettapres.com.
Sr. Director, Software Engineering Alpharetta, GA: Plans, conducts, and coordinates software development activities for the team. Offering a salary of at least $213,075 per year. 5% travel required (International and Domestic). 40 hrs. per week. Any applicant who is interested in this position may apply to the following individual (please reference job #DS0526) Nicole Weldon HR Risk & Compliance Specialist Global Payment Holding Company One TSYS Way, Columbus, GA 31901.
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